L322 Mud Terrain Setup

slammerjammerman

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• Mar 26, 2018

• #1

Hi Everyone! I've just got myself a 2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 3.0 TD6!
I work at muddy festival sites over the summer months and want to setup my landy to be able to best cope with the muddy conditions.

I was thinking along the lines of 16 Inch Alloys & BFG mud terrain tyres.

Should I be thinking about a lift kit?

Anything else I need to consider for muddy conditions?

Thank's all!

 

bankz5152

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• Mar 26, 2018

• #2

You wont need a lift kit, the air suspension raised up should suit unless you choose to fit huge tyres which you equally shouldnt need!

 

slammerjammerman

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• Mar 27, 2018

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Can you recommend any specific rims and tyres?

I'm struggling to find any 16" OEM wheels for the L322. Should I go with 16" aftermarket or 18" OEM wheels?

 

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• Mar 27, 2018

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I thought 17s were original?

 

slammerjammerman

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• Mar 27, 2018

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They start at 18s from what I can figure out:
http://www.rangerovers.net/outfitting/tires/mkiiitires.html

 

slammerjammerman

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• Mar 27, 2018

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So looks like I'm limited to 18s. This is what I'm looking at:

Malatesta Kamel 225/60R18



with Range Rover 18 Inch alloys

 

Last edited: Mar 27, 2018

Pawl

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• Mar 30, 2018

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I'm sure the Malatestas are remoulds .
As remoulds with very deep blocks you're likely to find persistence is required with the tyre fitters to make sure they balance the tyres fully - rather than give up when they think they're running out of space for balance weights. The L322 is fairly well known to be sensitive to tyre imbalance & all remoulds mud tyres are well known to be very variable.
I have to run 3 layers of stick on weights (more than 300gr) on some of the wheels on my D2 using Insa Turbo mud terrains (admittedly slight more extreme than your proposed tyres) .
Also beware that clip on weights on the rim bead are more likely to be rubbed off if you get into deep mud.
Stick-on weights definitely stay in place much better.

 

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• Aug 4, 2018

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slammerjammerman said:

Hi Everyone! I've just got myself a 2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 3.0 TD6!
I work at muddy festival sites over the summer months and want to setup my landy to be able to best cope with the muddy conditions.

I was thinking along the lines of 16 Inch Alloys & BFG mud terrain tyres.

Should I be thinking about a lift kit?

Anything else I need to consider for muddy conditions?

Thank's all!

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