Thread: Tyres

Mods? It's a Landrover they don't need mods, people mod them cause they can. It's a set of 2nd hand BFG muddies I got off CAL415 when he upgraded tyres. No mods at this stage, just a cut down standard front bumper and a few repairs.

Lol... I think you have far too much faith in the abilities of a stock Land Rover Dobbo.

I will disagree with you about not requiring mods. You dont need to go overboard with modifications, but a moderately tweaked D2 will always go further than a stocker with muddies...

And why did you cut down the bumper?

Cheers

Angus

Originally Posted by mcguckiana

Lol... I think you have far too much faith in the abilities of a stock Land Rover Dobbo.

I will disagree with you about not requiring mods. You dont need to go overboard with modifications, but a moderately tweaked D2 will always go further than a stocker with muddies...

And why did you cut down the bumper?

Cheers

Angus

because it got cracked the first trip I took it out on. I have a spare but they sit too low and limit approach angles. You are right about mild mods, perhaps I'll fit a bullbar one day.

I think you would be amazed what a 40mm lift would make offroad too...it certainly did when I got mine done.

Angus

Ah cmon dobbo go the lift mate

Originally Posted by mcguckiana

I think you would be amazed what a 40mm lift would make offroad too...it certainly did when I got mine done.

Angus

I have seen both CAL415's, stevo's and Slunnies cars in action. I know what a lifted D2 can do. For my duel purpose vehicle a 2inch lift has the potential to sever the allready fragile relationship I hold with my insurance company, raise my towball by a further 2 inches rendering it unbalanced with the horse float and makes it hit the roof on the local underground carpark. New Bilsteins shocks and King springs are in the pipeline, however I don't know about a raise.

Originally Posted by Ken

Ah cmon dobbo go the lift mate

Put it this way, the D2 along with all other modern day Land Rovers are not designed to last past the warrantee period. I have learnt the hard and expensive way that it surely is a very capable car in stock standard form. If I was to modify a car as a tuff truck I would not use the D2 firstly it's too expensive to fix, secondly the chassis rails are only 2mm thick and would not handle very rough treatment over a prolonged period. Older Landies are a different story. The original question was what tyres could be fitted, this was answered. My intention now for the D2 is to set it up as a tourer.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Put it this way, the D2 along with all other modern day Land Rovers are not designed to last past the warrantee period. I have learnt the hard and expensive way that it surely is a very capable car in stock standard form. If I was to modify a car as a tuff truck I would not use the D2 firstly it's too expensive to fix, secondly the chassis rails are only 2mm thick and would not handle very rough treatment over a prolonged period. Older Landies are a different story. The original question was what tyres could be fitted, this was answered. My intention now for the D2 is to set it up as a tourer.

I have every faith in my D2 and the hardiness of its structure I am and will continue to turn it into a tough truck I plan to have this vehicle for a long time and have done considerable research into what constitutes a tough truck and believe me the Land Rover D2 Stacks up well. Lets not forget its based on the Rangie and they are tough as Guts.Obviously any 4x4 left standard will eventually have trouble coping with constant punishment.Not to mention consistent servicing and maitenance This is why we MODIFY them to cope with the arduous task off tough truck stuff .Im not one to leave anything standard for to long as anything has room for improvement Even a Land Rover...