Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by josh.huber

Dropped the bull bar off to the power coaters today, bought it years ago. It's been up the side of the house for ages, need to shop around for a winch now. Likely Kings, hard to go past that price, add much as I want a carbon winch

I fitted a kings, wanted a Runva but they doubled in price within a few months - cant fault the kings for the price.

Originally Posted by veebs

Deserves its own thread I think Tombie…

You think so? I’m taking pics as I do it, so will write it up once done.

After 5 1/2 years of D3 ownership I dropped the tyre pressure and popped my 4WD loose sand cherry.

Managed to get it "a bit stuck" at 22psi, dropped it to 14.5 and rocked out.

The clutch didn't smell happy by the time we got out, but that's going to just require a bit of practice. Here till next Wednesday, so plan on a bit more practice between now and then.

On the bright side, the nice white sand took all the brake dust off the wheels.

Originally Posted by jwb

Fitted the bar for some extra lighting up front.
Watched this during some downtime. D4 recovery.
Discovery 4/LR 4 ROLLOVER! Off Road Recovery - YouTube

That is enough to bring a tear to one's eye!

Originally Posted by BradC

After 5 1/2 years of D3 ownership I dropped the tyre pressure and popped my 4WD loose sand cherry.

Managed to get it "a bit stuck" at 22psi, dropped it to 14.5 and rocked out.

The clutch didn't smell happy by the time we got out, but that's going to just require a bit of practice. Here till next Wednesday, so plan on a bit more practice between now and then.

On the bright side, the nice white sand took all the brake dust off the wheels.

Almost got caught like that myself a while back on the beach south of Dalyellup just out of Bunbury. Went down there to meet some friends who were already there in a Hi-lux. I didn't bother letting my tyres down on the way in, and it definitely let me know that I needed to - was a hot day and the sand was very fine and dry. On the way out, I had let the tyres down to about 15psi and the Disco was doing it easy. Same couldn't be said for the Hi-lux though. They got stuck in the soft sand at the top of the beach (tide had come in so we couldn't travel on the harder sand further down) and they burnt the clutch out in the Hi-lux and also came close to cooking the engine. I hooked them up and dragged them all the way back to the Life Saver's station car park (about 3 or 4 km), where they had relatives meet them to tow it home. In the process, I dragged the Hi-lux around a number of other vehicles which had got into trouble because of the incoming tide forcing them up into the dry, softer sand. I think the old Disco surprised quite a few that day with how easy it was doing the job while plenty of others were struggling.

Originally Posted by BMKal

I had let the tyres down to about 15psi and the Disco was doing it easy.

That was where I went wrong. My mate in his 200 series dropped straight to about 15. I only dropped to about 22 which was fine where the sand was a bit firmer. Once I dropped to 15 it went a lot easier. Given the tyre performance and footprint at 15 I reckon I could go lower and still have some wiggle room.

It's all a learning experience and at least I know what I don't know.

Originally Posted by BradC

That was where I went wrong. My mate in his 200 series dropped straight to about 15. I only dropped to about 22 which was fine where the sand was a bit firmer. Once I dropped to 15 it went a lot easier. Given the tyre performance and footprint at 15 I reckon I could go lower and still have some wiggle room.

It's all a learning experience and at least I know what I don't know.

I’ve gone to 8psi when things went really wrong. All good and tyres never came off the bead. Once out of trouble I re-inflated to 15psi. LR rim beads are incredibly tight. Can’t speak for aftermarket rims.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

I’ve gone to 8psi when things went really wrong. All good and tyres never came off the bead. Once out of trouble I re-inflated to 15psi. LR rim beads are incredibly tight. Can’t speak for aftermarket rims.

Half my off-road driving is on WA beaches, frequently at that. Absolutely agree about going straight to 15psi, even on original 19" rims with Pirelli ATR's.
I got very used to driving at will with that setup for the first couple of years of ownership.

Cue Compomotives with 18" Pirelli AT+ ... just as good at 15psi, but as for the bead? Well, let's say I've peeled a couple. I forget they ain't Land Rover rims!

(And I have experienced the secret joy of dragging a 200 Series out of the soft stuff not that long ago. I didn't even bother snatching, just to make a point.
Driver insisted that there must be something wrong with it, "driving all day without an issue". )