Any Suggestion on Off Road Modification for Disco 4

All equipment modifications aside, STILL, the most cost effective and useful off road modification comes with good driver training, and/or experience. I've seen it time and time again where a fully knitted out off road beast is bogged to the axles and I drive around them in my soft roader on S/T tyres.

As a military member wiith over 20 years driving in pretty much every condition you can imagine, I can say unequivocally that a poor driver in a great vehicle will go nowhere, whereas, a good driver, who assesses the obstacle, selects the right gear (when appropriate), and attacks (sorry for the aggressive words here - it's in my nature) the obstacle at the correct speed, picking a pre-selected line as appropriate for the vehicle, can go pretty much anywhere in a standard vehicle, with average tyres.

Go get yourself some training mate. Then decide what mods you need. All good advice on here about suspension and tyre mods from very knowledgeable people, but I guarantee they are all moderate to very experienced drivers first.

THE FIZZ is spot on. As a novice driver of the Disco you would do well to make sure you are fully aware of how to use the cars capabilities properly. If you don't, you will be guaranteed to fulfill the "prophecy" of your mates - especially in sand.

Get a copy of this companion manual from GOE and make an effort to understand it fully:

Green Oval Experience Land Rover training, Range Rover modifcation

If GOE are holding a training session in your city make a point of attending:

Green Oval Experience Land Rover training, Range Rover modifcation

Make sure you keep asking questions here - we'll all try to help.

The LR clubs have training too, and its low cost. Compared to the Vic Land Cruiser setup, which is quite expensive. I bought a 150 Prado, and thought I'd join the land cruiser club. The cost for the club required an additional driver training. I told them I'd already done it in the older Prado - but they said because my membership had lapsed, I had to pay for it all again. Over $400 for it, on top of the membership. Way more expensive than Land Rover's setup. Do the training, its fun and informative. And yes GOE would be good too.

You also get some nice magazines and lots of tours to go to.

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Originally Posted by The Fizz

I can say unequivocally that a poor driver in a great vehicle will go nowhere, whereas, a good driver, who assesses the obstacle, selects the right gear (when appropriate), and attacks (sorry for the aggressive words here - it's in my nature) the obstacle at the correct speed, picking a pre-selected line as appropriate for the vehicle, can go pretty much anywhere in a standard vehicle, with average tyres.

Go get yourself some training mate.

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Great advice Fizz.

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Originally Posted by Melbourne Park

The LR clubs have training too, and its low cost. Compared to the Vic Land Cruiser setup, which is quite expensive. I bought a 150 Prado, and thought I'd join the land cruiser club. The cost for the club required an additional driver training. I told them I'd already done it in the older Prado - but they said because my membership had lapsed, I had to pay for it all again. Over $400 for it, on top of the membership. Way more expensive than Land Rover's setup. Do the training, its fun and informative. And yes GOE would be good too.

You also get some nice magazines and lots of tours to go to.

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I already joined the VIC LR Club, had completed proficiency training and booked an advanced course which had been delayed by brushfire near training ground. That is why I am willing to invest more to go further. LLAMS and off-road rims are on my shopping list. Of course, Gordon little booklet had been bonus on top what I learned.

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Originally Posted by Bytemrk

Great advice Fizz.

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I second that. I did a 4WD training course near Lithgow at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately I didn't have my D3 at the time as it was getting the transmission rebuilt under warranty by the dealer I'd just purchased it from (effectively making the car $7k cheaper :D:D) so I had to do it in a hired Land Cruiser :(:(. I was amazed at the capability of 4WD's when given guided instruction.

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Originally Posted by DIS4

I already joined the VIC LR Club, had completed proficiency training and booked an advanced course which had been delayed by brushfire near training ground. That is why I am willing to invest more to go further. LLAMS and off-road rims are on my shopping list. Of course, Gordon little booklet had been bonus on top what I learned.

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Sounds like you're well and truly on the right track. Your mates should be listening to you instead of wherever they're getting their uninformed ideas now.

Scott

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Originally Posted by Bytemrk

Great advice Fizz.

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Did you modified your D4? 18" steel rim? LLAMS? Do you know any work shop doing that?

Cheers,

Gary

Does anyone knows if Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/45R20 can fit in my D4 with large disc brake? My local Tyre dealer mentioned that I could use it to replace my 255/50R20, but this information is not listed on my D4 plate.

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

Certainly in WA, the Hankook ATM RF-10's are the best value with a reasonably strong construction. I have them on both the Sport and the D4, although they're just starting to drone a little on the Sport (could be my poor alignment though, which I've just rectified).

Cheers,

Gordon

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Hi, Gordon. Can you please let me know if cooper Zeon LTZ 275/45/R20 can fit in my D4 with large disc brake? I am using Pirelli Scorpion AT 250/50/R20 now. Your online calculation is good with D3. At this time, I could not get pass the financial controller to order your rims, will be necessary if I intend to do more offload later on. When you plan to come to Melbourne for training since we have discovery intend to pick up more offroad skills.

Cheers,

Gary