What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[TheDocAUS]

STARLINK bracket installed on the roof rack
I need Starlink for The Kimberley trip - many bookings can only be made online and with poor mobile coverage, Starlink will be my only option. How things have changed since my last trip there.

I bought the Smart Touring Systems Starlink MIni Mount bracket (key lockable) here. It was an easy install, less than 5 minutes. It was mounted onto the Rhino Pioneer Platform using M8 bolts with Nord-Lock washers, torqued to 16Nm.

I am waiting for some narrow split tubing so I can protect the Starlink cable and it will go into a rooftop outlet. It will go into the front passenger side outlet. I will have the option to run a power cable from my 125Ah Lithium Battery Box if the power drain is too much when camping.

View: https://youtu.be/8KbA0GRqFCI?t=369

 

[BluDawg]

Ordered Metalcloak’s UnderCloak skids and will be anxious to install them as I’m holding off on bigger tires and lift for now given driveshaft and pinion angle concerns.

 

[Clark Kent]

iCheck TPMS
I installed the iCheckTPMS sensors to test (car only). I am testing it before the remote trip. It allows me to also monitor the car's spare tyre and also the tyres on the van, including the van spare. It monitors pressure and tyre temperatures.

It worked straight away. No hassles.

I may also add in the van hub temp sensors. You just need to buy the hub sensors.

I will be using the system when I go on The Kimberley. Anytime I change the tyres up and down, the benchmark pressure on the sensor resets and allows 25% PSI increase before the alarm sounds, or 15% down. I wish the IG TPMS system worked the same way!

I will ignore the IG tyre sensors when I need to often change presures on the trip across bitumen, gravel, sand and corrugations.

This video show you how easy it is to set up and use, plus its features. It is an all wireless setup. I bought an 8 sensor kit:

View: https://youtu.be/XigW3k0_36U

It's a great kit.

I don't know if it's unique to iCheck but the feature I like most is Intellidata where it adopts the current tyre pressure as the benchmark pressure each time the sensor is fitted. So if you normally run your camper tyres at 50psi cold on sealed roads (as I do) the TPMS will alert at 62.5psi rising (+25%) or 42.5psi falling (-15%). If you stop and air down to maybe 38psi for offroad, when you refit the sensors it will adopt 38psi as the benchmark pressure and alert at 47.5psi rising or 32.3psi falling. PSI or BAR units are configurable. It also has rapid deflation alerts (puncture/blowout) and tyre overtemperature alerts.

I'm using the 5 way kit on my single axle camper. By default it expects to be fitted on a 4 wheel vehicle plus the spare wheel (5 locations) but I reconfigured the locations so the 'front' sensors are on the camper road wheels and the 'rear' sensors are on my two camper spare wheels. The 5th one is a spare part. It's covered under sensor pairing in Section 9-1 of the User Manual. By doing that I only see the RV sensor page not the (blank) vehicle page.

I'm not using the optional hub temperature sensors. I carry a laser temperature scanner to monitor my camper hubs and brake drums. I try to stop ~30 minutes after setting off and check the temperatures, particularly that the brake drums are approximately the same temperature as a confidence check that both sides are functioning.

 

[AngusMacG]

Made a trip to one of my local Tractor Supply stores. Typically this is nothing of note except I bought this for my Grenadier…

As you will see it was on clearance from $54.99originally…the reason for posting this is to those in the US aware that TSCis offering 50% off clearance so I grabbed this for a measly $16.50!

I bought it in the Derry NH location and they had 3 more left after I purchased mine.

 

[Clark Kent]

Made a trip to one of my local Tractor Supply stores. Typically this is nothing of note except I bought this for my Grenadier…

As you will see it was on clearance from $54.99originally…the reason for posting this is to those in the US aware that TSCis offering 50% off clearance so I grabbed this for a measly $16.50!

I bought it in the Derry NH location and they had 3 more left after I purchased mine.

Nice. Old school lift kit and the only safe way to lift your Grenadier

 

[Stu9]

Well this is interesting…FK Offroad
Stumbled across this long range tank setup. Which claims 165L in either Petrol or Diesel.

View: https://youtu.be/n5ikqWuQWl0?si=IhhDho51PIPvQnwc

I just found this one, under the brand Offroad Skyline. Be very interesting to see how it goes, if it can be legally fitted in Aus.

 

[TCMColorado]

After running no steering damper on my Grenadier for seven months I installed the adjustable Fox ATS model. I had to add 3/8" in washers on top of the bushing at the axle to prevent the body of the damper from contacting the axle bracket at full lock and allow for some clearance. This in spite of the height of the bushing being designed to prevent contact (the upper bushing is double the height of the lower bushing). Not really an issue, but for anyone installing this damper I recommend making sure it clears without interference. I have it set at 6 turns out of 24 total. I have become accustomed to the feeling of zero damping so will likely keep it set on the lighter side.

I also adjusted the steering stops to 37° at full lock in both directions. Turns out this equates to exactly 2 full turns of the wheel from center to lock, or 4 full turns from lock to lock. There is room to add a few more degrees while retaining the OEM nut under the bolt head, but given my current tire size of 255/85r17 (34.6" diameter unweighted), at 37° there is only 1/4" of clearance to the fender liner behind the area of the front bumper on both left and right fender wells and the suspension level. At 39° the tires were making contact at full lock. If I were to drop down a tire size I would adjust the stops further. Curiously the right stop is turned in much further than the left stop to achieve the matching 37°. Note, the adjustment was made with the front axle on jack stands so wheel could be turned with ease from lock to lock. Prior to making the adjustment right lock was 33° and left lock was 34°.

 

[Guvnor]

Finally got to use our Grenadier for the purpose we bought it. Delivering an EV converted Series 3 to a customer.

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