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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025  
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The days when Overfinch were a revered Engine and transmission tuner are long gone, like all the Defender specialists out there it's all cosmetic these days which is a shame.
I saw this at a local car specialist - the dealer has a top notch reputation by the way, take a look at their other stock, always have very fancy cars and they sell them quick. This one though, a Defender Overfinch seems heavily over priced to me. http://www.top555.co.uk/stock/details/Land...-XS-U3163/ If you took a bog standard XS CSW and then tricked up up to this level, I doubt the difference would be in the region of £40K of bits. New wheels £2k max Rear NAS step £320 Swingaway £150 Respray bonnet and front grilles £400 Recaro front seats £3600 Leather trimmed headlining £1k leather dash and door panels £1500 Cubby £350 Startech Wheel £400 Double DIN set up £750 Total approximate cost of DIY fitments of these? About £10K in bits, plus they have done the ECU remap and an intercooler so maybe £11k total. £64,950 - the list price of a Defender, - £11k. That's one HELL of a margin! I'm in the wrong game. I guess in the end the OE Autobiography has legitimised this type of cost in a Defender. There's one in my local dealer at £80K. 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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4th Mar 2016 2:44pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
i hate to say supply and demand
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4th Mar 2016 2:48pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2957
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I'd say P#SS TAKE
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4th Mar 2016 2:51pm |
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| 1978 Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 519 
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If the mark up on their parts is anything to go by....
How about £1194 for a Startech steering wheel with an Overfinch badge stuck on: http://www.overfinch.com/product/overfinch...ing-wheel/ Or £895 for a fuel cap?!! http://www.overfinch.com/product/defender-fuel-cap/ Ridiculous! |
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4th Mar 2016 2:55pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
if people keep buying from them they will stay in business, if they stop buying they go out of business
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4th Mar 2016 3:09pm |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548 
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It's a niche market aimed at the 'more money than sense' brigade.
Us ordinary peeps craft our Defenders, Overfinch just vajazzle them  2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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4th Mar 2016 3:59pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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A tad bit overpriced
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4th Mar 2016 4:18pm |
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| Cake Member Since: 10 Jun 2015 Location: Essex Posts: 277
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The misses just peered over my shoulder while looking at this and said 'you are not doing that to yours!'
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4th Mar 2016 5:46pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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Overpriced??? That's a real bargain!
...at least, compared to this, prices over here in the Netherlands are mad! and than, this price is WITHOUT the special BPM tax (which will add another 93 K € ... )
 Click image to enlarge Cheers, Vincent 1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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4th Mar 2016 6:13pm |
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| Ryderoo Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: South Oxfordshire Posts: 1666  
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My mate has a RR TDV8 Aero 3. Like the Defender lots of money but no performance kit. Only wheels, body kit and interior plus Overfinch badging.
So not only the Defender suffers. I remember, year ago, seeing an F reg Overfinch Range Rover Classic with something like a 5.7 litre Chevrolet engine in. Cheers Simon I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you 1990 110 TD5 county, my first Land Rover - gone 2012 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2014 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2015 Evoque SD4 dynamic - Wife’s - gone 2015 Urban Truck 90 XS Santorini Black Hard Top - Reluctantly gone 2020 Discovery 5 Eiger Grey 3.0 SE - gone March 24 2021 Defender S D250 Santorini Black 110 HT - gone March 24 2023 Evoque P300e SE wife’s current vehicle |
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4th Mar 2016 6:54pm |
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| richuk Member Since: 13 Nov 2011 Location: Dorset Posts: 201
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And it looks gross too. Rich
semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat |
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4th Mar 2016 7:02pm |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363 
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£895 for a fuel cap, that must be £890 profit but if someone makes an exact copy Trading Standards will be round and have your front door in!! 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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4th Mar 2016 10:11pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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I had one, painted in Aston Martin sage green, with steel 70's bumpers. It was an ex press car, then sent to Overfinch. Full respray, big brakes, 5.7 Chevy, suspension and ARB upgrades. It went like holy hell but looked totally standard. That was before men used hair and skin products. |
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5th Mar 2016 7:34am |
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| Ryderoo Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: South Oxfordshire Posts: 1666
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Respect Cheers Simon I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you 1990 110 TD5 county, my first Land Rover - gone 2012 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2014 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2015 Evoque SD4 dynamic - Wife’s - gone 2015 Urban Truck 90 XS Santorini Black Hard Top - Reluctantly gone 2020 Discovery 5 Eiger Grey 3.0 SE - gone March 24 2021 Defender S D250 Santorini Black 110 HT - gone March 24 2023 Evoque P300e SE wife’s current vehicle |
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5th Mar 2016 4:32pm |
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