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So far, I have installed the Tibus portals, upgraded wheels to 22in with pirellis(you need 2in coil upgrade and at 1-1.5in rubber coil spacer in rear to make these tires fit, carbon fiber fender flares...
Koni Raid Red shock upgrade... HIGHLY recommend.
Smaller pulley installed and long tube headers(it screams)... next is eurocharged tune
Need to get LeTech roof rack, install LED front light bar and looking to get the 3 led clearance light bar for the rear. Does anyone have that part number?
Yes thats my older ML63 as a daily driver because this is just too insane to drive daily.
Last edited by princemarko; 08-09-2022 at 12:54 PM.
Looking awesome! I also have a G55 with Tibus portals, can’t wait for it to arrive from Japan. Please keep updating your thread as I’m very interested in what you do with your truck.
Use Kubay Designs for the carbon fiber items. I'm ordering the snorkels soon.
Tibus has been, well...a challenge. Their items are coming from China, not Japan. That said, I put on 10-12,000 miles on the portals and have no issues. Make sure you rust proof them. They rust fast otherwise and look like crap.
I used the Koni Raid red shocks as upgrade... fantastic shocks for the price. Best upgrade I did. You will also need 2in coil upgrade in the front and can get away with 1in rubber spacer in the rear. You will need this for tire clearance if you want to do 35 or 36 in tires.
It drives FAR FAR better now than as it did as a normal Gwagon. Softer ride, wider stance...
Last edited by princemarko; 08-09-2022 at 12:55 PM.
Yes, my fenders and LED light bar is from them. He's solid, Can send you his WhatsApp number also.
Your truck looks nice. I built mine from scratch during COVID nightmare of supply chain chaos. They did a great job on the filament of fenders and front bumper. Tires are HUGE. it will be a ***** to get in and out of. Looks like they already have the Koni on there, its popular in Japan. You are going to want to tune it... the added weight with only 469hp is very sluggish
Last edited by princemarko; 08-09-2022 at 01:04 PM.
That’s pretty cool you built it yourself, fun Covid project! My truck has drop down steps so I will be ok. Thanks for the info on Kubay, I will use him in the future.
So far, I have installed the Tibus portals, upgraded wheels to 22in with pirellis(you need 2in coil upgrade and at 1-1.5in rubber coil spacer in rear to make these tires fit, carbon fiber fender flares...
Koni Raid Red shock upgrade... HIGHLY recommend.
Smaller pulley installed and long tube headers(it screams)... next is eurocharged tune
Need to get LeTech roof rack, install LED front light bar and looking to get the 3 led clearance light bar for the rear. Does anyone have that part number?
Yes thats my older ML63 as a daily driver because this is just too insane to drive daily.
They are bolt on and not difficult to remove and go back. Just save the parts.
Portals are expensive and will retain most of its value.
Are you sure they are bolt on? I thought the rear ones required cutting and welding of the axle tube.
@PeriodCorrect I've seen a handful of portal G63s (non factory Squared) on the market the last 4-5 years. Not sure they hold their value any better, and not sure you will get your money back out of them. The few I have seen sit on the market for a long while if the owner is trying to recoup what they put into them. They tend to sell when priced closer to other non-modified ones.
They even did a color change recently to try and freshen up the marketing. The last far lower mile one of these I saw ended up going for low $100K range after it had sat on the market for 4-6 months in this price range. People are wary of heavily modified vehicles. Your buying pool shrinks up when you start doing these major changes. That being said, I'd buy a portal G all day long, but I'm far more of an enthusiast than your average G buyer. @princemarko 's is great, and definitely the type of build I have considered in the past!
Are you sure they are bolt on? I thought the rear ones required cutting and welding of the axle tube.
@PeriodCorrect I've seen a handful of portal G63s (non factory Squared) on the market the last 4-5 years. Not sure they hold their value any better, and not sure you will get your money back out of them. The few I have seen sit on the market for a long while if the owner is trying to recoup what they put into them. They tend to sell when priced closer to other non-modified ones.
They even did a color change recently to try and freshen up the marketing. The last far lower mile one of these I saw ended up going for low $100K range after it had sat on the market for 4-6 months in this price range. People are wary of heavily modified vehicles. Your buying pool shrinks up when you start doing these major changes. That being said, I'd buy a portal G all day long, but I'm far more of an enthusiast than your average G buyer. @princemarko 's is great, and definitely the type of build I have considered in the past!
