Thread: Good Rover! Bad Rover! Mongrel dog!

I buy rovers cause out of the box they are the best at what they do... Whats that? 1st and second in 4x4 of the year?....

I dont do 4x4ing just because I want to see how far I can go I 4x4 because I need to be able to. The stuff I do for fun is basically skills honing, route selection , road building and avoiding the stupidly hard stuff is more my speed.

Im not against modding a rover tho, when a bit wears out (suspension, axles, diffs) If theres something better or more accurately something that makes the vehicle more capable in the fields I need it to be capable in at a reasonable price (not significantly more than genuine parts, cheaper and not requiring major re-engineering or other component replacement) Then I'll upgrade it as it wears out. But I aim to keep it so that if something breaks out whoop woop then I can still fit stock rover parts If I have to which is important in terms of repairability and reliability.


If I was tempted to build an offroad weapon then Id be using anything I could lay my hands on.

# 3, I'm no purist.......unless I had an early Series I.

Same goes for Jeep. If it's an MB it has to be as original as possible, but anything later is open slather as I'm concerned

I'd love a Disco with guts.
However I would not stick a Jap or GMH engine in it.
Jaguar V8, yes, cos they do that anyway :-)

Not only that, some jag V8 imports are cheap as well.

If it continually breaks or wears out I am not opposed to using something that doesn't dont even care if the bits are Japanese.

I've got a jap engine and gearbox, guess which box I ticked?

I view a landrover product as an almost blank canvas.

Originally Posted by Dougal

I view a landrover product as an almost blank canvas.

That's a keeper!

I'd never heard that one, but I think LandRover until recent times did also.

Originally Posted by Dougal

I view a landrover product as an almost blank canvas.

That's what I love about Series/Defenders - you can fit anything to them and it looks right.

Want a shovel? Throw it on. Where it sits, bolt it there. Can't do that with my P38A!

My rule's for picking mods is:-

1. Reason/Nessesity, I dont just bolt things on so I look like I go Rock crawling etc.

2. Legality, I dont want to end up in a situation where I cant travel on public roads in my 4b, If I had a comp truck I wouldnt be concerned about this other than it keeping within class rules.

3. Availability, I dont want to be fitting something that I wont be able to replace or have repaired if nessesary.

4. Like Dave said, Compatability is also important.

I do think that anyone that owns a 4wd should be completely aware of the legaity side of their Mods and not rely on the opinions and ideas on here and actually get in contact with your local road traffic authority to make sure what you are doing is legal.

Also do not rely on the so called knolage of the sales person saying something is legal etc as they are in the end wanting to sell a product to you and after that it isnt their problem.

These are my opinions only and not meant as or to be used as guide lines.