Thread: Pimping 4wd's

call me a heathen, but i'd love an extra road friendly defender to match with my extra rustic off road unit. I'm not particular about 20 inch rims, but I'm sure the missus and I would enjoy a pimp my ride style project vehicle for street use

IMHO I shake my head at people like yourself who spend a furtune on thier rigs to go on club outings looking for mud holes to trash them in. Without a purpose I don't see the reason, but others like yourslef would disagree.

My point is that the guy with a pimp 4wd gets the same satisfaction with everyone at the traffic lights looking at him, as you do of 10 guys on a hill taking shots of your rig in a mud hole that you could have driven around

Personally I have a 4wd to get to places I need to get to on a daily basis, and for touring. But I don't begrudge the million other reasons people buy thier rig for.

I agree..everybody is different

My dad has always owned 4x4's all his life as hes a farmer and always needs 4x4's. He thinks I'm mad spending money on my rangie to go out finding tracks and breaking things.

I justify it as a hobby..its fun

Originally Posted by Camo

I agree..everybody is different

My dad has always owned 4x4's all his life as hes a farmer and always needs 4x4's. He thinks I'm mad spending money on my rangie to go out finding tracks and breaking things.

I justify it as a hobby..its fun

Ditto, my Da is a grease monkey and used to shake his head at the places I put my 4wds.
Funny thing is so do I now and I don't drive it if I reckon it will break something.

If I had deeper pockets the first thing I would do is have a defender in the drive way for off road and buy a Range Rover Sport and pimp it for around town.

Then half of you guys here would not speak to me.

Each to their own I guess.

Each to their own for sure BUT....

Most of the rim and tyre packages sold to these drongo's are not rated for the loads the vehical is capable of.

So that when they load it up with him and his trophy GF and the 2 1/2 tonnes of gear and the $50000 ski boat, they crack and fall off.

But they look good NOT.

On top of that, the tyres are not usually rated for 2 tonnes of truck on top of them, as with the standard 240 ltr tank in the Plado makes my mums coopers balloon out with 50 psi in them when it's full so how will 6 ply rubber bands hold up?

Even when rim and tyre combo's are factory fitted, it could lower the max capacities that the vehical can carry.

This can lessen tyre life or make the vehical dangerous.

These vehicals have been built for a purpose and should be maintained to keep them able to serve that purpose, putting huge rims and rubber band tyres to change how they handle and brake, change axial loadings and carrying capacities.

On top of all this, it makes them look like a moron.

If your vehical is fitted with these things from the factory, so be it, if you want to put bling wheels and tyres on, do your homework and see how hard it is to keep it all legal.

Im not saying it cant be done legaly but it is expensive and both rims and tyres to handle the load ratings of 4wds are hard to find.

Originally Posted by mcrover

Each to their own for sure BUT....

Most of the rim and tyre packages sold to these drongo's are not rated for the loads the vehical is capable of.

So that when they load it up with him and his trophy GF and the 2 1/2 tonnes of gear and the $50000 ski boat, they crack and fall off.

But they look good NOT.

On top of that, the tyres are not usually rated for 2 tonnes of truck on top of them, as with the standard 240 ltr tank in the Plado makes my mums coopers balloon out with 50 psi in them when it's full so how will 6 ply rubber bands hold up?

Even when rim and tyre combo's are factory fitted, it could lower the max capacities that the vehical can carry.

This can lessen tyre life or make the vehical dangerous.

These vehicals have been built for a purpose and should be maintained to keep them able to serve that purpose, putting huge rims and rubber band tyres to change how they handle and brake, change axial loadings and carrying capacities.

On top of all this, it makes them look like a moron.

If your vehical is fitted with these things from the factory, so be it, if you want to put bling wheels and tyres on, do your homework and see how hard it is to keep it all legal.

Im not saying it cant be done legaly but it is expensive and both rims and tyres to handle the load ratings of 4wds are hard to find.

sigh,


I thought we had been through all this---
(in this thread!)

each to his/her own--

we dont judge people here,,,,,,

Originally Posted by nornalup

Calm down DirtyDawg. Each to thier own.

IMHO I shake my head at people like yourself who spend a furtune on thier rigs to go on club outings looking for mud holes to trash them in. Without a purpose I don't see the reason, but others like yourslef would disagree.

My point is that the guy with a pimp 4wd gets the same satisfaction with everyone at the traffic lights looking at him, as you do of 10 guys on a hill taking shots of your rig in a mud hole that you could have driven around

Personally I have a 4wd to get to places I need to get to on a daily basis, and for touring. But I don't begrudge the million other reasons people buy thier rig for.

Hang on a cotton pikin minute there

You say it doesnt bother you

In your first paragraph you say

IMHO I shake my head at people like yourself (Quote Unquote )

So if you do shake your head at these people when you should be waving at them then thats just UNLANDROVERY of you

Originally Posted by njz

I saw a knob driving a lowered black ford explorer with bling 20"+ chrome rims and rubber band profile tyres a couple of weeks ago. He ended up between me and a stock TD5 at the lights. We were so much higher it wasn't funny.

It just looked crap to the max.
What was he thinking?

I think I've seen that or one very much like it ...outer SE burbs. I just have a chuckle at them trying to go over the speed bumps at Safeway
Some people think they look good I guess ...not my cup of tea.