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Call the men in white coats - back on 20's again
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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| Call the men in white coats - back on 20's again |
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So, up on 20" Stormers this time, with 275/45x20's. Only stuck on this afternoon, so will update as to the "shimmy" as soon as I can.
And here she is:
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MAD, You're all mad. 
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........back on 20's - finally, honest, satnav & DVD)
Remember - You can only walk so far into the wilderness before you are walking out again
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Shrinky
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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Looking  Hope these work out  Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it. 
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 5:05pm |
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jkp
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Posted so I can subscride to the thread. Looking forward to hearing about the shimmy....these may be an option for me soon. Needing car cleaning or detailing products.
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 6:21pm |
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ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: over the edge!!
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Well!!!!
I'ts just gone 7pm
You've had an hour to go out and give it some wellie!
So shimmy or no shimmy ??
hope it works for you
slowly re-building my gallery after the wipe out !!!!
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"The BEAST"
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 6:22pm |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 1814
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Sorry Ron - quick blast out to the garage to correct the tyre pressures, nothing up to 50mph, and ran out of local road at that point, then food came along, so will nip out on motorway in the morning.
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........back on 20's - finally, honest, satnav & DVD)
Remember - You can only walk so far into the wilderness before you are walking out again
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| Fri Oct 03 2008 6:37pm |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 1814
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Sooooooo
shimmy is still there, abeit a lot less than on the VSpoke 20" supercharged alloys. It comes in on some surfaces about 50Mph, and reduces once over 70Mph. Is anyone running 255/50x20 tyres (as per FFRR) as part of me is not convinced its down to tyre width (and an undamped steering rack may be only be able to handle the narrower width, which is why D3 runs 255's as standard). I can only find 255/50's weight rated at 109, as I thought it was this size LR were going to spec for the D3 20" alloys. I'd have thought 109 rated tyres would be OK (1030kg per tyre, over 4000Kg car weight) as this is whats spec'd for Australian D3's.
19"'s still in the garage, so, watch this space
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........back on 20's - finally, honest, satnav & DVD)
Remember - You can only walk so far into the wilderness before you are walking out again
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| Mon Oct 06 2008 10:02am |
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simonsi
Joined: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Leicester
Posts: 880
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So do you believe the TSB yet??  Cheers
Simon
TDV6 S Auto - Zambezi Silver - JE Tune - RRS 19" - Sidesteps - Roof Rails
Body Side Strips - Xenons - Bright Pack - Cold Pack - Premium Stereo
Alpine Roof - Towpack - Alpine Touchscreen Satnav - Veba Rear DVD changer
Alpine Roof Monitor - Webasto FBH Timer - Awesome Brembo Frt & S/C Rr Brakes
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| Mon Oct 06 2008 11:45am |
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shiny moose
Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Location: Going to Iceland to get my money out
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I was told on one of my factory visits that they didn't fit 20" to the FFRR diesel versions in the early days because of a shimmy - don't know how true that was. Silver TDV6 S with sat nav, PTI and Moosed up a bit
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant"
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| Mon Oct 06 2008 12:30pm |
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simonsi
Joined: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Leicester
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Think that was TSB'd too - keep up! May have been NVH when stationary from memory... Cheers
Simon
TDV6 S Auto - Zambezi Silver - JE Tune - RRS 19" - Sidesteps - Roof Rails
Body Side Strips - Xenons - Bright Pack - Cold Pack - Premium Stereo
Alpine Roof - Towpack - Alpine Touchscreen Satnav - Veba Rear DVD changer
Alpine Roof Monitor - Webasto FBH Timer - Awesome Brembo Frt & S/C Rr Brakes
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| Mon Oct 06 2008 12:55pm |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 1814
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yep, not steering shimmy but whole body vibe with TD6 on 20's
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........back on 20's - finally, honest, satnav & DVD)
Remember - You can only walk so far into the wilderness before you are walking out again
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| Mon Oct 06 2008 1:06pm |
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SI 1
Joined: 19 Jan 2007
Location: YORKSHIRE
Posts: 212
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HI al cope
I have now had 2 D3s and always had stormers on them. I bought them through a company in the LRE mag and have never suffered wheel wobble or vibration through the car. I know RONP has always had stormers and never suffered.
I know tyre choice is down to a lot of the problems and mine is run on General UHP , BUT could it be down to the manufacture of the alloy wheel it's self 
Simon Stornaway Grey V8 Diesel FFRR (0
1960 Morris Minor
Tonga Green D3 (56)
BMW 635csi
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| Tue Oct 07 2008 8:51am |
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Googsy
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Celbridge, Co Kildare.
Posts: 740
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 Al you nutter.I knew you couldnt resist! You should try getting them balanced a few times from different places. Im still waiting for mine to arrive as they cant seem to source a suitably weighted wheel. If you not happy might know someone willing to purchase  Out of interest what the weight rating on the wheels you have not Tyre. Looks though.
Cheers Googsy
2005 HSE Zambezi Silver
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
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| Tue Oct 07 2008 1:16pm |
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Googsy
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Celbridge, Co Kildare.
Posts: 740
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Simon
Do you know name of company in LRE magazine? Also are you runnning on 275 or 295 with the UHP's?
Cheers Googsy
2005 HSE Zambezi Silver
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
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| Tue Oct 07 2008 1:23pm |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 1814
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Simon - this is the 3rd set of 20" wheels, previous 2 were 20" Supercharged VSpokes (both genuine LR and aftermarket copies), the last set of 20's had 295/45x20 Grabber UHP's - got shimmy, so not tyres
Googsy - yep, deffo mad. Wheel weight rating is 900Kg, offset 53mm which is standard for RRS. Still got the shimmy at the mo, so will try one more balance, then if not gone (which I sort of doubt it will, as I still think its the steering rack not being dampened) they might be going
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........back on 20's - finally, honest, satnav & DVD)
Remember - You can only walk so far into the wilderness before you are walking out again
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| Tue Oct 07 2008 1:37pm |
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Googsy
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Celbridge, Co Kildare.
Posts: 740
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Are they new or seconds? Googsy
2005 HSE Zambezi Silver
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
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| Tue Oct 07 2008 1:54pm |
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