Thread: Murphy's Law, catastrophic failure in a very bad place

Originally Posted by peter g

If I had your model car I would be trying to fit a set of GO compomotive rims and run 65 profile tyres - they will fit.


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No, the GOE Comp Rims (18 inch) fit all L322 UP TO but NOT including the 2012MY 4.4TDV8 / 5.0 V8 Supercharged petrol.

They fit the 3.6TDV8 model though. A forum member here in Brisbane has the latter (MY2009) with new GOE rims - we tried to fit them on my 4.4 but the huge (upgraded in 2012) Brembo brake calipers are the problem.

Publishers always retain the right to edit/alter copy as they see fit Garry, so there's probably not much I can do about that. But I haven't actually chosen the magazine I'll give it to, although I've sent a draft to 4X4 Australia to see if they think it fits their format. I'll see if I can post it online somewhere so you guys can have a read.

Originally Posted by CSBrisie

No, the GOE Comp Rims (18 inch) fit all L322 UP TO but NOT including the 2012MY 4.4TDV8 / 5.0 V8 Supercharged petrol.

They fit the 3.6TDV8 model though. A forum member here in Brisbane has the latter (MY2009) with new GOE rims - we tried to fit them on my 4.4 but the huge (upgraded in 2012) Brembo brake calipers are the problem.

Well that settles it then. Mine's a MY2012 4.4TDV8 so smaller rims definitely won't fit.

Originally Posted by GregMilner

Publishers always retain the right to edit/alter copy as they see fit Garry, so there's probably not much I can do about that.

In that case I am sure they will twist things to try and bag the RR as best they can.

Can 19" fit the 4.4 TDV8?

Yes, some 19 inch LR rims will fit, not all. Depending on tyre (sidewall) size - 20's might be just as good.

I am going to try Cooper AT3 with 275/55/20, for off road only, (the Forum member on here with the 3.6TDV8 used these prior to the GOE 18's).

cheers

Originally Posted by Dougal

Can 19" fit the 4.4 TDV8?

It seems to depend on the model year. Chris (CSBrisie) you were going to see if you could get 19s for your car weren't you? (Same year as mine.)

I did manage to get SOME pics of the car in some fairly gnarly off-road situations....this was beside the Pentecost before we headed up the Kalumburu Rd and the Mitchell Falls track.

Kudos to LRA - they've just called to say they're flying Michelle and I down to Perth on Sunday, arranging for the car to be trucked down for repairs at Barbagallo Land Rover, offered us a hire car for the rest of our time in Broome, and another one for us at Perth Airport to use while the car is being fixed.

And they'll look into reimbursing us (even partly would be appreciated) for our charter flight out of Drysdale River.

Can't ask for more than that. Good on them.

Time for a celebratory drink by the pool. (Well, it IS 32 degrees here, okay???)