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outlawuk

Member Since: 13 Aug 2021
Location: Brighton
Posts: 2

Defender exaust mild or stainless steel? & Tyres & H

I am considering ordering a 90 Hard Top at some point but am worried about the exhaust system and even dealers don't seem to know. Is the exhaust system mild steel or stainless steel? My 2005 Kia Sorento has a stainless system and has Never required care. I'm not sure I have the heart to return to a system that requires piecemeal replacement every 2-3 years! It would remind me of being a teenager all over again and all the old cars I owned and the bottomlless pit of money they cost me. Also I'm interested in 12v access for 22amps and antenna coax access for radio gear and antenna mountings for antennas (where to site them???) , but will likely ask in a new thread elsewhere. Oh and standard Goodyear all-terrain tyres or optional Goodyear wrangler duratrac tyres. I use General Grabber AT2 on my Sorento and the LR options look visiby to be one step above and one step below what I have used for past 10 years. The duratracs look very aggressive but will they be ok on road. Decisions decisions...
Thanks

13th Aug 2021 6:43pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

The optional off-road tyre from LR is the GY Wrangler Adventurer which is more aggressive than the Pirelli All Seasons the factory fits as standard but not as aggressive as the Duratracs. I changed my Pirelli All Seasons fir 20” Duratracs and they are fine on road, tiny bit more noise than the all seasons but not enough that anyone would notice and in 12 months and 9000 miles on and off road they have been fine in anything from dry through streaming wet motorway to snow and ice. The only
problem I’ve have with them is the sidewall is easily damaged on slate or flinty tracks and I’ve already had one slashed.

For antenna mounting you can buy a bracket that slides into the slots of the roof rails for that and a trim tool would pop off the interior trim for leading you antenna co-ax. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

13th Aug 2021 8:55pm

G4R1

Member Since: 17 Aug 2020
Location: Barnet/Limassol
Posts: 131

Could you please give a little bit more details on which trim to pop up to run the coax cable? Do you mean the A pilar trim?

I’m looking to bring the cable in at the rear of the car but struggling to find the right route.

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13th Aug 2021 10:42pm

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