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Off road capability

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Big-G:
Lift pushes the shocks further out of the body work, thus the body is further form the ground, now big diffs hanging down like other LR's, i have a clear 10 inches under mine, albeit thats more than a 50mm lift!  Had mine on for nigh on 2 years with no problems, also have sold them to numerous others with no side effects.

Yes they have their faults, but then again show me a LR that doesn't!  I have had nothing but perfect operation out of mine and it gets pushed offroad to extremes all the time, including recovering a stuck Disco on Sarn Helen last new years day - a place my freelander has never managed to get stuck!

Watch this space, next is a modified bumper to take a winch  not that i need it for myself of course :-)

alaric:
I drove one at the Land Rover experience and was surprised at their capability.

Hill Decent Control is very good, although as it uses the brakes instead of engine braking, you might find it goes through pads a bit quickly if used a lot off road and in mud - I've heard that this is a problem with all the new LR products which use traction control in place of locking diffs.

The other thing to remember is that drive to the rear axle is only engaged after the front wheels have lost traction - it is a good system for getting you out of trouble, but, unlike full 4wd used well, it won't stop you getting into trouble in the first place.

Axle articulation isn't a patch on a full size 4wd.

Alaric.

Thrasher:

--- Quote ---Yes they have their faults, but then again show me a LR that doesn't! I have had nothing but perfect operation out of mine and it gets pushed offroad to extremes all the time, including recovering a stuck Disco on Sarn Helen last new years day - a place my freelander has never managed to get stuck!
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We won;t mention the time I had to tow a Freelander off a flat bit of land in that case :-) Gords - be aware NOT ALL Freelanders are equal - TC was an option....oh how we laughed :-)

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