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Call the men in white coats - back on 20's again
So, up on 20" Stormers this time, with 275/45x20's. Only stuck on this afternoon, so will update as to the "shimmy" as soon as I can.
And here she is:
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MAD, You're all mad.
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3rd Oct 2008 5:02 pm
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3rd Oct 2008 5:05 pm
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Posted so I can subscride to the thread. Looking forward to hearing about the shimmy....these may be an option for me soon.
3rd Oct 2008 6:21 pm
ronp
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Well!!!!
I'ts just gone 7pm
You've had an hour to go out and give it some wellie!
So shimmy or no shimmy ??
hope it works for you
...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
3rd Oct 2008 6:22 pm
al cope
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Sorry Ron - quick blast out to the garage to correct the tyre pressures, nothing up to 50mph, and ran out of local road at that point, then food came along, so will nip out on motorway in the morning.
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3rd Oct 2008 6:37 pm
al cope
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Sooooooo
shimmy is still there, abeit a lot less than on the VSpoke 20" supercharged alloys. It comes in on some surfaces about 50Mph, and reduces once over 70Mph. Is anyone running 255/50x20 tyres (as per FFRR) as part of me is not convinced its down to tyre width (and an undamped steering rack may be only be able to handle the narrower width, which is why D3 runs 255's as standard). I can only find 255/50's weight rated at 109, as I thought it was this size LR were going to spec for the D3 20" alloys. I'd have thought 109 rated tyres would be OK (1030kg per tyre, over 4000Kg car weight) as this is whats spec'd for Australian D3's.
19"'s still in the garage, so, watch this space
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6th Oct 2008 10:02 am
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I was told on one of my factory visits that they didn't fit 20" to the FFRR diesel versions in the early days because of a shimmy - don't know how true that was.
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6th Oct 2008 12:30 pm
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Think that was TSB'd too - keep up! May have been NVH when stationary from memory...Cheers
Simon
6th Oct 2008 12:55 pm
al cope
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yep, not steering shimmy but whole body vibe with TD6 on 20's
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Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
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6th Oct 2008 1:06 pm
SI 1
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HI al cope
I have now had 2 D3s and always had stormers on them. I bought them through a company in the LRE mag and have never suffered wheel wobble or vibration through the car. I know RONP has always had stormers and never suffered.
I know tyre choice is down to a lot of the problems and mine is run on General UHP , BUT could it be down to the manufacture of the alloy wheel it's self
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Al you nutter.I knew you couldnt resist! You should try getting them balanced a few times from different places. Im still waiting for mine to arrive as they cant seem to source a suitably weighted wheel. If you not happy might know someone willing to purchase Out of interest what the weight rating on the wheels you have not Tyre. Looks 8) 8) though.
Do you know name of company in LRE magazine? Also are you runnning on 275 or 295 with the UHP's?
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7th Oct 2008 1:23 pm
al cope
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Simon - this is the 3rd set of 20" wheels, previous 2 were 20" Supercharged VSpokes (both genuine LR and aftermarket copies), the last set of 20's had 295/45x20 Grabber UHP's - got shimmy, so not tyres
Googsy - yep, deffo mad. Wheel weight rating is 900Kg, offset 53mm which is standard for RRS. Still got the shimmy at the mo, so will try one more balance, then if not gone (which I sort of doubt it will, as I still think its the steering rack not being dampened) they might be going
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Out of interest what the weight rating on the wheels you have not Tyre. Looks 8) 8) though. 
