Arctic Trucks are officially in South Africa!
Any die-hard 4×4 enthusiast knows what an Arctic Truck is. They’re big, they’re capable, they were the only vehicles that made it up to the Eyjafjallaj?kull stratovolcano last year and they’re excessively awesome.
A while ago, Danie went to Iceland to drive one of these fabled machines – the big one; the “44”.
Now, Leisure Wheels reports in the June issue of the magazine that Arctic Trucks are officially operating in South Africa. No longer confined to the Discovery Channel or pages of your favourite adventure magazine; you can now turn your very own Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara, Isuzu KB, Fortuner, Prado or Land Cruiser 200 into an AT. Two more kits are on their way, and all of these are available with 38-inch (AT38), 44-inch (AT44) and – the focus of the SA arm – 35-inch (AT35) conversions.
What the conversion is not:
This is not simply a case of slapping big tyres, some spacers and new wheel arches on. And no, you can’t just buy the wheel arches for show – the kit comes as a whole. Your beloved yet completely ordinary vehicle undergoes a complete makeover, including modification of the A-pillar to accommodate the new wheels so that the tyres don’t touch the arches.
What’s in the conversion?
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Four 35×12.50R17
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Four 17-inch Arctic Trucks alloy rims
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Colour-coded fender flares
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Modified running boards
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Speedometer calibration
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40mm suspension lift
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Koni shocks
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Mud flaps
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Modification of A-pillar
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Modified front and rear fender arches
I WANT ONE! Want to know more?
Check out the Arctic Trucks website
Or find out more about the local operations by grabbing the June issue of Leisure Wheels, on sale until mid-June:
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The increased ground clearance “allows you to deflate tyres more than usual if necessary, and increases wading depth and track width … ” – pg 25 Leisure Wheels June issue
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“The big quesion, of course, is the price. It’s not cheap. You’ll have to pay around R153 000 …” – pg 25 Leisure Wheels June issue
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“Arctic Trucks’ vehicles recently set the Guiness world record …” pg 23 Leisure Wheels June issue