What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[TheDocAUS]

My car was left with GrenX today for some work. @Adam-Oz also dropped his car off for some work and we had a chat.

My "customer service car" for the next 3 days is Rohan's fully kitted out GrenX Grenadier.

It has 35 inch tyres and a lift but steers better than my Grenadier with KO2s and the OEM steering damperer. I suspect it has a great deal to do with the Bilstein damperer which it has fitted. It is a based on a Defender damperer with changes to make it fit a Grenadier. Apparently Bilstein are now working on a Grenadier version. The car now steers like a normal car, Bilstein seem to have overcome some of the Grenadier's steering qerks. A pleasure to drive.

It also has Nimbus Suspension, which may help. The car does not roll as much when cornering, even with the higher centre of gravity.

The 35 inch Yokohamas have a less aggressive tread pattern than the KO2's, which may also help.

I need to check with Rohan, but the car seems to have a smaller (not small) turning circle with more range from full left to full right lock, verse a standard Grenadier. The Bilstein damperer looks like it is sitting higher than the OEM damperer, but they maybe the lift.

 

[CRH]

My car was left with GrenX today for some work. @Adam-Oz also dropped his car off for some work and we had a chat.

My "customer service car" for the next 3 days is Rohan's fully kitted out GrenX Grenadier.

It has 35 inch tyres and a lift but steers better than my Grenadier with KO2s and the OEM steering damperer. I suspect it has a great deal to do with the Bilstein damperer which it has fitted. It is a based on a Defender damperer with changes to make it fit a Grenadier. Apparently Bilstein are now working on a Grenadier version. The car now steers like a normal car, Bilstein seem to have overcome some of the Grenadier's steering qerks. A pleasure to drive.

It also has Nimbus Suspension, which may help. The car does not roll as much when cornering, even with the higher centre of gravity.

The 35 inch Yokohamas have a less aggressive tread pattern than the KO2's, which may also help.

That does sound interesting, just a shame it's all the way down under

 

[TheDocAUS]

That does sound interesting, just a shame it's all the way down under

I only had to drive from Sydney to Melbourne yesterday (about 865km), Adam came from Queensland! But he just came back from Tasmania to Melbourne.

EDIT: The Bilstein I assume will be sold in Europe, but the R&D is being done on AU vehicles where most of the modified Defender damperers have been done.

Plus there is a really different style being done by JMACX with INEOS ANZ, but there has been quite for 6 months now.

 

[Adam-Oz]

My car was left with GrenX today for some work. @Adam-Oz also dropped his car off for some work and we had a chat.

My "customer service car" for the next 3 days is Rohan's fully kitted out GrenX Grenadier.

It has 35 inch tyres and a lift but steers better than my Grenadier with KO2s and the OEM steering damperer. I suspect it has a great deal to do with the Bilstein damperer which it has fitted. It is a based on a Defender damperer with changes to make it fit a Grenadier. Apparently Bilstein are now working on a Grenadier version. The car now steers like a normal car, Bilstein seem to have overcome some of the Grenadier's steering qerks. A pleasure to drive.

It also has Nimbus Suspension, which may help. The car does not roll as much when cornering, even with the higher centre of gravity.

The 35 inch Yokohamas have a less aggressive tread pattern than the KO2's, which may also help.

I need to check with Rohan, but the car seems to have a smaller (not small) turning circle with more range from full left to full right lock, verse a standard Grenadier. The Bilstein damperer looks like it is sitting higher than the OEM damperer, but they maybe the lift.

It was a pleasure to catch up and only wish we got to chat a bit more and get more insights from your experience. The improved steering sounds interesting and worth considering the Bilstein steering damper if it improves the steering that much. Certainly be nice to get rid of my INEOS cow bell rattling steering damper. It’s great sharing these experiences of what changes can do to improve our vehicles and I appreciate the shared wisdom of everyone else on this forum like yourself @TheDocAUS

 

[TheDocAUS]

It was a pleasure to catch up and only wish we got to chat a bit more and get more insights from your experience. The improved steering sounds interesting and worth considering the Bilstein steering damper if it improves the steering that much. Certainly be nice to get rid of my INEOS cow bell rattling steering damper. It’s great sharing these experiences of what changes can do to improve our vehicles and I appreciate the shared wisdom of everyone else on this forum like yourself @TheDocAUS

I will be discussing this with Rohan. He made a point about the Bilstein damperer before I drove away.

 

[TheDocAUS]

I also discovered a crack in the rubber trim I installed on my windscreen while at GrenX. I may have wrapped it too tight around the corner of the windscreen on the passenger side - RHD. I applied to heat to shape, but I did something wrong.

I will monitor the driver's side corner in the coming weeks.

 

[landmannnn]

My car was left with GrenX today for some work. @Adam-Oz also dropped his car off for some work and we had a chat.

My "customer service car" for the next 3 days is Rohan's fully kitted out GrenX Grenadier.

It has 35 inch tyres and a lift but steers better than my Grenadier with KO2s and the OEM steering damperer. I suspect it has a great deal to do with the Bilstein damperer which it has fitted. It is a based on a Defender damperer with changes to make it fit a Grenadier. Apparently Bilstein are now working on a Grenadier version. The car now steers like a normal car, Bilstein seem to have overcome some of the Grenadier's steering qerks. A pleasure to drive.

It also has Nimbus Suspension, which may help. The car does not roll as much when cornering, even with the higher centre of gravity.

The 35 inch Yokohamas have a less aggressive tread pattern than the KO2's, which may also help.

I need to check with Rohan, but the car seems to have a smaller (not small) turning circle with more range from full left to full right lock, verse a standard Grenadier. The Bilstein damperer looks like it is sitting higher than the OEM damperer, but they maybe the lift.

That improved steering is exactly what I have found with the Toughdog adjustable damper (set at position 5).