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Plus, 17" will be better for winter than the 18"..
The question is: How will they look? 4 months per year is a long time with dorky looking wheels on a $40K car..
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A trip to your local tire/wheel shop might be helpful, also. They should be able to tell you if they have anything that fits, and actually try it to see. All they have to do is take off one wheel to check for fitment.
I would stick with the 17 X 7.5". More choices and cheaper than the 18".
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Anyways, I'm going with a set of 4 steel wheels, 4 Bridgestone Blizzak DM-Z3, and 4 tire pressure monitors for about $1576. They're charging $55 per tire for mounting and balancing which is insane though, so I'm not too happy about that.
Perhaps I should just go with the steel wheels and tire pressure monitors and buy the tires and mounting and balancing from a local tire shop - any thoughts?
Spikes Spiders which are $475 mounted over my All Season tires or
Land Rover Steel wheels, snow tires, TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) and mounting & balancing for $1500 or
Momo winter alloy wheels, snow tires, TPMS and M&B for $1,200 orjust the All Season tires or
Spider Spikes & the LR steel wheels package for ~$2,000.
My concerns are this: While I'm originally from Upstate NY with snow and ice, my wife is from Phoenix, AZ and we have a 19 month old son that rides with her in the back seat all the time. I'm buying these more for the protection of my wife and son than anything else.
Any thoughts or comments?
When I first bought my 02 Freelander, I remember seeing a set of 4 snow "cables" that fit around the wheels. I think they were offered in a LR accessories catalog. Look in the LR UK website. Also, in addition to searching the Tirerack website,search Atlantic British. They carry a bunch of LR parts and equipment for all the LR vehicles.
smich
Snowbootz: A new and better winter traction aid for vehicles
Really like how they turned out.
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oil changes and a few very minor things. Two of them were for recalls. I am very happy with my decision.
I love my LR2 even though it has its quirks. It sounds like yours is a major
issue which I'm sure will be handled right away.
Good Luck. It sounds like your issue is affecting only your vehicle and not
others, as mine is not having this issue.
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Email me directly if you have any further questions.
Several days ago driving in very bad snow storm.. I discovered that if I put it into the snow mode and use the select shift.. I had no issues stopping or moving along.
Should I take it somewhere else to have the brake pads done? Or is $400 reasonable for replacing front brake pads?
$400 is a bit high, but about half what people seem to pay for a Mercedes M-Class brake job.
If you have time to mess with it, I think I'd take it somewhere for a second opinion, especially if the same shop did the rear pads.
A. Have a heavy foot or tend to ride the brakes...
B. Have carbon graphite brake pads - these tend to work much better but also wear much faster
C. Need to find a new service center as it appears they're blowing smoke up your ....
I would ask the service center what type of pad they've been using on your vehicle and if they can show you the difference between your stock pads and carbon graphite ones. Request an ITEMIZED estimate (listing all of the components they'll be replacing and with what type) from a few service centers before dropping your cash on the counter.
Good luck.
i've never replaced brake pads myself and don't have a lot of time on my hands to mess with it... so i'm considering just telling him to do it and take the hit. i do remember them quoting me about $400 when i had to get the rear pads replaced a couple months ago, and then when i went to pick it up, they said they had been looking at the "wrong pads" and that it was only $250. So it seems like maybe they use some really fancy pads for the front and average pads for the back... does that sound about right?
Rob
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That being said, brakes are the one part I recommend using dealer parts. The factory pads always seem to be the best compromise of performance and noise and dust (BMW being the exception). If it were me, I'd try to find someone to do the job using factory parts. The labor quoted is not crazy, but the pad price seems just nuts.
Regards,
Tom
too bad there's only one LR stealorship anywhere close to where I live.
He didn't give me a date but hinted that they couldn't compete on price with Ford and GM.
Brake Pads (set of 2) $108
Front Rotors - cross drilled $198
Brake Sensor $22.34
Installation, cleaning of rear brakes and lube caliper sliding surfaces $192
Hope this helps - for front pads alone, you are clearly getting shafted...
17,000 miles
Tears worn down to wear bar or whatever it is called, all worn evenly. I bought this new 1 year ago. Yes, they have been rotated, etc.
Anyone else with this problem? Should not have to buy tires for a long time...put 3 times that many miles on Tahoe & Suburban tires....very disappointed with this. Have loved the LR2 so far.
What will or should dealership do about this problem?
Thanks.
tires worn out. Not even 2 complete winters. All highway driving.
But, of course I know it is not how LONG you have had your car, it is the MILES...
As I said it only has 17,500 miles on it, that is HALF the miles that you said you have & you have not replaced your tires yet.
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