show me your flex

[ZG]

No offense meant at all but that is because of the type of trails you drive.

The basic fundamentals of offroading are based on traction and keeping a wheel on the ground. Horse power, gearing, tire size, ect ect ect all come after this. Which is why suspension flex and some lockers will take you farther than any other mods hands down. Oh and clearance helps more than most things too since dragging and scraping stuff under your truck often = damage. Again, no offense meant but all of which your Rover fails at miserably.

Cheers

I would completely disagree. I have zero desire to own one and dont think they are near the offroad vehicle that many others are. Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, 4runner, FJ, Frontier...Plenty more I would take offroad before an LR3

Sounds like you've never driven a newer Land Rover. No point in having great flex and open diffs if one of the tires you have on the ground has no weight on it, it'll still spin. If you can drive, the Lr3/Lr4 will get you many places every comparable vehicle won't.

I would be interested to see a Grand Cherokee, 4runner, FJ, and frontier compared to an LR4. Wrangler will have the upper hand with clearance and approach/departure most likely.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Sounds like you've never driven a newer Land Rover. No point in having great flex and open diffs if one of the tires you have on the ground has no weight on it, it'll still spin. If you can drive, the Lr3/Lr4 will get you many places every comparable vehicle won't.

I would be interested to see a Grand Cherokee, 4runner, FJ, and frontier compared to an LR4. Wrangler will have the upper hand with clearance and approach/departure most likely.

They all have better ground clearance actually. The approach and departure are all close, but the low ground clearance kills the breakover angle and will leave you high centered.

I would never buy a vehicle with open diffs, so having the increased ground clearance and extra flex coupled with limited slip or locking diffs (any I would own would have), leaves the LR3 the only one lacking. I am not saying they are not good or capable, but to say they are tops right out of the box is inappropriate.

 

[Scott39]

:sombrero:My stock 95' Cummins Diesel will beat all those rigs on any trail, and pull the huge camping trailer back home at 75mph without any computers to fail me.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Back to pictures though...

Old IFS flex


Rear dropping






Not the greatest flex, but has improved and hopefully continues as the truck evolves.

 

[ZG]

No offense meant at all but that is because of the type of trails you drive.

The basic fundamentals of offroading are based on traction and keeping a wheel on the ground. Horse power, gearing, tire size, ect ect ect all come after this. Which is why suspension flex and some lockers will take you farther than any other mods hands down. Oh and clearance helps more than most things too since dragging and scraping stuff under your truck often = damage. Again, no offense meant but all of which your Rover fails at miserably.

Cheers

They all have better ground clearance actually. The approach and departure are all close, but the low ground clearance kills the breakover angle and will leave you high centered.

I would never buy a vehicle with open diffs, so having the increased ground clearance and extra flex coupled with limited slip or locking diffs (any I would own would have), leaves the LR3 the only one lacking. I am not saying they are not good or capable, but to say they are tops right out of the box is inappropriate.

I wouldn't say they are tops, but without having used one and seeing the locking center/rear diff work in conjunction with the traction control is nothing short of amazing. Not to mention the air suspension setup has the ability to make up for lack of ground clearance, being able to lower the wheels a certain amount in high-centered situations.

 

[ZG]

But apologies for continuing the derailment of this thread.. my D2 probably has less flex than an LR3, not for long though.

 

[Lucky j]

Here is my 95 wrangler

 

[jeep-N-montero]

fun stuff

So I don't really stop and pose for flex shots anymore, but here are a few from Moab recently. Needless to say, it was flexing pretty good to get up this.

 

[BrandonS]

Not the most impressive, but works for what I've tried so far (which isn't much)

 

[billygoats]

This torsion bar system up front really hampers my flex.

 

[BrandonS]

Nice looking Montero

 

[rxinhed]

Is that Cleghorn Trail? Looks like a northwest view along the San Andreas Fault trace in one of your pics, overlooking Lost Lake.

 

[19psi]

 

[Storz]

My old D1 was flexy

 

[billygoats]

Nice looking Montero

Thanks!

Is that Cleghorn Trail? Looks like a northwest view along the San Andreas Fault trace in one of your pics, overlooking Lost Lake.

It sure is. The lone rock on top of the ridge. 360 views from up there. Super windy that day!