A little off topic but anyone wanting Goodyear MTR's better get them soon as they've been discontinued due to a European directive on noise. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Thanks Josh; I spoke to the people who make the wheels from, I think they are called Compomotive, but they said that in fact the 18s they make will NOT fit over the big brakes, even though they originally had said they would. This may have changed, no sure?? 2015 SDV8 HSE in Corris Grey with contrasting black panoramic roof and chunky Cooper Tyres.

This is the thread you need:

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic8382.html 

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Josh wrote:

There is an 18" wheel that will fit over the brembos. Used by Bowler on their racing machine. It's well documentated on here somewhere.

Very Annoyed wrote:

A little off topic but anyone wanting Goodyear MTR's better get them soon as they've been discontinued due to a European directive on noise.

Leo - thanks for that but I was under the impression that 19's will not be made. More than happy to be corrected. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Here is a picture of my TDV8 with a set of 255/55/19 Goodyear MTR tyres fitted. I can highly recommend them if you are running them on a second set of rims but I don't think I could handle them as the daily drive tyres.

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I got my TDV8 with the E-Diff and the only way to tell is if you are looking at the 4x4 info screen, whether it makes a diffrence or not I don't know, all I can say is the vehicle is very capable and the extra torque of the TDV8 makes a lot of obsticles effortless and things that were causing trouble for defnders I hardly knew were there. Only the sheer size of the RRS stopped me completing some of the black runs at a landrover trial where the Defenders were just scraping between the trees
Mud, sand etc the car just keeps plowing on....

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riminired wrote:

my car is the one that 4X4 Intelligence have done the spare wheel carrier for and it;s come up really well, allowing me to put the tank underneath. I got the tank from Long Range Automotive in Lilydale.

This dealer is advertsing a TDV8 in Australia with RAI / Snorkel...or do you think its a TDV6 wrongly advertised??


http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/dealer...50CE55659D

it may well be a TDV8 as they do a factory fit snorkel on the G4. The main problem, however, is it is not sealed to the body in any way so this means it acts only as a raised air intake, not a snorkel, and doesn't increase your water wading depth.

This differs considerably from the Safari Snorkel that we had fitted to our D2, which was fully sealed and water tight, meaning that you could go through much deeper water (with appropriate protction of the electricals). 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey with Alpaca premium leather, Adaptive cruise, Adaptive Bi-xenons, sunroof, Premium Nav, Premium ICE Logic 7, telephone, active locking rear diff, console coolbox, seat memory, powerfold mirrors, tow pack, window tint, dual battery, engel fridge, Goodyear Mud-Terrain tyres.

I wasn't aware they did a TDV8 G4 640, I know they did a batch of petrol V8's originally which a couple are on this forum, and last year there were some TDV6's before the event was canned!

[quote="BlackPerth"]This dealer is advertsing a TDV8 in Australia with RAI / Snorkel...or do you think its a TDV6 wrongly advertised??

Yes it certainly is a TDV8 - it has the following for $89,900.00
FACTORY SNORKEL,MEMORY SEATS,CROSS BARS,TWO WAY SYSTEM,ACTIVE EAR DIFF,CLIMATE COLD PACK,POWER FOLD MIRRORS plus a few more extras such as a mitchel brothers hitch.
after some talking with the dealer would do it at that price "Drive Away VIC"
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The car is a 3.6TDV8 and is exactly as advertised. Though it will not be available for another three years now as we have taken it OS with us due to the lack of suitable vehicles in our new locale . It shall be returning in late 2012 with Car computer/GPS/hotswap hard drives/memory card - external input/TPMS/WiFi and hopefully Phone integration (if I see a good solution). Yes I am trying to source a OEM screen facia/frame to fit the display into so that you cannot tell that the system is non standard AND cheaper/more flexible then the OEM setup . Those are my tasks while OS, though it shall be completed don't expect that to be tomorrow, you know island time is just one of those things. The good part is that there is an authorised agent here on the island.
If you do acquire a RRS just make sure that the snorkel has no gap at the rear. It may also be appropriate to check all joints from the air intake through to the filter box and note that the fitting actually involves drilling into your body work and rivnuts(?) being fitted. somewhere on the forum there is the official this is how you do it document, even though I am handy with DIY I think that I would prefer the dealer to fix any mistakes.
Anyway hope that you find your car. Life is a break in non existance so enjoy it to the fullest, without ifs or buts just soak it up!

640Newton wrote:

it may well be a TDV8 as they do a factory fit snorkel on the G4. The main problem, however, is it is not sealed to the body in any way so this means it acts only as a raised air intake, not a snorkel, and doesn't increase your water wading depth.

FWIW, I had a new windscreen fitted to my G4 RRS last weekend, which necessitated removing the factory fitted RAI for them to get the screen pillar off. Ended up just unbolting it and pulling it out of the way whilst he popped the screen pillar off, after discovering the whole thing is sealed on round the wing intake to make it watertight. On trying to lever it out slightly at the wing intake there's a foam gasket between the snorkel and wing, which then had black rubber sealant applied on each side, so when squashed against the wing the sealant is now at least 1" wide all the way round.

I've not looked at how tight the installation is once inside the wing, but certainly there's no way anything could get in from the 'outside' of the car unless the top of the RAI was underwater. I think if it was that high, my main concern wouldn't really be whether the car was going to stay running

What I will say though is the 2 bolts holding the snorkel to the wing intake were dreadfully corroded after 4 years and as they're allen bolts we were a bit concerned that they wouldn't shift. I'd recommend either changing them for stainless or putting some grease in there to protect them if you do fit the Mantec RAI.

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