Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Paid for my new stereo today.

I had had been wanting to do a double din conversion since my original stacker died until I seen the Alpine iLX-F309E Halo 9 9” come out.

I then saw Andrew’s installation on his project from Les Richmond Automotive which only confirmed I had to have it.🤔

Picked up a bargain today 😈recommended retail is around $1295. Scored for $795. 👍

Can’t wait for the unit to arrive so I can fit it up. No dash cutting required 😆😎🤗

Cheers, Chris

Originally Posted by 4runnernomore

But it we all know you are secretly lusting over 275-285 /70/ 18’s or 285/75R18 so side wall height won’t be a issue .

cheers Chris

Don't be silly, then I'd need a set of Ashcroft 4:11 HD centres, pegged and lockered up, TW driveshafts front and back, CDL and ATB in the t/case, and the motor fitted with a VNT, big IC, chipped.
Oh, and HD drive plate, big TC and bigger trans cooler and whatever HP24 guts we can jam in the 22 case.
Then I can fit some 285/70-18's!

Originally Posted by rick130

Don't be silly, then I'd need a set of Ashcroft 4:11 HD centres, pegged and lockered up, TW driveshafts front and back, CDL and ATB in the t/case, and the motor fitted with a VNT, big IC, chipped.
Oh, and HD drive plate, big TC and bigger trans cooler and whatever HP24 guts we can jam in the 22 case.
Then I can fit some 285/70-18's!

And🤣😂

you know you want to 😈

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

The 18's do go round corners much better than the 16's...
just sayin...

Depends how fast you want to go round corners, Pedro. Both our cars have all the Land Rover acronyms to control uppy downy, roundy corners, brake locky, the list goes on, but neither have an acronym to stop centrifugal forces acting on all the crap in the back.

Punching above its weight.

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Originally Posted by rick130

And a FWIW, I actually don't lose any sidewall height going from the current 235/70-16's to 265/60-18's.

See, I've done a really good job of justifying the bigger rims!

We all know I'll be very practical and go the 265/70-16 route, but geez the 18's look good.

With the 265/60's you will gain width but loose sidewal height, There is a big difference between a 60 and 70 profile.

Originally Posted by trout1105

With the 265/60's you will gain width but loose sidewal height, There is a big difference between a 60 and 70 profile.

Actually near enough as damn it the same sidewall height between a 265/60-18 and a 235/70-16.
It's all about aspect ratio.

A 265/70-16 will act as a better air spring than either, and conform better when aired down in the rough stuff.
It just deforms more on road, but for the most part no one will ever notice the difference. Unless you are a little crazy behind the wheel.
And it will give a better ride than the 18" rim, thanks to a better (lower) spring rate. (more volume)

Rick if you like beach driving and mud the narrow tall tyre is best. I also experienced tram tracking with 265's on my d2 but 245/75/16 is a great off-road tyre and if you have seen my grey d2 getting around it corners well enough...good springs and shocks helps.

Cheers