Freelander Upgrades

Good Morning.

I have a 52 plate Freelander. Can anyone tell me what parts from face lift Freelanders fit. Eg Headlights & front grill assembly. Also whats the largest alloy wheel and tyre combination that fits reasonably? Thanks

Welcome to Landyzone.

There is a search facility - pop "facelift" or "upgrade" into that and you will find threads like this....

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/20...-how-its-done-41123-8.html?highlight=Facelift

Cheers

Blippie

Been thinking about tyres recently again myself.

Research suggests the BIGGEST you can fit are 235/70/16's without any mods.

Though it depends what engine you've got. An unmodified K series and the biggest i'd fit is 215/70/16 as it doesn't need as much power to shift them.

drgraham said:

Good Morning.

I have a 52 plate Freelander. Can anyone tell me what parts from face lift Freelanders fit. Eg Headlights & front grill assembly. Also whats the largest alloy wheel and tyre combination that fits reasonably? Thanks

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The Freelander Sport has 235/50 R18's on. With only 110bhp on a TD4 and raised suspension on the rest of the Freelander range - this is completely pointless to be honest. (Having 50 profile tyres).

They look good in the city, but are very costly to replace the tyres. If considering occasionally going off-road best going with 17'' BBS wheels for looks or the usual 16'' which are far cheaper and can fit more off-road type tyres.

Really?...you can put tyres up to 235 wide on a standard set up Td4 (with Freedom 16" wheels)...without the need for spacers? That would be superb. Without sounding terribly dull is it known if 215/75/16's would fit - for additional ground clearence (for the avoidance of doubt, yes, I do understand the engineering priciple of corner loaded weight and the effects of increased wheel diameter on the engine/gearbox/drivetrain)

215/75/16's should fit. They're slightly smaller in diameter than 235/70/16's.

freebiker said:

215/75/16's should fit. They're slightly smaller in diameter than 235/70/16's.

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By a whole 6mm LOL


This may help

Changing tyres sizes - tyre size change calculator

Bromsgrove Defender said:

By a whole 6mm LOL


This may help

Changing tyres sizes - tyre size change calculator

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hence the slightly

there is a gaylander on a rangie chassis ere in kernow.........

Beast o Bodmin said:

there is a gaylander on a rangie chassis ere in kernow.........

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Get some pics for us BoB... does it look pretty good?

..ill try find....

good....

Tis a good job but not quite to my taste. The body sits a bit too high for my liking. I know it'd be hard to achieve but if the body hid the blue chassis, it would look top.

Looks **** and would likely fall over pretty easily.....

Ok for wading - but not a lot of ground clearance

i seen it with bigger wheels on it somewhere .looks alot more in proportion....

spat me coffee all over me keyboard...havent laughed so much in ages....

Seen that body swap done so, so, so much better...

Cheers

Blippie

Thanks to alll