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| umbertob Member Since: 21 Jun 2020 Location: Altadena, CA Posts: 133  
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Finally got her in the dirt... She is no longer a virgin, lol.
Spent a day exploring the local Mojave desert / Red Rock Canyon State Park area a few miles north of the city of Mojave, California. About a dozen of us, all friends, in a variety of vehicles, from several Jeeps to Disco 3/4s and older P38s, even a Ford F150 Raptor. There were 2 brand new Defenders as well, mine and my friend Shah's gorgeous Tasman Blue. Both new Defenders - bone stock - did great, then again the trail was mostly easy going - deep sand, some steep and crumbly dirt trails of varying widths climbing the El Paso Mountains range, with a few rocky sections - not very technical, just extremely fun and scenic. Little video at the end from my dash cam of the most "challenging" part, the narrows at Goler Gulch. You can see why rock sliders (and strong, big AT tires) are very important to have in our deserts and mountains here in the US Southwest.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Abandoned talc mines: Click image to enlarge 2020 NAS Defender 110 HSE 5-seater / Silver / Khaki / Black Pack / Black Roof / Satin Film / Cold Pack / Off-Road Pack / Advanced OR Pack / Comfort + Convenience Pack / Sirius + HD radio / HUD / Meridian Surround |
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19th Oct 2020 2:50am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 813 
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 yet another pommie bar steward down under
MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport Last edited by zilch on 19th Oct 2020 10:52am. Edited 2 times in total |
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19th Oct 2020 4:26am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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Lovely video.
One thing I have found is that I do most of my off-road stuff solo or occasionally (in pre-COVID times, here where we aren’t now allowed to car share with people not in our “bubble”) with another adult and it’s impossible to use the cameras to their best as it’s impossible to look at the screen and see the track hence I have a severely scuffed front left (UK Passenger side) alloy........ the see through bonnet and offset views in the system are really useful if you have somebody else to watch those views and guide the driver. I’m sure I would not have done the damage in my 90 on 16” wheels and M/Ts purely because it is 30cm narrower so a bit more room for error. 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! |
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19th Oct 2020 6:55am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3388 
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One the reasons I’m going with the steels. I’m amazed my Velars alloys are all still in one piece.
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19th Oct 2020 2:47pm |
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| Q86ARR Member Since: 28 Feb 2017 Location: Earth Posts: 38 |
Not mine. But one I have just finished:
Defender X in Eiger Grey Explorer pack, deployable ladder and chequer plates Wheel arch extensions and chequer plate colour coded gloss black Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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20th Oct 2020 9:07pm |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 813
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the rear door looks like it is in Indus rather than Eiger, it looks very light in colour
Click image to enlarge yet another pommie bar steward down under MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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20th Oct 2020 9:23pm |
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| umbertob Member Since: 21 Jun 2020 Location: Altadena, CA Posts: 133
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Indus silver matches the silver of the spare wheel cover (and bumper covers of non-X models) to a T. That's definitely darker, and quite beautiful. 2020 NAS Defender 110 HSE 5-seater / Silver / Khaki / Black Pack / Black Roof / Satin Film / Cold Pack / Off-Road Pack / Advanced OR Pack / Comfort + Convenience Pack / Sirius + HD radio / HUD / Meridian Surround
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20th Oct 2020 11:20pm |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 813
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in preparation for its Aussie lap, the ppf and ceramic coating has been applied, hope to
repel the majority of bush stripes .. A pillars black gloss wrapped to tie in the roof Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge yet another pommie bar steward down under MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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22nd Oct 2020 6:26am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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This isn't a criticism at all but I find it fascinating how many new owners have had work done to change the appearance of their brand new Defender - painting or wrapping bumpers, A pillars, wheels, the 'square', etc. There can't be many other new vehicles where owners would immediately contemplate such things. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Oct 2020 7:18am |
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| MrEleven Member Since: 15 May 2020 Location: Glasgow Posts: 112
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I do stuff to every new car i buy. Last was a bmw 5 series had the grill and eye lids blacked out de badged and windows done. Think its pretty common now to do minor changes to cars.
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22nd Oct 2020 11:49am |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3255 
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Wraps and other minor mods to new vehicles are more commonplace especially as most are now leased instead of owned. When it s time to give it back you can remove the wrap and It's back to standard with no paint damage. Also it's often cheaper than specifying colour options from factory. Best case, a car isn't shifting because it's in a dodgy colour, you get it for a discount and then wrap it in a colour you like. WARNING. This post may contain sarcasm. |
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22nd Oct 2020 1:30pm |
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| W84IT Member Since: 28 Sep 2020 Location: Indio, California Posts: 111
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I don't think that I've ever owned a vehicle that I didn't customize/personalize. I also admire other peoples vehicles that have been customized as long as it's done in good taste. Some car manufacturers here in the USA actually support this and the vehicles come from the factory ready to be customized. There are many base model Jeep Wranglers purchased here in the USA just for the purpose of customizing it. It's very rare to see a Jeep Wrangler or Hummer here in California that's bone stock. I'm sure that will be the case with the new Bronco and the new Hummer as well. When I look at my new Defender, it just seems like they built it to be customized. The Land Rover dealers are even taking advantage of it...I've seen a few brand new Defenders at my local dealership that already has custom wheel and tire packages, custom wraps on the paint and/or painted exterior trim. Ray
2020.5 Defender 110 P400HSE 2016.5 Range Rover HSE |
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22nd Oct 2020 11:23pm |
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| Needledown Member Since: 12 Oct 2020 Location: New York Posts: 23
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23rd Oct 2020 2:32am |
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| Mark1107 Member Since: 19 Oct 2020 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 74
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I love Land Rovers! I own 3 of them. Our Defender is getting its tire cover and winch bumper next week. I think our Defender is a heritage edition, with emblems commemorating Land Rovers glorious history in over landing 4 wheeling exploring.
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23rd Oct 2020 2:36am |
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