Recent content by BrandonM7
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2011 LR4 Trailer Reverse Sensor
Remember this is Land Rover we're talking about - I'll bet they just ran out of buttons because someone forgot to order them, so they installed blanks. Then when they finally remembered and got more buttons that "feature" came back. My 2012 had the button. Some trailers are wired to ground just... -
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LR4 parked most of the time lately, any harm?
I wouldn't set the parking brake if it's going to sit for a long time. The brake shoes can rust to the rotor hat and it's rather brutal trying to get them unstuck. -
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What is hanging?
Yeah, I don't know of anything modern that's built like this either. There were a few sort of like that as unibody vehicles started being built in the 60s but not to this extent. Jeep kinda/sorta did the reinforced "frame rails" thing in the XJ and ZJ but that wasn't anywhere near this. The... -
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What is hanging?
LOL, if they were really trying to make the frame lighter they weren't doing a very good job of it - this is still one heavy sumbitch. The Jeep Liberty had a damper like this its first year or two used to quell driveshaft vibes. Too short of a rear driveshaft with too steep of an angle. We... -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
An explorer can at least look passable in some trims. Uninspired and bland, but at least not outwardly offensive. There's no saving that d5's dunky ass. -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
Even next to a case of chlamydia they are unappealing. I see one every day on campus at work and I swear it's one of the only vehicles I've ever encountered that seems to get uglier every day. Hell, even the Pontiac Aztek started to become tolerable once the shock wore off. Not these ugly ass d5s. -
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LR4 Shock Longevity
That's interesting. I can't say if they changed their methods, or bent the truth, or somewhere in between. I called because I had seen some resellers claiming they used Bilstein and others making no mention of it, so I didn't know if that was optional or bs or what. They told me the bag was... -
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255/55-19 ATTURO TRAIL BLADE MT TYRES
Always :biggrin: I don't know if there's anything really worth a **** in N GA anymore. Do you? I haven't been up that way (other than on motorcycle rides) in forever. Back when the old Jeep group used to ride everything was always on the brink of closure, and none of it was much more than dirt... -
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255/55-19 ATTURO TRAIL BLADE MT TYRES
This thread ******* delivers. It's always entertaining to see jwest educate you fools about serious off roading -- don't you dipshits know he's changed his own suspension bushings and put ******** BFG tires on for those monster off road adventures you only dream about? You'll need a tap... -
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LR4 Shock Longevity
I'm with ryanjl. Adding that much effort and time negates any savings for me, especially if I end up having to pull it apart more often to change what I didn't replace last time. Arnott uses a Continental bag and Bilstein shock according to the person I spoke with (bag is clearly marked... -
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Clock running slow
It's telling you that you're about to need to replace your battery. Every time our rovers start losing time and resetting to 24hr/dd-mm-yyyy there's a no-start within a few weeks. Reading 14V when driving backs that up -- the charging system is smart and only charges the bare minimum, usually... -
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You pull this out of your #7 cylinder...
Lean condition with boost cooked a piston apart and banged into ****, or timing came apart letting some valves meet pistons and then lots of stuff banged around. Either way it's a goner when a plug looks like that. Heads and block might be salvageable with machining, but it's likely cheaper to... -
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air suspension -- dumb question
I disagree. I think if Land Rover specifically designed a part to fail, that would be the longest lasting and most dependable part on the vehicle. -
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Opinions please (Non-Technical)
Last time I was in Philly someone with a grand Cherokee was parked like that, so I parked my rented sonata on the other side to make him feel much less tough.
