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This customer is in the holiday spirits with his First Edition Defender 90 towing around Santa and Mrs. Claus in their sleigh to share the Christmas spirit with hundreds of children! Thank you for sending in the wonderful photos! [1.5 inch lift kit, 275/55R20 BFG tires with 30mm spacers]
Here is a nice Johnson Rods dealer install by Las Vegas.
You can order your Defender to come with Johnson Rods or purchase them and have them installed at any time by the dealer.
Johnson Rod 1.5 inch kit 275-60-20 33"
EDIT - PROBLEM SOLVED - NEVER MIND! . After a day of driving around, tonight it started going into access mode when I park. How odd. It's like it needed to recalibrate. I probably did 3 drive cycles, and 25 miles on the car.
Hey. @Johnson Rods Question ….Is there a reason why installing the 1.5” lift rods would prevent the Defender from going into auto access mode? Happening on my 2020 110 and another forum member’s too.
(I can confirm auto access mode functioned properly and is selected in pivi pro)
Thank you
Last edited by nashvegas; Feb 13, 2022 at 08:07 PM.
how often do you rotate the tires. AT tires need to be routed much more frequent. every 5k miles
Originally Posted by Johnnycat
Hey I've got the 1.5" lift rods and some General Grabber ATX tires in 275-60-20 on our Defender and took it to Land Rover to get it aligned. They did note that they couldn't get it perfectly to spec since we were at the limit of one of the adjustments. Now a few months later I am noticing some pretty heavy wear on the outside edge of the tread of the front tires. Has anyone else who has the same lift and size of tires had issues getting it aligned to spec and/or seeing excess wear like this? I knew there would be uneven wear but was not expecting something this bad. I could have sworn others were able to get aligned properly after the lift was installed. Front Tires Rear Tires
Here is a nice Johnson Rods dealer install by Las Vegas.
You can order your Defender to come with Johnson Rods or purchase them and have them installed at any time by the dealer. Johnson Rod 1.5 inch kit 275-60-20 33"
How are you getting 275-60--20"s on? I have a 2021 D90 400 with 20's and stock wheels. There is but 5mm's of room between the front tire and a suspension part. I have air suspension. Is the coil set up without a suspension part in the way the reason you can run larger tires? I also put a 1" lift on my Defender and it does not change the suspension part that is in my way. All I can figure out is to go for aftermarket wheels with far less off sets. So confusing..
In the Christmas spirit with the amazing D90!
. After a day of driving around, tonight it started going into access mode when I park. How odd. It's like it needed to recalibrate. I probably did 3 drive cycles, and 25 miles on the car.
