Now which new tyres to get...

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Originally Posted by scarry

Other manufacturers can run OEM 18's with similar or more power,torque,etc,etc.

Infact, a mates late model V8TD Audi ran OEM 18's.Way more powerful than a D4,and pretty heavy.LC also comes to mind.

Brakes seem to be LR's excuse,but others get around it.Some blame TC,but the jury is out on that.

Correct,most LR's are sold for around town duties,but are still marketed as a heavy duty off road vehicle.

Although i wouldn't put new Defender in that category and it has 19" OEM wheels on some models.

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LR havent always had the best brakes, in fact with 16's I don't think they're very good at all in terms of power or capacity. They've now got some of the best spec brakes in the business so you can be assured when towing your 3.5T caravan down through the various passes that you're brakes are as as solid as a rock. The other 4WD's, they may run smaller brakes, but they don't have same capacity as LandRover brakes. If you want to run smaller brakes I have heard of 2.7 TDV6 brakes being swapped in which allow 17's, a lot of other 4WD's run 17's these days.

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Originally Posted by coopers1969

Well I put 4 new Goodyear Wranger duratrac and at first look they look awesome https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dfc23d83a5.jpg

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I think you will find them to be as solid as a rock!

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

I think you will find them to be as solid as a rock!

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Solid as in great to drive with, or hard crappy tyres?

The Duratracs will grip and steer well judging by my experience with LT245/70R17 although the 19" XL version doesn't have the strong sidewalls of the LT sizes so don't run them at low pressure around rocks, especially sharp ones!

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

LR havent always had the best brakes, in fact with 16's I don't think they're very good at all in terms of power or capacity. They've now got some of the best spec brakes in the business so you can be assured when towing your 3.5T caravan down through the various passes that you're brakes are as as solid as a rock. The other 4WD's, they may run smaller brakes, but they don't have same capacity as LandRover brakes. If you want to run smaller brakes I have heard of 2.7 TDV6 brakes being swapped in which allow 17's, a lot of other 4WD's run 17's these days.

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Noting that the 2.7l D3/4 brakes are quite a bit smaller than what other brands use running 18's.

In fact taking 200 series as an example,the rotors on the VX and Sahara,running 18's, are 6mm less in diameter than the 3.0l D4,which i presume would be negligible.But i stand to be corrected.Caliper size and type,would also come into the equation no doubt.

I have found the brakes on my D4 to be fine,even towing 3.T,although the van has its own brakes,so i can't see how towing loads the brakes,if the whole rig is set up correctly,except in a fault situation.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

Novelty wore off already ?

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Nope just came back from a trip love them and the noise isnt bad at all. But I do have a roof rack and rear bar which make way more noise than the tires.

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Originally Posted by John_D4

Are they LT255 55 19? Keen to hear what they’re like onroad and off-road

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Yes that is what they are on road fantastic great grip in the wet have not been off road yet.

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Originally Posted by John_D4

Solid as in great to drive with, or hard crappy tyres?

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A great tyre.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Noting that the 2.7l D3/4 brakes are quite a bit smaller than what other brands use running 18's.

In fact taking 200 series as an example,the rotors on the VX and Sahara,running 18's, are 6mm less in diameter than the 3.0l D4,which i presume would be negligible.But i stand to be corrected.Caliper size and type,would also come into the equation no doubt.

I have found the brakes on my D4 to be fine,even towing 3.T,although the van has its own brakes,so i can't see how towing loads the brakes,if the whole rig is set up correctly,except in a fault situation.

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Thats a really interesting point! I've been doing a lot of research into brakes for an upgrade on the Disco2. Caliper type does affect it and the more pistons the bigger the rotor you can run. Also the other big contributing factor is the offset of the rotor and caliper, with newer brakes sitting a long way outboard where the inside of the rim is smaller in diameter, but if you bring the assembly inboard a little bit the size of the rotor can be increased by a fair bit - I guess thats a size vs cooling thing.

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Originally Posted by coopers1969

Yes that is what they are on road fantastic great grip in the wet have not been off road yet.

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Are they noisy? I’m running 980’s atm and mostly drive with the windows up so I don’t notice the noise.