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What would you do?
Don't consider coil overs. They ruin the ride & spoil the wheel articulation needed for the LR's famous offroad abilities. You may as well just buy an old Jeep or 'Cruiser. The couple of Aussie guys I know of here who did coil over conversions replaced their vehicles with a D4 & a 100 series...- RobRover88
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2010 LR4 Off-road wheel and tire options
The D4 is SOOO good at most things you can throw at it nobody needs to cut, grind, lift,, fit spacers or any major mods. Don't spoil a great vehicle!! By far the best option is to leave as much alone as possible & simply fit the best 18" wheels you can buy. That's the U.K. made Compomotive...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Order of off-road mods
G'day Hickersb, If you're getting the compressor guard from APT, also order the air-tank guard. It's just as important & quite cheap.- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Order of off-road mods
G'Day Hickersb, I will highly recommend all the protection gear made by APT Offroad in Brisbane Australia. I live 1000 miles south of their facility but drove up to have APT's owner Ben Woodgate fit the rock sliders, transmission/transfer case plates & the compressor guard & air-tank guard...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Front skid plate options?
APT Offroad produce excellent underbody plates that fit perfectly. Great company to deal with. Ben Woodgate has put very helpful fitting videos on YouTube that should be checked out by anyone intending to fit gear themselves. Especially look at the air compressor & air tank guards. APT's prices...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Rear wheel carrier latch question
G'Day Bronco1. Yes, the Kaymar mount does mainly cover the RHS lights, BUT the Kaymar rear steel bumper has great lights - tail, brake. indicator & reversing, recessed in the bumper, plus new rear park warning sensors & mud flaps. It's a good looking bumper. The advantage of having the mount...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Rear wheel carrier latch question
G'Day Bronco1, Latch is fine. It's very firm to use which it should be as any play or movement causes vibration & wear. It cinches up very snugly & there's NO vibration on the most corrugated roads we get in the outback. The overall design & construction of the rear bumper & wheel mount is...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Rear wheel carrier latch question
G'Day Bronco1, From the three alternatives you mentioned, disregard the Voyager entirely - I reckon they are rubbish. I've compared all three with my Kaymar unit & believe the Terrafirma is the only one to come anywhere near the Kaymar for durability, strength & latch quality. The Kaymar unit...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Selling the LR4
G'day Davidinseattle. Naturally I was referring to a "dual-range" transfer case. No idea why LR would build a single-range LR4 - only for Nth. America I guess? Never sold in that configuration in Oz. I don't believe that U.S. buyers had the chance to buy the diesel Chrysler 300 - it's a...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Selling the LR4
I'm confused why anyone would buy a LR4 WITHOUT a transfer case. It's one of the vehicle's core values that makes it one of the best allround vehicles EVER! Obviously never bought to use it in its natural environment - serious offroad touring. Also confused regarding four hours of "no-hands"...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Question for LR4 owners that switched to 18" wheels
Bite the bullet & get 5 X Compo's & fit 265/60 X 18 BFG A/T KO2's. You own THE BEST all-round vehicle!! So don't mess around with any second best option. The compo's are the best quality wheel available for the LR4. The 265/60's avoids ANY issues with rubbing/fouling & the difference in tire...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Crazy to add Tactical Rear bumper at 104k?
G'Day MBW, If weight is a serious concern re transmission Transfer case protection, check out the weight of the plates made by APT in Australia. I'm sure Ben can advise the exact weight. Check out APT's YouTube fitting instruction for all of their underbody protections. Brilliant quality &...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Crazy to add Tactical Rear bumper at 104k?
G'day Magus, US$ 4K does seem verrry steep even with fitting. I've carefully checked out a D4 with the Tactical rear bar & spare mount & I reckon the Kaymar rear bar & mount is superior in several ways. Mine cost me just over AUS$3K fitted at Kaymar's factory. The US$4K is around AUS$5,7K...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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2013 LR4 I'm new need advice on wheels
G'day adclark; I run 40-42 psi for highway driving. My D4 with all the aftermarket gear fitted & two full tanks (192 liters) & two of us onboard with average baggage/gear etc ,is at the max gross vehicle mass of 3240kgs, so tire pressures are very important to keep moving in very rough stuff...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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New spare tire swing-out option
It may not seem so cheap if your wheel & mount depart your vehicle on a 5 hour run on serious corrugated tracks. That can even happen with cheaper replacement bumpers with swing mounts - I've seen it myself. For that reason alone, most guys here in Oz will only fit a top-quality steel bumper...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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2013 LR4 I'm new need advice on wheels
G'day adclark, Congrats on your choice of wheels & tires. Especially tire size. The 265/60's are a better option compared to 265/65's because it avoids ANY problems - rubbing & fitting inflated spare. The slightly lower profile has not proved an issue for me in seriously rough terrain. I can...- RobRover88
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Tyre Trek Swing Away
G'Day CRYA, The US Kaymar price seems way over the top. Unless their price has increased massively over the past couple of years the price in U.S. dollars should be less than USD$2,500- AND that would include FITTING at their factory. I paid just over AUD$3000- . The US/AUD exchange rate...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Tyre Trek Swing Away
The Tactical 4X4 sits closer to the body and is mounted on an angle. If I recall properly the Terrafirma is about the the same as the Kaymar unit. The Tactical 4X4 construction appears to use less beefy-looking steel components for the wheel mount - round rather than square-section & less...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Tyre Trek Swing Away
Maybe the U.S. distributors in past years didn't perform well enough in terms of service & reliability of supply? Here in Oz Kaymar have a great reputation - one reason they're rated as "the World's best replacement rear bumpers & bars" They really deliver a great product. I'm fortunate to...- RobRover88
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Tyre Trek Swing Away
Several Aussie manufacturers sell a lot of product into the U.S. The exchange rate is great for Americans right now & shipping costs are reasonable. Check out www.kaymar.com.au Maybe get a quote from Kaymar [email protected] even if they don't have a U.S. distributor. I've got...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Tyre Trek Swing Away
Seriously, IF you really want to move your spare from under the back, then you MUST use a proper replacement rear bumper - steel, with a top quality pivot. Anything less will rattle, vibrate & eventually fail in the worst possible place. What do you do if it fails????? You've probably got a...- RobRover88
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At Long Last... Modern head unit!
G'day magus, The missus & I have 3 vehicles - all with CD players. We've looked at replacing two with a large road-orientated SUV & keeping the 2014 LR4 TDV6 forever. Can't find a large luxo 3.0lt. diesel SUV that has a CD player as standard. Our roadtrips with a stack of great CD's sounding...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Compomotive PD 1881 finish delamination
My Compo's were made in early 2018 & as I said in an earlier post I've had no problems at all with delam. My understanding is that the dodgy batch of wheels were produced in 2017. Compomotive do not have these wheels in constant production. They program a run of X number of units depending on...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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At Long Last... Modern head unit!
The photos seem to show that the unit is missing THE MOST important OE feature!! Where's the CD player??????????? Ha Ha .........Us old guys have huge collections of Americana CD's. They sound sooo much better than USB's or other drives, especially through the Meridian premium sound system with...- RobRover88
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- Forum: LR4
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Electronic Gremlins D4/ LR4
G'day again Andrew H, A good mate ; Kerry Richardson runs a business in Devonport and is a D4 (and D3) owner & has suggested two Tassie LR specialists. He suggests firstly you call Bauke Meijer - Sheffield Mechanical and Tyre. 6491 1107 or 0408781254 & have a chat. Tell Bauke Kerry said to...- RobRover88
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