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Thread: 2014 Range Rover Tyres and Suspension for Australian conditions.

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    Whoops - that was meant to read LC100 Series... LC200 series was shortlisted but is no longer a contender - especially of I keep my 100 for rough and tumble stuff.

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    Hahaha one drive in a Vogue and i can guarantee the 100 series won't move again they are just an epic car, as for off road just use your brain and due diligence don't go stupid and you'll be right.

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    Ozjet, we own a MY12 TDV8 (4.4 8 speed etc) with e-diff (which I just learnt is much stronger than the standard one and a must for heavy towing) and we fitted Cooper LTZ tyres on 20's and so far so good. I know Greg M and as my car is identical I watched with interest his trip up the Gibb, (which incidentally did include a significant period of trouble free motoring off road and on road). We are doing the Plenty and Red Centre next year towing a camper trailer so it will be a good test over 4 weeks (car is set up with second battery, redarc, EBC, UHF, etc) and has been brilliant over 35000kms - but all off roading has been day trips (Sunshine Coast hinterlands etc) and sand (eg Stradboke, Moreton Islands). Never faulted. I have no plans to upgrade - to a L402- but if I did I would order a 190kw SDV6 with e-diff and fit the 18 inch GOE rims and LT tyres. This would resolve most of the issues you raise and with the car 420kg lighter than mine - suspect 600nm is ample torque!!

    Good luck and keep us informed!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    You had better have a better 200 series than my brothers 6 month old Sahara TDV8 - its front suspension has already sagged and has never seen a corrugation.

    Garry
    Quote Originally Posted by Ozjet View Post
    Whoops - that was meant to read LC100 Series... LC200 series was shortlisted but is no longer a contender - especially of I keep my 100 for rough and tumble stuff.
    Well I hope your 100 series is better than my brothers previous petrol V8 100 series - its front suspension not only sagged but a few cracks were found as well.

    My silly brother keeps on buying Toyotas but doesn't seem to learn his bad experience lessons.
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    Or, you could carry a spare set of rear shocks.
    By all means get a Defender. If you get a good one, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
    apologies to Socrates

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    Hi Ozjet, Like you I would love the new TDV8, however l would buy the TDV6 (still heaps of power for me) if I could fit 18" rims. Gordon at Green Oval said he would check whether his Compomotive 18" rims would fit, however as yet no response. I would never go larger than 18" for the off road use you describe.
    Until there is a solution I will stick with my L322

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    Like I said - Pretty sure that the mantle of "unbreakable" probably no longer applies to the Toyota LC200. What did they do about his suspension? Ignore, deny or rectify?

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    Thanks Peter g

    Very interested to hear if those 18's end up fitting and also curious about why you'd go the V6 over the V8 - if other than for the wheel issues...

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    Thanks CSBrisie. Are you going to blog your experiences? The dealer has told me that there is currently about a 4 to 5 month delivery time which means that I'd order it in about Feb/March of 2015 so that it was delivered in at the beginning of the 14/15 financial year. What this really means that I've got time on my side to get comfortable with what I choose to do.

    In all my reading thus far I've not come across the e-diff option. I can't even see it as an option on the downloadable spec sheet of the LR website. The dealer didn't mention it at all either. I think I might have to go back to him and ask.

    These forums are terrific - thanks so much to those who have contributed so far to this thread.

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    Andy G I guess I could carry a spare set of shocks and then I'd also have to carry a few cartons of beer to pay the first mechanically able passerby to get under the car, in the dust and hot sun to fix it. I guess for me it would be a win win situation. If I wrecked my shocks it would mean I'd get home 2 shocks and 3 cartons lighter. If I didn't wreck my shocks I'd have had a trouble free trip with addtiional piece of mind that I wouldn't be stranded if I did - and know that I'd have enough beer to not have to ration myself too much.

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