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Very Annoyed

Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
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Advice please

I received an email from a friend of mine asking some advise. If you wise men could help I would be greatful.

He asks

'Dom - I wonder if you could ask the guys on D3, especially those that
seriously offroad theirs and some of the guys
that go to the SE Meets, if they have been able to get underside
protection and if so the cost, also what other mods have they found
necessary/ beneficial. I'm not too keen to fit an expedition
roofrack but I wonder how they resolve the problem of securing the
spare inside the car for offroading. Do they find the size of the
beast a bit limiting? I have a set of 19" Goodyear MTRs - unused -
for the Sport and assume they will fit OK.' Loving the power of the TDV8!

11th Aug 2006 8:17 am

DG
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Location: The Gaff
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Messers TFC, Slimer & Ken will no doubt assist you here Dom

21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021

11th Aug 2006 8:34 am

randalls

Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
Posts: 703

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver

take off the front plastic towing lug protector thingy - as that is the sacrificial lamb in any serious downhill slideorama HDC contolled descent.....

2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.

13th Aug 2006 10:53 pm

Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
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Sorry VA just spotted this thread.

Very hard to answer this, without knowing how far your friend is willing to push their vehicle it's tricky to say what to recommend. I presume we're talking about an RRS here? If so the choice of off-road accessories is even more limited than it is for the D3. There's the underbody guard for the D3 and some 3rd party ones starting to appear, but I don't know if LR do one for the RRS and I doubt anyone else will be doing any for the RRS for a while.
The LR winch kit is the same for D3 and RRS if he (she?) is tempted by one

The size of the D3 can be limiting occasionally but advantageous at other times.

MTRs will fit fine, very slightly oversized on the RRS but nothing to worry about. Use a ratchet strap or two and the tie down points to secure the spare in the back (assuming the RRS has tie down points?)

Best thing I can recommend it to make sure front and rear recovery points are exposed when going off-roading, take some decent shackles and straps or ropes and never go alone! The End

13th Aug 2006 11:34 pm

Ken

Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865

And come out with us on our next off-road event

14th Aug 2006 2:16 am

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