Nodge68
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GG's spare FL has later headlights (clear indicators) but early side repeaters (orange). I'm presuming something has been changed.
GG's spare FL has later headlights (clear indicators) but early side repeaters (orange). I'm presuming something has been changed.
GrumpyGel
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You are correct - it now has headlights with orange indicators (one of which doesn't work) - because I've swapped them with my '99 car. At the time of that photo though I believe that's how the car left the factory. Its an early MY01 car from 2000 so maybe they changed the repeaters after the initial cars. I believe some early MY01 cars may have had the old brake setup - but this one has the later brakes - at least it has the larger servo on the bulkhead.
Nodge68
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The clear indicators were part if the 1A chassis update. There were lots of little changes implemented, including some larger changes, like engines.
If you have the larger brakes as spares? Then consider swapping them over to your L series. It's well worth the effort and adds a larger degree of additional safety
You'll need the wheels to go with brakes too. Maybe fit some nice AT tyres at the same time.
GrumpyGel
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Yes I may transfer the brakes and wheels over at some point. Also get some decent ATs - I follow all the chat about tyres but I think it goes round in circles a lot - one minute the BFGs are good the next minute its Duellers, Maxis, GG, Geolander etc etc. I look up the online review pages for the different tyres and they are all the same 1/2 of the reviews for each tyre say they're great plenty of grip in all conditions and last 80K kms while the other half say they are noisy, wear out, puncture and strip rubber !! So its all very confusing. However, the other day I wandered into the Expeditions forum and stumbled on this...The clear indicators were part if the 1A chassis update. There were lots of little changes implemented, including some larger changes, like engines.
If you have the larger brakes as spares? Then consider swapping them over to your L series. It's well worth the effort and adds a larger degree of additional safety
You'll need the wheels to go with brakes too. Maybe fit some nice AT tyres at the same time.
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-ro...alaska-and-northern-bc-in-my-04-hippo.304797/
So if that guy has done that trip and has come back raving over his Toyo AT tyres - then they are the ones I'm currently planning to get when I change. I had a look to see if they are distributed down here and what sizes are available. Looks like it would be 225/70R15 Toyo AT2 ones - they're about the same diameter as stock - I don't want to go bigger because I don't want to lose torque, might be different in an Auto TD4 - but with the manual box, I think its sensible to not go bigger. If I can sweet talk @htr into the 2nd lift kit out of his home made furnace (
) they might look a bit small - but nothing's perfect!
Nodge68
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Definitely swap the brakes. It's a very worthwhile upgrade.
Tyres are always mixed bag of reviews.
I personally do like the Yokohama Geolanders. They tick all the boxes in one tyre. Most importantly for me is wet weather grip on tarmac. (It rains a lot in the Southwest). This is where they are really good. They achieve a C rating in the wet grip ratings, now being used.
I currently have Maxxis Bravo AT 771. They are alright in most places. However they're not great on wet tarmac or mud.
I like the reinforced side wall of Maxxis and the good steering response this gives. However I think my next set of tyres will be Geolanders.
I've read good things on Toyo ATs and had a set of road Toyo's on my ZS180. The grip was superb, but tyre life was short. As to how long Toyo ATs last, I couldn't say.
Maxxis AT and Geolanders last well, with 30K to 50K miles being reported.
General Grabbers are a long lasting tyre. However on the Freelander, they are noisy and wet grip is poor.
BF TAko are another long lasting tyre, but like the Grabbers, not good on noise and wet grip.
I consider both Grabbers and TAko to be old fashioned, low technology tyres that have very poor credentials on a modern monocoque vehicle.
Torque output is an interesting one. I did the maths on this a while back.
The conclusion I came to was this. The L series has more torque at the wheels than the 1.8 K series. So it will take slightly larger tyres, with little detrimental affect.
Tyres are always mixed bag of reviews.
I personally do like the Yokohama Geolanders. They tick all the boxes in one tyre. Most importantly for me is wet weather grip on tarmac. (It rains a lot in the Southwest). This is where they are really good. They achieve a C rating in the wet grip ratings, now being used.
I currently have Maxxis Bravo AT 771. They are alright in most places. However they're not great on wet tarmac or mud.
I like the reinforced side wall of Maxxis and the good steering response this gives. However I think my next set of tyres will be Geolanders.
I've read good things on Toyo ATs and had a set of road Toyo's on my ZS180. The grip was superb, but tyre life was short. As to how long Toyo ATs last, I couldn't say.
Maxxis AT and Geolanders last well, with 30K to 50K miles being reported.
General Grabbers are a long lasting tyre. However on the Freelander, they are noisy and wet grip is poor.
BF TAko are another long lasting tyre, but like the Grabbers, not good on noise and wet grip.
I consider both Grabbers and TAko to be old fashioned, low technology tyres that have very poor credentials on a modern monocoque vehicle.
Torque output is an interesting one. I did the maths on this a while back.
The conclusion I came to was this. The L series has more torque at the wheels than the 1.8 K series. So it will take slightly larger tyres, with little detrimental affect.
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