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Tactical Rovers skids and sliders??
Overland Journal Project Land Rover Discovery 4 (LR4)
- Thread starter Scott Brady
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Scott Brady
Founder
Beauty!
David Harris
Expedition Leader
Those Tactical Rovers skids look nice!
huskyfargo
Adventurer
I'm curious what kind of gas mileage you're getting with that setup.
SSF556
SE Expedition Society
Without second guessing the manufacturer, based on my experience with a very polished beta version on my 2013 NAS LR4, I can't imagine availability of IIDTool for Disco/LR4 - and 2010+ RRS - being more than 3/4 months away. There are currently a couple of wrinkles left for owners of MY2010 and 2011s (involving a firmware update of the instrument cluster to MY2012 specifications, see this thread: http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/9-...-2010-diagnostic-sys-beta-sales-starting.html), but they are minor and GAP will most likely resolve them by the time they release the tool to their distributor. As far as availability in the US, your best bet would be to contact Britpart in the UK, they should provide you with names of IIDTool dealers on this side of the pond. Atlantic British - to name just one - is currently a US distributor for EAS Control and IIDTool.
SteveMfr
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Hi Umberto!
Nice to see you here as well!
Actually, we will be even quicker on the release than 3-4 months - more like 2 to 3 till the units are avail. in retail
I was going to post on this another time, but it seems like this is appropriate (hope this is not too much of a hi-jack, Scott):
The 'wrinkle' with the cluster software for the 2010, 2011 LR4 is a bit of a headache. In a nutshell, the issue is that the 2010, 2011 cluster software will not allow us to display the IIDTool info to the cluster. So the IIDTool updates the software to the 2012> cluster software on first use. The cluster looks a bit less grainy (pics at Umberto's link above) which is not bad, but the headache is that LR changed the front PDC sounder so that the 2010, 2011 front PDC no longer works with the newer cluster software (the rear PDC continues to work fine). We looked into making a patch for this but it is much too time intensive.
So we have a bit of an issue for those early LR4 owners who feel that the front PDC is vital.
To address this we have a couple of possibilities:
- you upgrade the cluster software to use the IIDTool and downgrade the software at the end of your diagnostic session. We have included provisions for this and it takes about 2 mins each time. We are not happy with this, tho, so...
- the production IIDTool for the LR4 will have our newer hardware. There is a bluetooth chip on the board) The corresponding app will not be ready immediately. But it will offer enormous potential for the future.
Zecko, in addition to AB give Justin at Lucky8 a call. He should have the LR3 IIDTool soon.
Nice to see you here as well!
Actually, we will be even quicker on the release than 3-4 months - more like 2 to 3 till the units are avail. in retail
I was going to post on this another time, but it seems like this is appropriate (hope this is not too much of a hi-jack, Scott):
The 'wrinkle' with the cluster software for the 2010, 2011 LR4 is a bit of a headache. In a nutshell, the issue is that the 2010, 2011 cluster software will not allow us to display the IIDTool info to the cluster. So the IIDTool updates the software to the 2012> cluster software on first use. The cluster looks a bit less grainy (pics at Umberto's link above) which is not bad, but the headache is that LR changed the front PDC sounder so that the 2010, 2011 front PDC no longer works with the newer cluster software (the rear PDC continues to work fine). We looked into making a patch for this but it is much too time intensive.
So we have a bit of an issue for those early LR4 owners who feel that the front PDC is vital.
To address this we have a couple of possibilities:
- you upgrade the cluster software to use the IIDTool and downgrade the software at the end of your diagnostic session. We have included provisions for this and it takes about 2 mins each time. We are not happy with this, tho, so...
- the production IIDTool for the LR4 will have our newer hardware. There is a bluetooth chip on the board
) The corresponding app will not be ready immediately. But it will offer enormous potential for the future.Zecko, in addition to AB give Justin at Lucky8 a call. He should have the LR3 IIDTool soon.
- the production IIDTool for the LR4 will have our newer hardware. There is a bluetooth chip on the board
Steve, will there be any option for those of us from the original beta of the IIDTool (for my LR3) to be able to get our HW upgraded to the new HW w/ BT? I assume their would likely be an additional expense, but I don't want to be left out of features that will be enabled in the corresponding app.
RangeBrover
Explorer
Did you guys ever figure out how to fit 18's on the LR4? I'd like to know if there are other options that don't include the Compmotive wheels.
Scott Brady
Founder
The 18s are still on the project list. I got a bit distracted with that pretty, white thing from Germany. . .
Hope to be back on it within a few weeks.
Hope to be back on it within a few weeks.
George Gem
New member
Thanks Scott! I put tons of work into her..... We should get out one day! Im in CA tho...