Are you sure they are bolt on? I thought the rear ones required cutting and welding of the axle tube.
@PeriodCorrect I've seen a handful of portal G63s (non factory Squared) on the market the last 4-5 years. Not sure they hold their value any better, and not sure you will get your money back out of them. The few I have seen sit on the market for a long while if the owner is trying to recoup what they put into them. They tend to sell when priced closer to other non-modified ones.
They even did a color change recently to try and freshen up the marketing. The last far lower mile one of these I saw ended up going for low $100K range after it had sat on the market for 4-6 months in this price range. People are wary of heavily modified vehicles. Your buying pool shrinks up when you start doing these major changes. That being said, I'd buy a portal G all day long, but I'm far more of an enthusiast than your average G buyer. @princemarko 's is great, and definitely the type of build I have considered in the past!
Yes, the Tibus portals on my G55 w463 bolted on. The welding that was done was just to secure the support bracket.
Are you sure they are bolt on? I thought the rear ones required cutting and welding of the axle tube.
@PeriodCorrect I've seen a handful of portal G63s (non factory Squared) on the market the last 4-5 years. Not sure they hold their value any better, and not sure you will get your money back out of them. The few I have seen sit on the market for a long while if the owner is trying to recoup what they put into them. They tend to sell when priced closer to other non-modified ones.
They even did a color change recently to try and freshen up the marketing. The last far lower mile one of these I saw ended up going for low $100K range after it had sat on the market for 4-6 months in this price range. People are wary of heavily modified vehicles. Your buying pool shrinks up when you start doing these major changes. That being said, I'd buy a portal G all day long, but I'm far more of an enthusiast than your average G buyer. @princemarko 's is great, and definitely the type of build I have considered in the past!
@The Butcher I think you misunderstood me. I would add them if I thought I could sell the car without losing money. That was my concern. Hence why I asked if you could REMOVE them easily, revert back to stock, sell the vehicle and the portals separately, without the portals themselves losing much value.
I just sold my modified 911 and I didn’t recoup any of the mod money. It’s always a losing proposition unless you revert back to stock. I’ve found desirable mods are easy to sell, though.
@The Butcher I think you misunderstood me. I would add them if I thought I could sell the car without losing money. That was my concern. Hence why I asked if you could REMOVE them easily, revert back to stock, sell the vehicle and the portals separately, without the portals themselves losing much value.
I just sold my modified 911 and I didn’t recoup any of the mod money. It’s always a losing proposition unless you revert back to stock. I’ve found desirable mods are easy to sell, though.
I see what you are saying. Figure the portals are $25K (+/-) plus install labor and labor to remove (figure $5k). Then you have flares to consider, etc. I haven't seen used portals for sale to give any market data, but if they are like new you might get 60% back. So maybe you recoup $12-$15K for the actual portals, and 50%-60% for the other things you need for the conversion. If you were in the market for portals would you spend more than about $15K for a used set if a new set is just another $10K, and have no use on them? I'm guessing not. So, the short answer (maybe long at this point) is you are not going to recoup more than about 50%-60% on your parts costs. Obviously you have to factor labor costs to convert and then convert it all back, which you will never recoup. As you said yourself, desirable mods are easy to sell. This is NOT an exhaust for a GT3, or a set of HRE wheels in a classic configuration. Your market is small for this kind of thing.
Last edited by The Butcher; 08-15-2022 at 12:58 PM.
Sorry if I mucked up your thread @princemarko ! Love your G, and love it when people put the time and $ into doing this. I've almost pulled the trigger on this very thing many times, but just haven't done it yet.
I did see a set of portals from LeTech off a g550 squared recently for sale from a wrecked truck, but they RARELY come up for sale. I waited 2 years and saw zero available. Tibus are about 25-30k whereas the LeTech can run $70k or more.
I did see a set of portals from LeTech off a g550 squared recently for sale from a wrecked truck, but they RARELY come up for sale. I waited 2 years and saw zero available. Tibus are about 25-30k whereas the LeTech can run $70k or more.
where did you see the LeTech set for sale and what were they asking for them?
08-09-2022, 12:11 PM
