SUSPENSION AND CHASSIS
The Deluxe Riptide is built on a special 12in Raptor-coated truss chassis with a new suspension system that is only just becoming available : TerraGlide . This system was designed and built by automotive development company Premcar . In short , TerraGlide , which is available with or without airbags , offers an impressive 230mm of travel , it ’ s fitted with an anti-roll bar , uses a special brake drum to fit heavy-duty bearings designed to require no maintenance or replacement for hundreds of thousands of kilometres , and more . It ’ s a very promising suspension system and for Brodie and Heidi , fitting the airbag variant was a no-brainer .
The van is framed in meranti timber and clad with composite aluminium and X-plate on the sides , while the roof is fibreglass .
On the A-frame , Deluxe has fitted a custom storage box fabricated from powder-coated aluminium rather than black checker plate – it ’ s a much more attractive look . Each side has a slide-out tray behind their gull-wing doors ; Brodie and Heidi use the nearside tray for their Weber , while there ’ s also a slide-out stainless steel
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