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Jonty
Member Since: 13 Oct 2007
Location: On the beach
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First post 
Wonder if the suspension will stay up over 40mph, and if it's a redesigned EPB?
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 10th Apr 2009 9:28 pm |
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lad
Member Since: 17 May 2008
Location: Blackburn
Posts: 634
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Why would you want the suspension way up high at speeds over 40mph?  MPG would suffer! EPB must stay......... then we all can be in the same boat!!!
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| 10th Apr 2009 9:58 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Your  gets hammered on high ridged tracks and the suspension drops just as you hit ther bottom of the dune.  “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 11th Apr 2009 12:46 am |
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tempestv8
Member Since: 11 Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 57
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I am also interested to know the answer to this - on the D3, one of the problems with sand driving is that the computer automatically drops the vehicle from the highest ride height setting once a certain speed is exceeded. This is a significant problem if you are following some other vehicle's tracks in the sand, because the vehicle will belly up on the deeper sand ruts, and you end up stuck! 
I can understand why LR would want to keep the COG low when driving over sand once you exceed a certain speed, but sometimes, you *must* drive at a high speed over very soft sand to avoid bogging. So some folks have developed a solution for the D3, but don't like the idea of interfering with complex electronics on the D3. It would be better if the factory provided a proper solution instead.
If someone has a D4, do they mind testing sand mode to see if the vehicle height drops when driving fast?
Thanks!
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| 2nd Nov 2009 6:23 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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Someone has been reading waht overlander said. 
Fair enough but it should be your choice. Bear in mind that the guy who wrote it has just been the guest of LR Aust to go the Eastnor.
Land Rover have no intention of doing anything about it, despite the Toerag is able to do 70kph before lowering.
And Land rover Aust do not want you to be able to change it either. 
See: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-zone/90806-fo...ost1104957
Land Rover Aust may have a point about warranty but they do not believe it should be at your risk, they wish to be your nanny. 
They also do not like the Mitchell bros hitch. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 2nd Nov 2009 8:14 am |
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mwestcrew
Member Since: 24 May 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 334
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Matzker do a system to manually override ride height settings I think. 2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE
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| 2nd Nov 2009 5:10 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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Matzkar system is good but expensive is really an on road handling kit with the ability to raise the ride height, but I think LR approved though. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 2nd Nov 2009 9:19 pm |
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JR
Member Since: 23 Jul 2009
Location: Cape Town
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tempestv8 wrote:If someone has a D4, do they mind testing sand mode to see if the vehicle height drops when driving fast?
I test drove a D4 last week and the first thing I tested, was off-road ride height in sand mode... and yup... just before it tells you to finish eating your greens and sends you off to bed with a warm cup of cocoa, it warns you at 40km/h  that the suspension will drop to normal ride height if you don't slow down... and then, because it assumes you are a blithering idiot, devoid of any common sence and know nothing about off-road driving... at 50km/h, it drops  regardless of your desperate need for ground clearance 
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| 6th Nov 2009 12:47 pm |
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GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: NSW
Posts: 706
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It would be good if the Raise switch is used after the 40kph warning that the limit becomes 80kph for that ignition cycle, but that would be too much to hope for.
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| 6th Nov 2009 8:26 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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Land Rover wish be your nanny, not just when you buy but after you own it.
They have tried to prevent even the developement of our mod which gives an extra 30mm at speed. They are suggesting it alters the brakes.
We believe as it just shortens the rod it just self levels higher, returning the position of the sensor the the same position, just with the vehicle slightly higher. No different from any coil sprung vehicle with stability control.
Working on a switch to only allow driver selection, resets off at ignition off. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 6th Nov 2009 10:49 pm |
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Discocruise
Member Since: 13 Apr 2011
Location: Harare
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The post is pretty old but the topic still hot.
Have you managed to build that switch? The Matzker solution may be good (never drove it) but way too expensive for my taste.
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| 16th Apr 2011 10:11 pm |
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~Rich~
Member Since: 16 Mar 2009
Location: Sydney
Posts: 628
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One of the best solutions =
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| 17th Apr 2011 6:23 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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No didn't bother with the switch as LR backed off when asked by solicitor what it had to do with them.
I sold a few but there is now an electronic kit which is cheaper and esier to fit. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 17th Apr 2011 6:42 am |
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GraemeS
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: NSW
Posts: 706
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Discocruise wrote:Have you managed to build that switch?
Yes, although a separate switch. Home of LLAMS, for LRs and Jeep GCs
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| 17th Apr 2011 8:49 am |
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