Overland Journal Project Land Rover Discovery 4 (LR4)

[Scott Brady]

Scott-

Have you had a chance to test the factory 18"'s out yet? What was the extent of the modifications? I just picked up a new '13 LR4 with 19's, and I woul really, REALLY like to get a set of factory 18's and a set of MTR Kevlars like I had on my old LR3. If it requires a ton of modification I will probably just bump up to 20's with a set of AT KO's, but I totally agree it would be nice to have that extra sidewall...

Not fully tested, but so far the hot ticket. 1.25" spacers and the factory LR3 18" wheels mount right up. You might need to kiss the calipers with a flapper wheel, but I didn't. I did grind the hell out of one caliper as a test to see if the 18s would fit without the spacers. In the end, it is possible, but I could never recommend or advise it. The spacers really work with this vehicle, especially given how the track width changes on the IFS/IRS with the lift. It looks really good with the tires pushed out a bit on each side, but still aligned with the width of the fender flares.

The 265/70 R18 is a critical part of the system, as the tire is the height I wanted, but still relatively narrow. You end up with a 33x10.5 and a bunch of sidewall and room for deflation, deformation, etc. Just in the little testing I have done on the trail, the truck is transformed. Ride quality is transformed. Traction is transformed. Flotation is transformed. The 20s were just terrible and an embarrassment to such an interesting and well designed chassis. I can now run 18-20 psi and get great deformation on the rocks and flotation in the soft stuff. In fact, the improvement is so dramatic that it shows just how good these trucks are stock, despite the huge wheels and low-profile tires.

Add a few inches of lift, some protection and a 33" tire and you start thinking about doing stupid things with such a nice vehicle. Dusy Ershim anyone?

 

[perkj]

Scott...regarding the spacers, is 1.25" the minimum needed or do you think you could get away with a 1" (or less) spacer?

 

[MattScott]

Scott...regarding the spacers, is 1.25" the minimum needed or do you think you could get away with a 1" (or less) spacer?

The 1.25" looks about perfect, and I'm not sure you'd want to get any closer to that caliper.

 

[Scott Brady]

Scott...regarding the spacers, is 1.25" the minimum needed or do you think you could get away with a 1" (or less) spacer?

The 1" will work, but will require grinding the caliper. Of course, I can't recommend you do that, but it is feasible.

 

[floda]

finished

hi everybody - this is my first post in this forum - but when i changed from a dender to discovery 4 - i was reading a lot in this place - and that helped me to decide to buy one.
i have now finished my lr4 and i thought, you might be interested in the result. ( sorry if my english is not perfect - im am from tyrol in austria )
greetings from seefeld - ( at the moment freezing cold and lots of snow instead of springtime....)

 

[Dendy Jarrett]

Fantastic looking truck! Love how you wrapped the grill in black and tied the headlight guards together!
Nice!

D

 

[floda]

thanks

Fantastic looking truck! Love how you wrapped the grill in black and tied the headlight guards together!
Nice!

D

thanks a lot!

 

[ZG]

hi everybody - this is my first post in this forum - but when i changed from a dender to discovery 4 - i was reading a lot in this place - and that helped me to decide to buy one.
i have now finished my lr4 and i thought, you might be interested in the result. ( sorry if my english is not perfect - im am from tyrol in austria )
greetings from seefeld - ( at the moment freezing cold and lots of snow instead of springtime....)

:Wow1: beautiful!

 

[Eniam17]

Great looking truck! Can you share more details of what you have done to it ? (in another thread or pm so as not to hijack this one)

 

[d67u57]

floda. that is a great looking vehicle. i wouldnt be surprised if you were to collect orders just from that one pic.

and perhaps a call from lr?

 

[Scott Brady]

Great work. As mentioned, I like the black grill and understated modifications. I note the snorkel and will assume your vehicle is a diesel model without the twin airboxes. If you do have the dual air filters/boxes, how did you route for the snorkel? For us with LR4s in the US, we only have access to the V8 model, which now has dual intakes, making the snorkel a challenging consideration.

 

[nwoods]

Add a few inches of lift, some protection and a 33" tire and you start thinking about doing stupid things with such a nice vehicle. Dusy Ershim anyone?

I'm in. Can your get your buddies at LR to donate another ride for the trip?
LOL. It's killing me not to have a rig.

 

[nwoods]

Oh God. This is torture. What a beauty.

Did you swap in LR3 flares on that LR4?

 

[nwoods]

Hey, that's a commerical rig. Fantastic. Would love to see photos of the rear interior.

 

[floda]

thanks

thank you all for your replys.
i am will oppen a new threat with som details about the landy and some more pictures.
i didn't want to hijack this thread.
greetings from seefeld in tirol - still snowing and no chance to test the mods in my favorit places......
adi