Originally Posted by david151

I am planning a 2 year trip in 2015 where I plan to travel down the westcoast of Africa and then back up the east coast. At the moment I own a 1998 Ssangyong korando and am seriously thinking of fitting out the vehicle for the trip. As it stands I have done a few basic mods to the vehicle:

1) Suspension lift using landrover discovery springs on the back and heavy duty iron man torsion bar on the front complete with l iron man shocks all round. I currently run 31" tyres, however it will take bigger.
2) done away with the unreliable vacuum hubs and installed AVM manual hubs
Over the next year I plan to do the following mods:
3) fit Eaton E lockers or ARB airlockers to front and rear axels (haven't decided which type to go for yet)
4) Replace the transfer box with a permanent 4 wheel drive box from a GX220 musso .
5) Custom make roof rack / roll cage
6) fit winch bumper
7) fit snorkel

Although the vehicle may seem an odd choice it does have the fantastic Mercedes 602 engine (2.9 Diesel) so can't see parts for this being a problem in Africa. I have to say I absolutely love the engine as I get amazing mileage and it runs on just about anything. I have seen plenty of people fit these engines to Mercedes G wagons so they can't be that bad.

I would be interested to hear what people think of my choice. Is it a crazy choice or do you think it will be a good vehicle for Africa when I have finished all my mods?