Some D4 questions, contemplating purchase

Babs · 19th June 2016, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Chops

Looking at that vehicle, if I recall correctly, this was set up by LR themselves. Could it be that here in Aus (only) we are limited to the 75Kg ? With all the talk on tyres here, I'm not so sure I'll be swapping my rims over as soon as I thought I would,,, we'll see though. Love the look of the Compomotive wheels.

Is that 75kg including the rack or 75kg on top of the rack?

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Babs · 19th June 2016, 10:19 AM

If the factory rack is 20kg that only leaves 50 of kgs to load on top. Eeek that's two jerrycans or 1 rooftop tent.

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**LRD414** · 19th June 2016, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Babs

Is that 75kg including the rack or 75kg on top of the rack?

That's including rack.

Maximum roof load is 71.8kg (less the weight of the roof rails & cross bars) for "Factory Roof Rails & Cross Bars".
For the Expedition Rack it lowers again to 54.3kg (less the weight of the rack & rails).

IIRC it's in the manual but also Sniegy's post here:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...f-loading.html

These are dynamic figures. Sniegy's comment from the same thread:
"While the vehicle is stationary it can increase, but i do not have a load reference for it"

Cheers,
Scott

Babs · 19th June 2016, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by LRD414

That's including rack. Maximum roof load is 71.8kg (less the weight of the roof rails & cross bars) for "Factory Roof Rails & Cross Bars". For the Expedition Rack it lowers again to 54.3kg (less the weight of the rack & rails). IIRC it's in the manual but also Sniegy's post here: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...f-loading.html These are dynamic figures. Sniegy's comment from the same thread: "While the vehicle is stationary it can increase, but i do not have a load reference for it" Cheers, Scott

Looks like the slimline Frontrunner rack is the go then, full alloy, not sure but it would have to be between 10-15kgs

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Babs · 19th June 2016, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by LRD414

That's including rack. Maximum roof load is 71.8kg (less the weight of the roof rails & cross bars) for "Factory Roof Rails & Cross Bars". For the Expedition Rack it lowers again to 54.3kg (less the weight of the rack & rails). IIRC it's in the manual but also Sniegy's post here: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...f-loading.html These are dynamic figures. Sniegy's comment from the same thread: "While the vehicle is stationary it can increase, but i do not have a load reference for it" Cheers, Scott

Looks like the slimline Frontrunner rack is the go then, full alloy, not sure but it would have to be between 10-15kgs

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Babs · 19th June 2016, 11:08 AM

Oops there I go making assumptions again.

Installed weight 34kg

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**LRD414** · 19th June 2016, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Babs

Looks like the slimline Frontrunner rack is the go then, full alloy, not sure but it would have to be between 10-15kgs

From memory it's more than that .... 30kg comes to mind.
Note also that you can get short length ones that obviously weigh less.
Less area for carrying stuff but then again you can't put too much up there before overloaded.
I got a short Rhino Pioneer Platform partly for this reason and partly for its low profile.

Here's a couple of good threads that cover a lot of the options:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...vs-basket.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...ck-weight.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...oof-racks.html
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...-backbone.html

Scott

Babs · 19th June 2016, 07:38 PM

Scott thanks for those links, I will be going the Frontrunner rack and rear wheel carrier.

Can anyone clarify if a SDV6 D4 SE 7 has rear air conditioning, it's showing on LR website spec that rear climate is an option, is there still vents in second and third row? And does that mean that the vehicle wouldn't have the aircon lines under the rear wheel arch. Because if it doesn't have the lines under rear wheel arch I'm going to go with the 265/65-18 (31.5") as it seems minimal modifications to have them fit in. I will be fitting Llams regardless.

Tombie I don't think I will ever require snow chains, if I did it would have to be rear only I suppose.

If someone could clarify the air con lines under rear guard it would be appreciated. Cheers.

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**LandyAndy** · 19th June 2016, 07:45 PM

Babs.
Seeing you are new to our area you may not have seen the Backbone rack.Unsure of the weights,my eye tells me its the nicest setup.
See this thread,when I buy a rack its the way I think I will go.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disco...-backbone.html
Andrew

**LandyAndy** · 19th June 2016, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Babs

Scott thanks for those links, I will be going the Frontrunner rack and rear wheel carrier.

Can anyone clarify if a SDV6 D4 SE 7 has rear air conditioning, it's showing on LR website spec that rear climate is an option, is there still vents in second and third row? And does that mean that the vehicle wouldn't have the aircon lines under the rear wheel arch. Because if it doesn't have the lines under rear wheel arch I'm going to go with the 265/65-18 (31.5") as it seems minimal modifications to have them fit in. I will be fitting Llams regardless.

Tombie I don't think I will ever require snow chains, if I did it would have to be rear only I suppose.

If someone could clarify the air con lines under rear guard it would be appreciated. Cheers.

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Rear air would be an option in SE,standard in HSE I believe.
If you have rear air the lines definately go in the rear gaurd.
In the non rear air D4 like mine the second row get aircon air from the centre console vents,there are plastic ducts under the front seats in mine,I suspect these may supply air up the sides of the rear windows,for the 3rd row,but Ive never looked.
Andrew

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