View Poll Results: What combination should I go with?

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  • 265/75's, 2" lift, rear ARB locker, and new diff ratios

    5 16.13%

  • 265/75's, 2" lift, f&R lockers, leave the diff ratios for now

    13 41.94%

  • 235/85's, 2" lift, rear locker, and new diff ratios

    6 19.35%

  • 2" lift, F&R Lockers with a smaller M/T tyre for the disco and get a big set for the deefer

    7 22.58%
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Thread: Best combination of tyres/lockers/diff ratios?

  1. 31st July 2008, 08:31 PM #21
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    I'm starting to get worried about the implications of running 265/75's on the Disco if the NCOP isn't taken on by NSW soon. I've spoken to my insurer and they'll cover anything that is okayed by a state's traffic body. So at the moment the biggest tyre I should run is about 245/75

    That said, if I do happen to get 265's , and I got flares, how much guard cutting will be involved in getting them to fit?
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  2. 31st July 2008, 08:44 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Treads View Post
    I'm starting to get worried about the implications of running 265/75's on the Disco if the NCOP isn't taken on by NSW soon. I've spoken to my insurer and they'll cover anything that is okayed by a state's traffic body. So at the moment the biggest tyre I should run is about 245/75

    That said, if I do happen to get 265's , and I got flares, how much guard cutting will be involved in getting them to fit?
    No need for flares and no guard cutting until you get over 33". You will need a bull bar and 2' lift looks better.

    Even if the NCOP hasn't been adopted, you will pass engineering with a speedo correction unit (Truspeed). That particular unit does work with the D2, others wont. It also has 2 speed settings which allowed me to engineer for 33's and bigger offroad tyres.
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  3. 31st July 2008, 08:48 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    I agree with this. The rear locker makes a big difference, significantly more than what an additional one at the front makes - especially with ETC vehicles.
    Yay! That's a nice thing to read while I'm waiting to get my disco back from the workshop. BTW, are 265/70-16 legal without an engineering cert?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    No need for flares and no guard cutting until you get over 33". You will need a bull bar and 2' lift looks better.
    D1 not D2, he'll need to do the hack
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricey View Post
    Yay! That's a nice thing to read while I'm waiting to get my disco back from the workshop. BTW, are 265/70-16 legal without an engineering cert?
    lol! You must be hanging for it!

    265/70-16 isn't legal being about 30.6". 29" is stock and anything over 29.5" without certification is not legal. That anything over about 245/70-16.

    Check this site out:
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  6. 31st July 2008, 08:57 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    No need for flares and no guard cutting until you get over 33".
    Even in a D1? I was sure I'd have to chop into the rears a fair bit, if not the front.

    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    You will need a bull bar and 2' lift looks better.
    Already got Bullbar, Snorkel, Lightforce XGT's, etc. So the 2" lift will definitely look the goods

    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Even if the NCOP hasn't been adopted, you will pass engineering with a speedo correction unit (Truspeed). That particular unit does work with the D2, others wont. It also has 2 speed settings which allowed me to engineer for 33's and bigger offroad tyres.
    How much $$$ for truspeed & engineering cert though?
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  7. 31st July 2008, 09:05 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by rovercare View Post
    D1 not D2, he'll need to do the hack
    Sorry, I assumed that a 99 4.0 was D2 and 99 3.9 was D1.

    Edit, actually, I've mixed this thread up with another as there isn't even mention of V8

    Quote Originally Posted by Treads View Post
    Even in a D1? I was sure I'd have to chop into the rears a fair bit, if not the front.


    Already got Bullbar, Snorkel, Lightforce XGT's, etc. So the 2" lift will definitely look the goods



    How much $$$ for truspeed & engineering cert though?
    I was talking D2 here, D1 is different and I dont have one, and haven't carved one up. You will have to cut the guards though. I'm also not sure what the speedo drive/correction is for them. Sorry, a misunderstanding.
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