2025 Ineos Grenadier
My own 2025 Ineos Grenadier, built for extended off-road adventures and self-reliant overland travel. This is the living record of the build: the plan, the priorities, and every decision as it’s made.
- Vehicle
- 2025 Ineos Grenadier
- Body
- Station Wagon
- Engine
- 3.0L BMW turbo petrol I6, ~282 hp
- Drivetrain
- Permanent 4WD, 2-speed transfer case
- Chassis
- Ladder frame, solid axles
- Built at
- Hambach, France
- Use
- Extended off-road & overland
From the build
The brief
The Grenadier starts where most builds spend their first year getting to: a purpose-built ladder frame, beam axles front and rear, permanent four-wheel drive, and three locking differentials. The job here isn’t to make it capable, it already is. It’s to turn a very capable platform into a vehicle that can leave pavement for days at a time and bring itself home, without overloading it or undoing what makes it good.
How it’s prioritized
Spend in order of real-world value, not flash. The early money goes to the things that change every mile off-road, traction, recovery, range, and protection of the parts that get a trip cut short. Heavy, weight-forward additions are weighed against payload, the roof load, and keeping the truck serviceable and under warranty.
The build, by system
The full system-by-system breakdown - what is installed, in progress, and scheduled - lives on its own working board that updates as the build moves.
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Cautions specific to this truck
- Mind the payload and roof load. A loaded rack and spare sit high; keep heavy gear low to protect the center of gravity.
- Preserve the warranty. Stage drivetrain and electrical changes so they don’t jeopardize factory coverage on a new vehicle.
- Recalibrate for the 35-inch tires so the speedometer, odometer, and assists read true.
- Recover only off rated points, never a tow ball or a bracket.
- Keep it serviceable. Anything added should still allow normal maintenance access.
Build & field log
This section will track the work as it happens, each decision, install, and lesson from real use, in date order. The first entries land as the scheduled chassis work goes in.
Status
Build underway. Power, storage, cameras, connectivity, and most interior items are installed. The major chassis work, 35s on OWL wheels, the 2.5-inch Trail-Flo lift, long-range tank, skid plates, rock sliders, winch bumper, and steering upgrades, is specced and scheduled for install. Shelter, water, and a handful of open items are being finalized.