Thread: just got my first rangie

Don't be too quick on the upgrades and forget everything you learnt about mods from jap trucks. Drive it for a while and you will be real surprised at what it will do as it is.

It looks to already have after market springs and shocks, maybe get some mud tyres and try that first.

Welcome to the forum, you will learn heaps as I have.

Yer well i put 32's under it the other day just to see what it was like and they looked a bit tight, so that why I've been looking into lifting it, i saw some 3 inch coil spacers on ebay tonight but unsure wether they are a good option

Yer well hopefully i do, this is my first 4wd but have always been landrover fan

Nice looking Rangie.

As CC said, it would pay to be more conservative to start with at least - 32" tyres will rub in a couple of spots at full articulation, so you may need to do something if that's the way you want to go.

Happy Range Rovering!

Well done on finding the best of both worlds.
Old fashioned comfort and diesel economy.
I enjoy driving my RRC as no doubt you are, fuel economy is the issue with the v8.

Ree your suspension lift, have read of this link...
Tyre Sizes and Mods Required
(Section B )
As has been said, use it and see if it lets you down.
I can go places on highway tyres and standard suspension that other rigs on muddies can't get to.

Thanks for the link. .now I'm thinking 3 inch is a bit of a over kill but the coil spacers kit is only 190 bucks and it extends the shocks as well ...but if i only need 1 inch lift to run 32's maybe i will better off doing that

Thanks for all the advice

Originally Posted by alien

I can go places on highway tyres and standard suspension that other rigs on muddies can't get to.

Really? Like where if i may ask as this confuses me.

Originally Posted by alien

fuel economy is the issue with the v8.

Tell me about it!

Originally Posted by alien

I can go places on highway tyres and standard suspension that other rigs on muddies can't get to.

I too have discovered that my standard RRC on cooper ATR's is still more effective as an off-road vehicle, than the modified Navara D40's and D22's my friends run.

Recently with the viscious local storms, we were out clearing the local roads, snatching fallen trees and moving them safely off the road. The RRC made mincemeat of the task, whereas the D22, (which was the most modified - turbo, tune, lift, lockers..) was not able to pull the heavier trees or do it as quickly.

quite surprising really. I thought my asthmatic rover v8 would be shamed by the 'tuff-trucks' but I ended up smiling quite a lot. My mates eventually got sick of doing it in their trucks and became passengers in the RRC, while we completed the task. There is nothing funnier than seeing a Nissan guy sitting in the back and his jaw literally drop when you put it in low and simply drive away without feeling it. They had slightly bruised ego's when I reminded them it was a completely original standard 25 year old vehicle.

The D40 owner reminded me that his truck was more powerful and had more torque - and I quipped, if it was so f-ing good, why can't it perform a simple task like snatching a fallen tree without repeatedly stalling halfway. He shut up after that.

These old vehicles may have some reliability issues, but they sure do surprise you with their capabilities. Just when you think you're too far gone, it literally pulls one out of the proverbial and keeps on going.

There is an old disused quarry about an hour away, which gets a workout every now and then. I'm yet to go there on my M/T's because the M/T's are a hassle to fit for a short trip, the AT's are more than enough, even in the wet when it's really scrabbly and ugly.

I don't have a winch either, and haven't needed one, but my mates have, and have used them on the same tracks when we've gone through together.

I think there is a very valid argument for the traction claims, I'm sure that with M/T's on the RRC would be an even better weapon than it already is.

Originally Posted by Mercguy

There is nothing funnier than seeing a Nissan guy sitting in the back and his jaw literally drop when you put it in low and simply drive away without feeling it.

What sort of Nissan?
I had to get pulled out by a GU nissan only a few days ago actually.
By all accounts i thought they were the leading 4x4. Certainly based on the strength of the drive train.