isn't the bowler nemesis based on a sport.
http://www.bowler-offroad.com/Nemesis/Nemesisoverview.htm
http://www.bowler-offroad.com/Nemesis/Nemesisoverview.htm
I want to buy this 2004 RR and LIFT IT!
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The idea is to build and explore something that nobody has done yet. After the in-depth consult with the racing truck designer, its completely possible. I would LOVE to be the first guy on the trail experimenting with a MKIII. WHEN I build my MKIII (s/c MKIII is also being considered, I am going to check out a local used one tomorrow), it will have IFS and IRS (hey, the H1 does it pretty nicely) and I will reach for somewhere in the neighborhood of 5" lift over standard ride height. I will continue to build my P38 in the meantime. At this point, money isnt something I will think about much, I just want to get it done! I know there are other proven things I could build and invest in, but hey I'm a pioneer at heart and thats how I live!
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etcatmeat said:
I think you're full of crap. It's not pioneering to dream about what you'd like to do to your rig- we've all done that. Several posters commented about replacing your axles with solids and you chose to respond solely to the poster supplying the name of a bumper modder. Reahing for a lift of 5", with no justification for such a lift and very little thought of the ramifications, seems hasty.
I'll bet dollars to doughnuts you'll no farther than the dreaming stage 8 months from now, at which point your enthusing about "money isn't something I will think about!" will have gotten really, really tiresome.
However- it's your truck, it's an open forum, and I wish you the best of luck if you decide to move forward.
Do whatever you want to, man. It's your money. It's why you dream... only to realize that dream when you can. If you can do it, then you should. I want a series with a v8 conversion, so I'm doing it... If you want a LIFTED MKIII, then go for it, and tell the guys who oppose it that it's your money. LOL.
cdmbrennan said:I think you're full of crap. It's not pioneering to dream about what you'd like to do to your rig- we've all done that. Several posters commented about replacing your axles with solids and you chose to respond solely to the poster supplying the name of a bumper modder. Reahing for a lift of 5", with no justification for such a lift and very little thought of the ramifications, seems hasty.
I'll bet dollars to doughnuts you'll no farther than the dreaming stage 8 months from now, at which point your enthusing about "money isn't something I will think about!" will have gotten really, really tiresome.
However- it's your truck, it's an open forum, and I wish you the best of luck if you decide to move forward.
Just because I have not responded to the others does not mean that I have not considered their ideas, I just did not have a comment with a technically justified response! Youre right, I have no justification for things, I just want to do it! I have thought of the ramifications and I am willing to accept anything that happens, this is uncharted territory and we all know it. I just feel that the 5" mark is pretty much the highest someone would want to lift a truck to really utilize its full capability. If I am going to put so much money and effort in to such a project, why would I lift it only 2" and wish I lifted more? I only commented about money because others keep bringing it up. If nobody mentioned the cost of things, then I wouldnt have said a word about my thoughts....so there ya go! And hey, if 8 months from now its still not done, thats cool with me...I am not rushing this one bit!
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etcatmeat said:
Sounds like you're taking a good route planning everything out, then. Keep us updated...pushing the boundaries IS what LR owners seem to do, after all.
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JSQ said:
Yep now some schmo can finance a 30k RR and get some rent-to-own 22s for it only to stop making the payments and get it repossesed in 6 months. Then the cycle will repeat, only with bigger uglier more expensive rims, fake snakeskin seats, and 5 months untill the finance company comes looking for it.
The other option is that it will be purchased as a gift for a bitchy highschool girl, who gets pissed at her parents for buying a used car for her, only to later be totaled when she gets drunk on wine coolers after prom.
Or it could have spent the next few months having things welded to it, then a few more months having electrical bugs worked out and the ECUs reprogrammed, and stands a chnace of turning out pretty cool, and will finaly see a trail.
But honestly does it matter? It's another guys money, and another guys truck. It would be one thing if they were rare, but I saw about 10 Mk3s today and the only place I went was Home Depot and In & Out.