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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481   
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Started having a look around at what was on the market for mods. Some of the wheel threads are starting to get interesting.
I’ll start by adding https://lucky8llc.com/pages/defender-2 Looks like they are doing some development to offer a range of modifications 1951 80" S1 2.0 1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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29th Aug 2020 12:59pm |
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| tango90 Member Since: 26 Apr 2020 Location: Kildare Posts: 33 
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The rock sliders look about as rugged as the Defender!
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29th Aug 2020 6:02pm |
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| G4R1 Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Barnet/Limassol Posts: 131 
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Hope someone will come up with long range/additional fuel tank solution.
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5th Sep 2020 8:19am |
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| G4R1 Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Barnet/Limassol Posts: 131
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That’s true, but for a range of 6000miles it requires 20l of adblue, so for a trip of 12000 miles only 2 jerrycans is required, which can easily be stored on the roof racks.
The standard tank only provides a range of around 500-550miles on good roads, the reason why I need a larger/additional fuel tank is Im planing to drive to Dikson in Russia (73°30' N) and I have been told by the organisers that I will need additional fuel tank as the engine will be running 24/7, even if you are not driving you can’t switch of the engine. |
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5th Sep 2020 10:01am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Short of towing a tanker trailer there cannot be many vehicles that have fuel tankage for that sort of range even with Jerry cans on the roof rack. 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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5th Sep 2020 10:10am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 817 
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I believe Naks posted that the South African diesels did not require adblue, not such the case in 🇦🇺 mind you yet another pommie bar steward down under MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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5th Sep 2020 10:18am |
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| G4R1 Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Barnet/Limassol Posts: 131
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You don’t need carry fuel to cover whole trip, there are “fuelling stations” on the route every 600-800km but there is no where you can buy adblue.
On both their vehicles (land cruiser 200 and nissan patrol) they have 260l fuel tanks installed + 60l on the roof racks each. |
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5th Sep 2020 10:20am |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 592
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When DEF standards came out there was loads of discussion on this I thought where people were shipping a def equipped car to a another country for expedition activities and that country didn’t mandate it you can have it disabled as part of the preperation. Think it’s Via software at the dealer in the location rather than just pulling a fuse though
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RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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5th Sep 2020 11:35am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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Yep, no AdBlue for the Africa spec  --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged 
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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5th Sep 2020 11:37am |
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| 100inch Member Since: 15 May 2012 Location: Brunswick Posts: 411 
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That sounds an awful lot! Is that real world? Pretty much double what my SDV6 takes, which alarms you once you have 3-4k/km left. m |
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6th Sep 2020 12:32am |
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| G4R1 Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Barnet/Limassol Posts: 131
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Quite a few off-road upgrades available from Germany
https://www.matzker.de/Technik-Zubehoer/fu...0_373.html |
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22nd Sep 2020 6:55pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372 
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Given that DEF is mainly deionised water with a hint of urea, plus some gunk to make it blue, would it do any damage to top up the tank with water if caught short in the wild?
On a trip that far north I'd be concerned about the DEF tank freezing (or is it heated)? |
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22nd Sep 2020 9:38pm |
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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 772 
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I would not be taking a 'new to market' vehicle (from any manufacturer) on that trip TBH. Rgds. Chris |
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22nd Sep 2020 10:11pm |
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| umbertob Member Since: 21 Jun 2020 Location: Altadena, CA Posts: 133 
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Damn, those prices are in Euros, and I can just imagine how much freight to the US would be. On the other hand, I bet they are super high quality and lighter than your average steel plates. Nice to see more underbody protection popping up quickly from a variety of manufacturers, though. |
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23rd Sep 2020 12:19am |
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