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    Default Monster Delta 'force' Amarok

    taken from news24

    http://www.wheels24.co.za/4x4/Monste...marok-20110131

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    WOLF IN WOLF’S CLOTHING: rolling 325/60 Mickey Thompson tyres, grip and flotation issues are not applicable to this Delta Amarok.

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    Manufacturer Volkswagen Model Monster Amarok Engine 2.0 TDi Power 147kW




    In the German off-roading community, Bavarian Josef Loder is known as the King of Lift.

    For the last 25 years Loder’s company, Delta 4x4, has been reconfiguring series production SUV's for European customers with decidedly American tastes.

    With 60 off-road accessory packages available for vehicles as diverse as the Porsche Cayenne and Kia Sorento, Loder is the man to add additional ground clearance to your 4x4.

    In all his years of fashioning elaborately flared wheel arches and jacking-up suspension systems, Loder has never really had an authentic German bakkie available as a foil for his prolific imagination.

    That all changed with the introduction of VW’s Amarok in 2010.

    All-terrain (and we mean 'all') Amarok

    Loder’s interpretation of an ‘Americanised’ Amarok is, quite fittingly, called the Amarok Monster – and yes, we suspect something is lost in translation.

    Fundamentally this ‘Monster’ bakkie from Delta gains 40mm of additional clearance courtesy of a lift-kit comprising spacer blocks and bars, which’s allows Loader to retain the Amarok’s original suspension geometry. Clever.

    More accommodating wheel arches house a set of Mickey Thompson 325/60R All Terrain tyres on 18" beadlock alloy rims. This wheel/tyre combination adds another 60mm of clearance, with Delta’s Monster registering 100mm greater ground clearance (in total) than VW’s production Amarok.

    Boasting 349mm’s worth of obstacle crossing mechanical clearance and running aggressively surfaced Mickey Thompson tyres, Delta’s Monster should be, well, monstrously capable off-road. The increase in both rolling resistance and diameter of the Delta Monster’s tyres is offset by an engine upgrade to ensure customers don’t feel the lift-kit and off-road biased tyres are completely intolerable for road use.

    Delta’s technicians have upgraded the two-litre TDi engine’s management software to extract another 27kW of latent power present in the VW bakkie’s turbodiesel to register a new peak output of 147kW.

    Beyond the Amarok Monster’s high-riding posture and outlandish wheel/tyre combination, Delta’s added to its appearance courtesy of four roll-bar mounted driving lights.

    Delta’s Monster Amarok lift-kit conversion retails for R40 000 and could be quite a compelling alternative to Toyota’s Arctic Truck Hilux...
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    WOW what a beaut!!! I'll take one PLease Please.

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    Default Michaelis Amarok

    Interesting. Looks like Delta4x4 and Seikel have some competition and no doubt more companies will bring out their own versions the longer it is out.

    I stand to correction but I believe that due to the clevis design of the front suspension of the Amarok (ala Touareg), lifting the suspension itself (as opposed to a body lift kit) is not advised beyond 25mm (which is Seikel's Max.)....

    My German is very rusty, so can anyone confirm - according to the specs on their main webpage: http://www.michaelis-tuning.de/ - whether they've lifted the suspension by 40mm, and the body by 80mm? It would seem to be the case. If so, I'd like to see how they did it.

    Franky, Zantus, herby - Any thoughts?







    Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2iTR...eature=related

    OffRoad Magazine Seikel Amarok Vs. Michaelis Amarok test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ytcl7aDkg
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    From the pictures it's quite clear that the body is lifted - the underpinnings remain at the same height from the ground....

    Looks good. the low profile tyres look a little odd..

    the lift Does nothing for ground clearance/breakover angle and off road ability though...

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    Nice V-dub, one problem! NO V8 version?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Apocalypse View Post
    From the pictures it's quite clear that the body is lifted - the underpinnings remain at the same height from the ground.... Check Pic#2 again.

    Looks good. the low profile tyres look a little odd.. 70 profile on a 285?

    the lift Does nothing for ground clearance/breakover angle and off road ability though...Please explain, I dont understand this remark
    There is a clear diffirence in hight of both the body and the "underpinnings", although the latter could be as a result of the bigger tyres as well.
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    Did not fancy the Amarok all that much, but this looks the business!

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    Default Delta 4X4

    Quote Originally Posted by DouglasN View Post
    taken from news24

    http://www.wheels24.co.za/4x4/Monste...marok-20110131

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    WOLF IN WOLF’S CLOTHING: rolling 325/60 Mickey Thompson tyres, grip and flotation issues are not applicable to this Delta Amarok.

    Related Links




    Vehicle Specs

    Manufacturer Volkswagen Model Monster Amarok Engine 2.0 TDi Power 147kW




    In the German off-roading community, Bavarian Josef Loder is known as the King of Lift.

    For the last 25 years Loder’s company, Delta 4x4, has been reconfiguring series production SUV's for European customers with decidedly American tastes.

    With 60 off-road accessory packages available for vehicles as diverse as the Porsche Cayenne and Kia Sorento, Loder is the man to add additional ground clearance to your 4x4.

    In all his years of fashioning elaborately flared wheel arches and jacking-up suspension systems, Loder has never really had an authentic German bakkie available as a foil for his prolific imagination.

    That all changed with the introduction of VW’s Amarok in 2010.

    All-terrain (and we mean 'all') Amarok

    Loder’s interpretation of an ‘Americanised’ Amarok is, quite fittingly, called the Amarok Monster – and yes, we suspect something is lost in translation.

    Fundamentally this ‘Monster’ bakkie from Delta gains 40mm of additional clearance courtesy of a lift-kit comprising spacer blocks and bars, which’s allows Loader to retain the Amarok’s original suspension geometry. Clever.

    More accommodating wheel arches house a set of Mickey Thompson 325/60R All Terrain tyres on 18" beadlock alloy rims. This wheel/tyre combination adds another 60mm of clearance, with Delta’s Monster registering 100mm greater ground clearance (in total) than VW’s production Amarok.

    Boasting 349mm’s worth of obstacle crossing mechanical clearance and running aggressively surfaced Mickey Thompson tyres, Delta’s Monster should be, well, monstrously capable off-road. The increase in both rolling resistance and diameter of the Delta Monster’s tyres is offset by an engine upgrade to ensure customers don’t feel the lift-kit and off-road biased tyres are completely intolerable for road use.

    Delta’s technicians have upgraded the two-litre TDi engine’s management software to extract another 27kW of latent power present in the VW bakkie’s turbodiesel to register a new peak output of 147kW.

    Beyond the Amarok Monster’s high-riding posture and outlandish wheel/tyre combination, Delta’s added to its appearance courtesy of four roll-bar mounted driving lights.

    Delta’s Monster Amarok lift-kit conversion retails for R40 000 and could be quite a compelling alternative to Toyota’s Arctic Truck Hilux...
    WE'VE been HAVING IT!
    for about 2 month Sportsvans is importing the Delta Kits for different models.
    Sportsvans Delta

    May be they should read the press releases from December!

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    Its still a VW, even with the Wolfs clothing....LoL
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    yes it is a Volla!
    the most reliable car since 1936!
    Not like the Landy you drive!

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