Recent content by patski
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OEM hitch receiver, or aftermarket?
Decreases your departure angle but I use the Curt one from Amazon, comes with bolt threading wire thingys that make it pretty easy to install. Been on 10 yrs now... -
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Decent trailer hitch/bike rack combo on a budget ?
https://www.landroverworld.org/posts/210405/ Decreases your departure angle but I use the Curt one from Amazon, comes with bolt threading thingys that make it pretty easy to install. -
Everything about tires for LR4/ LR3 with 18" wheels
Wow, really looks great! Johnson rods? Their website says you need them with the 31.5s... -
Drivers Side No Heat - Fixed
PLEASE DO! :) (beers on me!) I did the CLR flush last year and it only worked for a couple of months, now back to nothing... I'd rather pop in a new one if it's "not terrible". -
LED swap out
I bought these, cool but not obnoxious white, $19: XtremeVision Interior LED for Land Rover LR3 2004-2009 (18 Pieces) Tail Lights excluding backup, bright and crisp. And the coupe de gras, these super bright backup lights, what a difference! -
Land rover hitch adaptor alternative
Decreases your departure angle but I use the Curt one from Amazon, comes with bolt threading thingys that make it pretty easy to install. -
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Snow Chains
A lot of negative feedback about using BMW X5 wheels($300 on San Jose CList) but I use them for my Blizzaks. They are getting dinged a little(8 winters) curbs, etc are difficult to see in the weather we like to ski in. OEM are still perfect. -
Heater doesn't work om the driver side
I had the driver's side cold issue, a real problem in stormy Tahoe, the heated windshield couldn't keep defrosted by itself, cold toes too. Dean, the Independent LR tech in Rocklin, CA, popped my heater hoses and filled the core with Calcium Lime Rust Remover and let it set for 24hrs, all... -
Snow Chains
I carry chains from my old SAAB Aero, they "almost" fit and allow me to show the Caltrans guy I'm carrying. :) I run Blizzak DM-V2 Snow Tires and pulled an F250(with chains on front) uphill out of a snowbank in Tahoe last weekend. Having said that, would be interested in what affordable... -
Just installed Cooper S/T Maxx tires on 18" BMW wheels
I have BMW X5 Wheels on my 2007 LR3 with 245/60R-18 BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK DM-V2s. Plenty of fender clearance but I didn't go for an oversized tire. Been running them in the winter since 2010. $275 on the San Jose Craigslist. Strangely I don't have any good picts of the wheels in the snow...
