Lucky8’s Project Discovery 3
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Dan
You did of answer my question on what to do with the wheels ? Buy some used 18 and live with the. Narrow Stance ?
You did of answer my question on what to do with the wheels ? Buy some used 18 and live with the. Narrow Stance ?
I finally got it. Ho is actually Disco Mike. Thus making him be the end all be all in the Land Rover world.
Is the front bumper pushed forward to clear the larger tires without trimming? Or is that just Nigel's poor assembly at the factory...
Justin, I'd like to hear more about the split charge/ dual batteries..... How will it affect the sleep mode, ie the usual need to let some systems go to sleep before disconnecting the battery? Is an isolator like physically disconnecting the battery?
Any news on this?
I'm actually not too concerned about the lift, because mine is stock, but I am wondering if there are any aftermarket options for the air spring/shock assembly coming out. Arnott only has the front right now, but they told me they hoped to have rears sometime this year. The delphi OE stuff isn't too bad from england, but shipping for the average joe is kind of high.
It is a dual battery set up with an isolator. That way everything is separate unless the main battery dies. In that situation you can connect them in series.
Lucky8’s Project Discovery 3 Update : Ugly shoes
Ok so everyone and their stepmother hated the silver rims. I get it! Please stop with the hate mail.
Really
Please stop.
I was hoping the silver and green would look good. Unfortunately for me this was wrong but I have made amends. Here is the rim in black.
Full of chest pounding confidents in my new black rims we headed off to the winter romp.
The best way to describe the conditions at this years winter romp is sugar. This powder sugar type snow made movement almost impossible and if you got off the beaten path , well as they say in the big city forget about it.
After battling most of the nigh through mounds of sugar snow I had no love left for the LR3. I’ll throw this question out there. Why the hell did the engineer responsible for traction control turn off power to the motor when it is needed most?
I had enough of traction control, terrain response and kinetic straps for one night. It was time for bed.
Early the next morning I went out to scowl at the Lr3. Believe me when I tell you this, I wanted it to be good. But every time I need it the truck it would let me down. I finished my tiny breakfast at Big Gs and went back out to give it another go.
Photo by Zack Griswold
The trail conditions changed a little over night for the better giving the Nittos some solid ground to bite. If you listen closely to this video clip you will hear how hard I had to work the truck to get it through what seems like an easy snow-covered trail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRyIKaTSTgU&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA&feature=c4-overview
I was able to enjoy the truck a little more the second day, and to be honest everything was getting stuck out there.
Photo by Zack Griswold
There is no poser pic today but I do have two videos and a question.
Video one is a well equipped Disco3 on a 2in lift running snow chains. This truck was in rock mode as it tried to cross a sugar patch. Although both lockers were engaged the computer would not let the truck pick up the speed needed to get across.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWW2ys-9BjM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA
Video two is the L8 Disco 3 in sand mode. I had to flog it all the way through the sugar patch. By keeping the REV’s up and all the wheels spinning about the same speed my new nemesis, the computer did not shut down the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y6ZNYoUP3M&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA
Now the question.
What setting in terrain response is your favorite and why?
Ok so everyone and their stepmother hated the silver rims. I get it! Please stop with the hate mail.
Really
Please stop.
I was hoping the silver and green would look good. Unfortunately for me this was wrong but I have made amends. Here is the rim in black.
Full of chest pounding confidents in my new black rims we headed off to the winter romp.
The best way to describe the conditions at this years winter romp is sugar. This powder sugar type snow made movement almost impossible and if you got off the beaten path , well as they say in the big city forget about it.
After battling most of the nigh through mounds of sugar snow I had no love left for the LR3. I’ll throw this question out there. Why the hell did the engineer responsible for traction control turn off power to the motor when it is needed most?
I had enough of traction control, terrain response and kinetic straps for one night. It was time for bed.
Early the next morning I went out to scowl at the Lr3. Believe me when I tell you this, I wanted it to be good. But every time I need it the truck it would let me down. I finished my tiny breakfast at Big Gs and went back out to give it another go.
Photo by Zack Griswold
The trail conditions changed a little over night for the better giving the Nittos some solid ground to bite. If you listen closely to this video clip you will hear how hard I had to work the truck to get it through what seems like an easy snow-covered trail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRyIKaTSTgU&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA&feature=c4-overview
I was able to enjoy the truck a little more the second day, and to be honest everything was getting stuck out there.
Photo by Zack Griswold
There is no poser pic today but I do have two videos and a question.
Video one is a well equipped Disco3 on a 2in lift running snow chains. This truck was in rock mode as it tried to cross a sugar patch. Although both lockers were engaged the computer would not let the truck pick up the speed needed to get across.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWW2ys-9BjM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA
Video two is the L8 Disco 3 in sand mode. I had to flog it all the way through the sugar patch. By keeping the REV’s up and all the wheels spinning about the same speed my new nemesis, the computer did not shut down the engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y6ZNYoUP3M&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUnCLXtAqip_9qd-T1NenbA
Now the question.
What setting in terrain response is your favorite and why?
The entire truck looks like shit.
I don't get it. Kustom wheelz, rock sliders with nurfs, headlight guards, big knobby tires.....goes wheeling in snow with no winch and 80psi in the tires.
You should post this on Expo.
I don't get it. Kustom wheelz, rock sliders with nurfs, headlight guards, big knobby tires.....goes wheeling in snow with no winch and 80psi in the tires.
You should post this on Expo.
I'd be curious to see an LR3 with stock sized tires (good quality m/t's) do the same thing. Traction control isn't designed for larger tires. That being said, I don't think an LR3 is really designed for mud bogging and/or deep snow, which are pretty much the same thing as far as I can tell.
A 2014 RRS V8 would have been a better choice for the snow bogging.
A 2014 RRS V8 would have been a better choice for the snow bogging.
Where are these "nerfs"?? They must be as hidden and mysterious as Ho's modification.
Big knobby tires? If you consider 32" as big, then I feel bad for what you tell Tami is "big"