$\newcommand{\nN}{{\mathcal N}} \newcommand{\SL}{{\rm SL}} \newcommand{\G}{{\bf G}} \newcommand{\Q}{{\Bbb Q}} \newcommand{\R}{{\Bbb R}} $The answer is **No**. Write $\nN$ for the normalizer of $\G$ in $\SL_{8,\Q}$. We wish to find an anisotropic $\Q$-subgroup $\G'\in\SL_{8,\Q}$ such that $\G'_\R$ is conjugate to $\G_\R$ under $\SL(8,\R)$. Then $\G'\simeq{} _c \G$ for some 1-cocycle $c\in Z^1(\Q,\nN)$ such that $c$ becomes a coboundary in $ Z^1(\R,\nN)$. Since $\nN$ acts on $\G$ by *inner* automorphisms (see [this comment of YCor](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/456984/mathbbq-forms-of-operatornamesl-4-mathbbr-inside-operatornamesl?noredirect=1#comment1184403_456984)), we see that $\G'$ must be an anisotropic *inner form* of $\G$ with an 8-dimensional representation defined over $\Q$. Any inner form $\G'$ of $\G=\SL_{4,\Q}$ is isomorphic to $\SL(1,D)$ where $D$ is a central simple algebra of degree 4 over $\Q$. Since $\G'$ is anisotropic, $D$ is a division algebra. Then $\G'=\SL(1,D)$ has no nontrivial 8-dimensional representations. Indeed, the irreducible representation of smallest degree is the representation of $\SL(1,D)$ in $D$ of dimension 16 over $\Q$. Thus there is no anisotropic $\Q$-subgroup $\G'\in\SL_{8,\Q}$ conjugate to $\G$ over $\R$ (or over $\Bbb C$).