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Drew Stevenson

Member Since: 07 Apr 2017
Location: west malling
Posts: 2

1995 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Coniston Green

Spare Wheel

Can i legally carry a spare wheel on the bonnet of my landrover 90.In the UK

7th Apr 2017 2:12pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17544

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

If your Defender is the 1995 300TDi as indicated by your profile thingy, then yes you can.

7th Apr 2017 2:26pm

Drew Stevenson

Member Since: 07 Apr 2017
Location: west malling
Posts: 2

Thankyou that save's me humping the thing off again.

7th Apr 2017 2:42pm

hafman

Member Since: 28 Mar 2017
Location: W Sussex
Posts: 81

blackwolf wrote:
If your Defender is the 1995 300TDi as indicated by your profile thingy, then yes you can.

At what point did the rules change? (Have to say I didn't realise that there were any at all

7th Apr 2017 5:15pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17544

The legal situation is not entirely clear, but type approval mandated no spare on bonnet during the TD5 production run. It is an issue of crash protection and the risk of the spare coming through the windscreen in the event of a frontal impact.

It is for the same reason that military Defenders now use side or rear mountings, not bonnet mountings.

7th Apr 2017 5:38pm

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