TD4_4x4
Active Member
Can you floor the throttle on a very slippery surface to check the 4x4 is functioning and get someone to look outside for all wheels spinning?
Snow tyres make a big difference, check the videos on youtube of before/after for proof.
(There are guys on snow tyres in 4x4 in two feet of snow having great fun).
Snow tyres make a big difference, check the videos on youtube of before/after for proof.
(There are guys on snow tyres in 4x4 in two feet of snow having great fun).
Harold 4x4
Active Member
Are you sure you haven't misread the badge on your car? 
Had a Freelander here in the Auvergne - ****e loads of snow and works a treat...
Had a Freelander here in the Auvergne - ****e loads of snow and works a treat...
I'm really not sure if they have ever been removed, it had a couple of owners prior to me owning it.
As far as I know the tires are just standard tires, definitely not low profiles though.
I'll try TD4_4x4's suggestion with the wheel spinny thing and report back with my findings.
Thanks guys
I have snow tyres fitted to my freelander and it goes anywhere in the snow. Needs to at the moment with the amount we're having near Aberdeen at the moment.
The ones I have fitted are:
WeatherMaster ST2
The ones I have fitted are:
WeatherMaster ST2
Jodsclass
Active Member
I can vouch for Freelanders in the snow. This is mine in Perth, Scotland on the 27th December. Drove around up there for months in the snow and down here in Manchester in the snow without a single problem. A lot of fun if I'm honest. Mine is on the left, a fellow freelander owner on the right at Mc Donalds Perth for Breakfast Well over a foot of snow and still falling.
Well over a foot of snow and still falling.
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TD4_4x4
Active Member
I can vouch for Freelanders in the snow. This is mine in Perth, Scotland on the 27th December. Drove around up there for months in the snow and down here in Manchester in the snow without a single problem. A lot of fun if I'm honest. Mine is on the left, a fellow freelander owner on the right at Mc Donalds Perth for Breakfast
Thanks for the photo, can you let us know what tyres you're using please? Cheers.
Jodsclass
Active Member
They are Goodyear Wrangler HP's 215/65/16 on the front and some cheapy Nexen tyres on the rear. Need to get the two back ones some new goodyears but this month is Tax/full service/new window regulator month so I'll wait until next month.
GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP (215 65 16 98H - 4x4 Tyre)
GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP (215 65 16 98H - 4x4 Tyre)
I run the Standard Michelin Synchones and they have been faultless on the snow & ice,
as has the TD4 Auto with working VCU and traction control
Even used the HDC down a steep icey hill that was littered with abandoned cars - that worked perfectly
Apart from the ground clearance in the deepest stuff this really has been the best thing I've driven in the snow - better overall than my 3 Rangies and 2 Discos
as has the TD4 Auto with working VCU and traction control
Even used the HDC down a steep icey hill that was littered with abandoned cars - that worked perfectly
Apart from the ground clearance in the deepest stuff this really has been the best thing I've driven in the snow - better overall than my 3 Rangies and 2 Discos
freelander_keith
New Member
That was the second thing i checked on my FL (cylinder head was 1st). I believe removing the prop is common with frontiers also. I don't know much about FLs but your boots look like road ones.
willo
Well-Known Member
I'm sure this is old news to you all and this entry will be looked at as obsolete but when changing make sure the new ones are put on the back wheels.
