These Range Rovers are heading to South America with a group from MA. The vehicles were sent to ECR in stock form for us to handle the needed modifications for expedition use in South America. The expedition leader choose ECR to outfit their Rovers due to the fact that we know what Rovers need for this kind of work. We use our own Rovers on treks all over North America and we use Rover exclusively for our out of country expedition work. These Rover will be getting a long list of upgrades including an ARB front bumpers, Warn 10,000 winches, Old Man Emu springs, Bilstein shocks, Stabilizer relocation kits, tie rod guards, ECR custom rear bumpers, and much more.
This image shows ECR's HD steering gear. We don't use a big plate to cover the steering gear because we have found on tough terrain during expeditions they can hang the vehicle up by wedging rocks or other obstacles between the axle and the guards. Our answer to the weak Rover steering gear is a HD panhard rod, a front mounted stabilizer, a full 3/16" thick tie rod guard (not just a stronger tie rod, those will bend!)
When these Rovers are finished they will both be container shipped to South America for the trek.
For more information on their South American Expedition check here:
http://www.Raftery.com/product11.htm