The 10 HT bolts would be easy strong enough to hold, but the strength of the alloy frame is what i am concerned with.

The pivot turns around trees could be useful, although don't you find it a bit troublesome to stop the car, wrap the tree trunk to protect, it, then jump back in for the pivot turn?

Not really trying to take the p^$s but we shouldn't really encourage damaging trees as part of a day out in the 4be.

On the ground clearance issue, I had a run in the LROCV club trials yesterday and the 50mm lift has helped noticeably, the sills never touched down although the muffler and rear tie down hook still had a light touch.
Sliders like yours and the lift would probably work well together.

Are there any simple mods that can be made to the FL2 to get it running a little better off road. The biggest problem I have is clearance and traction.

Could they both be solved (to a small extent) by fitting off-road tiers with higher side walls?

I run the standard Wranglers but find the traction not as good as it can be in mud but the biggest issue I have is the clearance, I'm constantly hitting bottom on rocky tracks.

I don't want to spend a huge amount or do anything custom - I was thinking a spare set of tires & rims for off road trips.

Any thoughts on this?

Tyres will help a lot with traction, I have AT tyres fitted to mine and they are a definite improvement in traction and strength. With clearance you could fit larger tyres which will help as you may get an extra inch but the reality is that the FL2 does not have a lot of clearance so under body protection may be the way to go.

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FL2 TD4

I have seen a couple of Freelander 3 on the roads around Perth and l quite the look of them, but haven't heard anything as to theri mechanical and electrical reliability

Pre-production models ?

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