Hello everybody, I'm a Land rover fan since 1996, date of my first 90Td.
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After that, one 110Tdi,
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one Rangy 200Tdi clean or dirt;...
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Never offroaded..., 1st real off road mods, truetrac rear, side sills, BF AT's
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and for five years my Tdi...

Pict @ buying...
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1st off road damages...
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1st interior mods
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1st suspension mods with procomps + 3" and home made cones includind lift (August 04, still in use)
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After that, I install a detroit locker, really fanstatstic off road but "clonky" on the road, just died this year after 4 years of off roading...

A truetrac come in the front too, and I'm planning to put a truetrac in the rear now...

A set of brand new 235/85x16 BF Mud...

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It really improve the drivability and direntionnability of the truc in my opinon ;-)

After that I prepare a special amenagment for travel... Two big 100L safe under rear passenger seats...
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I prepare an AC compressor for inflate tyres... It works for 5 years...
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We went to Tunisia in may 05 for testing all those things... And everything works perfectly, I rescured all toyota's friends...
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How safe is the wheeling in Tunisia? Minefields, etc?

I think politically, they are fairly stable these days, but I'd be kinda concerned about mines out in the rough. But, this might just be the American perspective from the other side of the world.

Nice truck, looks like you've had some fun with it.

Tunisia was safe, just a lot of police control in the north to know were we plan to go. A local guide seems now to be necessary nowadays like in Lybia.
Very nice place, really... ;-)
Never heard or read minesfield in Sahara in Tunisia...
A lot of European go to Tunisia, Marocco, Lybia, the most "hard" place is Algeria, but things changes....





Do you remermber this.... S.... ....S

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Go back to mods on 90"...

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Homemade support for vertical sand ladder...

Spare wheel tire support, shnorkel...

Specific interior for sleeping inside... Really comfy

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Secure place for 3 jerrycans of diesel + manual shower + spares etc etc...

And Up.... The bedroom for one (or 2 but sex necessary.... ;-)
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In the beginning of 97, new bumper
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Skid for rear and front diff (QT)
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Tunisia was safe, just a lot of police control in the north to know were we plan to go. A local guide seems now to be necessary nowadays like in Lybia.
Very nice place, really... ;-)
Never heard or read minesfield in Sahara in Tunisia...
A lot of European go to Tunisia, Marocco, Lybia, the most "hard" place is Algeria, but things changes....

Cool. I seem to remember one of the magazines was talking about the North Africa wheeling and the risk of mines, but it may have been further east where it is less stable.

I had a friend in college who was Tunisian, he spoke highly of the beauty of the place.

Buddy ran them on his Jeep TJ, all this is what he conveyed (and what I saw on the trails) about the SSR.

I'd recommend only using them for off road tires only. They are extremely noisy and uncomfortable...well, compared to a BFG AT.

Crappy performance on the rocks, crappier than the BFG MT (same tire size). Also the thinner sidewall is of concern.

Did well in the mud.

The ultimate Land Rover tire is the Michelin XZL. If you can get them! I have XLs and would give my left nut for a set of 9.00r16 XZLs

The ultimate Land Rover tire is the Michelin XZL. If you can get them! I have XLs and would give my left nut for a set of 9.00r16 XZLs

Your joking right? They are horrid tires. Hard as a rock.

I would rather spin a bit more but not worry about flats and tearing off lugs and cutting sidewalls. You know you will get a lot of miles out of them, I want nothing to do with super sticky IROKS that wear out after 5000kms on asphalt.

Try them in snow and get back to us...:D

The ZXL tire sucks balls in the cold... Snow or ice they are deadly can't turn or stop!!! On my trip to Moab last year they did chunk out a bit on the rocks... They will last a long time but there are MANY better options out there:flipoff2:

Last pictures with 255/85x16

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Hi guy's, Don't care about michelin XZL9.00x16, there are designed for light trucks as 101 with weight on it to "balloon"

What about SSR Radial Super swamper, but don't know what size is the best between 285/75x16 (33.9" OD, 11.4"witdh) or 35"x10.5"x16...

Any opinion (or picts of 90" with those tyres?) :mad3:

Try them in snow and get back to us...:D

I have been driving XLs,XZLs and XMLs in snow for about 6 years now on 3 different rigs in 4 different sizes. They all work in snow and suck the bag on ice (hard as Hockey pucks), But so do the BFG MTs and ATs I have run as well. I think the only decent winter ice tire is the Yokohama GO72, and its available up to 315-75-r16. I run a set of 30 inchers on my 2wd Chevy and they work great.

