Thread: 20" rim D4 on Border Track, SA

took off the cover, no apprent damage. however, compressor vibration so loud and become so noticeable. I never felt that much noise, but it is better now when I cleared the mud and tight up nuts. I will see after test drive.

Cheers

It is much better now, level of noise become unnoticed. I presumed the mud filled up inside the cover and no space to tolerate the vibration. I did not think about it when I played with mud few times before, a lesson to learn.

I am still hesitate to get GOE rims, I hope cooper tyre can keep me going further on cape York trip, but LLAMS definitely on the list. I should order from David's performance and give a go on DIY if it is not complicated, or get an auto electrician to fit it. Compressor guard and fuel tank guard are also on the list since I had a lesson today.

By the how many inch will it be when goes emergency height.

Thanks for all input, a great forum to guide me through trouble shooting.

Ok so now we know what happened with the errors (wrong diameter) and the compressor (mud), what about the tyres? What happened to get a flat and was there any other tyre problems?

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

Ok so now we know what happened with the errors (wrong diameter) and the compressor (mud), what about the tyres? What happened to get a flat and was there any other tyre problems?

Scott

I had a finger hole on the border of side wall when I had been very careful to avoid the Rock and tree roots. However, we were about finish the border track and speed up to 50-60k, that is when it happen. I only dropped the front types to 25 psi, back to 30 psi while most of others drop to 15psi. I was surprise how road tyre handle with track on Colorado, extra side wall must help.

Gary, sounds like your tyres handled things well but you got unlucky with a sidewall puncture.
This could still happen the same even if you have Llams and/or GOE 18" wheels.
If you fit LT tyres to the GOE wheels the risk of sidewall puncture is reduced but it can still happen.

Other than the flat tyre, you mentioned clearance issues and this is why you are considering Llams.
Did you ground on the track? Or want/need to go faster than the 50km/h offroad height limit?

The maximum Llams offset height will give you an extra 50mm above factory offroad height, which is virtually the same as emergency offroad height.
Tombie posted a good summary here earlier on using Llams when wanting to travel faster than 50km/h.

I do have and recommend Llams but you need to understand where and how it helps.
And it is way more important to have 5 wheels with the same size tyres and ideally an extra 6th tyre for your Cape trip.

Cheers,
Scott

Originally Posted by DIS4

It is much better now, level of noise become unnoticed. I presumed the mud filled up inside the cover and no space to tolerate the vibration. I did not think about it when I played with mud few times before, a lesson to learn.

I am still hesitate to get GOE rims, I hope cooper tyre can keep me going further on cape York trip, but LLAMS definitely on the list. I should order from David's performance and give a go on DIY if it is not complicated, or get an auto electrician to fit it. Compressor guard and fuel tank guard are also on the list since I had a lesson today.

By the how many inch will it be when goes emergency height.

Thanks for all input, a great forum to guide me through trouble shooting.

Contact member Greame on here,he makes the Llams kits and will be able to sell you one direct.He will be able to tell you how easy they are to fit,you can decide then if you need an auto ellecy
Andrew

Originally Posted by LRD414

Gary, sounds like your tyres handled things well but you got unlucky with a sidewall puncture.
This could still happen the same even if you have Llams and/or GOE 18" wheels.
If you fit LT tyres to the GOE wheels the risk of sidewall puncture is reduced but it can still happen.

Other than the flat tyre, you mentioned clearance issues and this is why you are considering Llams.
Did you ground on the track? Or want/need to go faster than the 50km/h offroad height limit?

The maximum Llams offset height will give you an extra 50mm above factory offroad height, which is virtually the same as emergency offroad height.
Tombie posted a good summary here earlier on using Llams when wanting to travel faster than 50km/h.

I do have and recommend Llams but you need to understand where and how it helps.
And it is way more important to have 5 wheels with the same size tyres and ideally an extra 6th tyre for your Cape trip.

Cheers,
Scott

I had been bogged at few sand dunes on Tommie and patrols passed them easily, wonder if the clearance is main factor as few without exra lift. I contacted Graeme and he wanted me order by installer to save cost, I would not class myself real handyman. However, we all learn from somewhere.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary

Llams is almost all plug and play..
One hole for mounting the controller and the rest is a simple plug in affair (plus a simple calibration which is very easy).