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It looks like you can do it either way with that one, and practically none of the weight of the tire is borne by the door through the little heim-joint rod. Do you get much of a ground plane for your antennae there, or do you just not care? For VHF, I was thinking 5/8 wave on the roof rack...

I didn't discredit anything. It's the best proposal I have so far, but I haven't got any answer from the local shop yet. I showed the fabricator every single Disco spare carrier I could find, including the Devon and Columbia door mounts (not to copy, but I want them to be aware I have a...

I understand what PT is saying, but nobody is talking here about copying anything. I took my Tactical Rovers bumper to a fabricator to talk about a spare carrier. After we talked about a couple options, he said he would check the Internet to see what's out there before he gave me a price (We...

This is the front-end of my Land Rover Discovery flexing. Below, the pose I put it in shows that it doesn't take much of a hill to unload the front end of the Discovery (RTE 3" springs), and how when the front end is unloaded, it mostly fails to flex. As you can see, the driver's side wheel is...

Thanks for the tips and links.

I'm looking at getting a spare carrier fabricated. My Tactical Rovers rear bumper has the mount built-in, but I understand TR is still working on their carrier design which may end up having a lot more features than I'm looking for anyway. I talked to a local fabricator who can do whatever I'm...

It warms up better under a light load. I drive it away with low throttle input until it warms up. On the coldest days, it only takes a couple seconds to get oil pressure, but it doesn't make sense to put a lot of stress on a cold, thermally unstabilized assembly where we have some question as...

I'm looking for a raised spare carrier or adapter plate. It doesn't work to flip the D1's carrier. I'm just looking to see if anyone has something used.

I just want to see pics of the carnage.

The problem is the reasoning behind the advocacy is based on the public's perception of what the correct oil change interval is, rather than what is actually being practiced. The fact is, the public doesn't have the means to make intelligent decisions about oil change intervals and advocating a...

First paragraph of post #1. Now I'm just trying to understand the side-effects and see what else can be done. Like I wrote, there is no "problem" or complaint. I want to know what the KPI is, and what the scrub radius is and how wheel/spacer and tire changes effect it and what the result in...

It would be a good topic if we were building high-steer housings, but I'm not going there myself. What I have is cast-in. Wheels, spacer and tire changes are pretty common though.

I thought this was the section for technical discussion. It seems to me the only reason people don't want to discuss it is because they do not want to know.

This is a good point. Tire diameter will affect the scrub radius as well. In fact, it may affect it in such a way that you would not want to fit larger tires like 32's and 33's without changing the wheel offset. Why go from 29's to 33's without recognizing what happened to the scrub radius...

On a solid axle Land Rover, the KPI or SAI is set by the swivel ball and housing assembly. It's fixed. You can rotate the kingpin's caster but the inclination angle is fixed. So we're not tweaking KPI like on a MacP front-end, but when we change offset/backspace or space wheels, we change the...

The 245's are from the PO. They're KM2's that had 80% of the tread left. 245's really aren't that bad. I'll get new 255's or whatever soon enough. Kingpin Inclination Kingpin Inclination (KPI) can also be know as Steering Axis Inclination (SAI) - an American term commonly used on some...

I just put some spacers on my front axle. I wanted a wider track with the 3" lift and when I get to taller tires, I want a decent turning radius without rubbing the radius arms. As it was, the 245's were rubbing with the factory steering stop adjustment. I'd like to space out the rear so the...

Why would you eliminate the resonator? It's there to stop droning which is common when the muffler is too far upstream. I don't think it makes the sound less aggressive unless droning is aggression. Personally, I don't really see how a stock Rover V8 is going to sound aggressive. I would...

For that kind of ring, getting the size right is critical because it cannot easily be re-sized the way a malleable metal ring can be. Starting with the size, the jewler would select a number of diamonds of a diameter that will result in that circumference. Resizing up or down would result in...

What are you trying to accomplish by installing the coilovers? I'm not disparaging the idea, it's just that your goal would guide the type of installation you do.