New picts crossaxle :
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In Action :
http://www.youtube.com/user/videoposte

YouTube - landrover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZOwgWej9ZA)

Our last week end trip...

Nobody help me by posting a D90 with 35x10.5x16 (or15) SSR super swamper?...:smokin:

Picts with my new tyres, SSR 35x10.5x16, real size confirmed : 34.25", 87cms.

Really happy with results, tests tomorrow... !!!

Many Thx to all for my asking questions...

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Anybody ever run a TSL Narrow SS 34x9-r16? I had 34x10.5-R15 LTBs under my toyota and they were great.

Anybody ever run a TSL Narrow SS 34x9-r16

I'm using them as spares for my SSRs. Good size for a Rover if you don't want to do any trimming. Never run them, though....

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I should add that I've been very surprised by the SSRs. They are better on snow and ice than any all season I've driven. On par with a lower end winter tire. Not something I expected.

you will like the swampers. i always shoe my series with swampers. we run a lot of mud though, so i could not tell you how they will work in sand. i love everthing about thoses tires. they hook up nicely, you got to get em spinning, so dont be afraid to use a lot of throttel, the loud noise they make while on the pavement. everytime you will turn heads. i love the people that give a thumbs up and LOL at those people that you can see the head turn, the lip snarl, and look of discuss comes across their face.

I should add that I've been very surprised by the SSRs. They are better on snow and ice than any all season I've driven. On par with a lower end winter tire. Not something I expected.

good to know. Unfortunately here in Quebec I have to the little mountain snowflake on my tires after December 15th until April 1st.

http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/securite_routiere/securite_conditions_hivernales/reglement_utilisation_pneus_hiver#inscriptions

LT tires are good to go until Dec 2014

Does it say LT on the sidewall of a Swamper?

Does it say LT on the sidewall of a Swamper?

Yes

Looks like I am set for 4 years! No I just need my tax return!:D

First off great action pics! And nice looking 90.

I just got 4 used 285/75-16 SSR's to swap out from 255/85-16 BFG MT's KM's so it's pretty close to what you have done.

For comparison sake the 285/75-16s measured 33" w/ 40 PSI on a Wolf rim (previous owner said there was 6k miles on the SSR's) So the 35x10.5's are a bit narrower and taller - which is a good thing in my book. I'll probably run the used SSR's and depending how they do, go with the 35x10.5's. Thanks for showing the pics comparing them to the 255 BFG's.

Would love to hear what you think about them both on and off-road and would be interested in how they handle being stuffed into the wheel arches.

Here new SSR 35"x10.5"x16"... 1" lift front +1.5" rear on modular 7x16.

Light cutting extensions

On road, not so loud (same as BF Mud), no bad vibs.

On highway, GPS speed totaly same that the counter, drive @ 70 - 75 mph is easy in 5th, only 4th on big hills.

On rough terrain it's simply perfect...

Look @ this little video, no difflock, only front truetrac...



YouTube - Sortie 4x4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5MyVbVSE9Q)



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Great video. You and your 90 walked right up that climb vs. the trouble the other guys had. Wonder if it was the SSR's or just driving ability but I am sure your friends were jealous. Keep the pics coming :thumbs:

nothing like swampers! they sure do out perform the competion when it comes to off road use. theres nothing else IMHO.... you could even air em down a bit more. i would take mine down to 8-9 psi, if we were carring a bit of gear 12 psi to be save. keep em tall and skinny!

I like the toile paper cameo at the end of the video...was good to hear French!

French off road sunday with my friends. I rent an off road space...

http://www.youtube.com/user/videoposte#p/u/1/ihGUWXpBSkU
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Plus pro pictures...:grinpimp:

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This thread is making me think France is cool again:flipoff2:

Nice 90, good photos

Good morning all

Last evolutions on my 90:smokin:

1st work, not the simply one, CAD defender interior and exterior

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Will be supply:

- Rear storage and water and gazole auxiliary tank plus exterior interface
- All electrics alimentation,
- One center console for music, CB, GPS 7" Acc16 (OziCE + Igo8), 12Vcc-230Vac 140W, small reading lamp, electric protection, storage, 5 switeches, 2 12vc cigarette lighter and hole for stock items
- One "cubby box" spécific Acc16 for storage, electric, compressor, pumps etc...
- 2x120L lateral storage, 2 tanks, 1 water 47L / 1 gazole 35L, with 2 rear seats
- 2 external interface for filling tanks

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Complete tanks with all auxiliaries
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Our new bumper :

CAD
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Manufacturing
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Final result
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