Thread: Anyone recognise this defender?

Hey all, this 2007 defender is currently advertised on carsales, just wondering if anyone knows its history ? as the dealer selling doesn't have much of a clue.

2007 Land Rover Defender 110 07MY

[QUOTE=Sirocco;2070088]You don't need double jointed props for a moderate 2" lift. Only if you find it IS binding. Otherwise your just wasting your money... like corner protection.

G'day Sirocco,
Not looking to get in an argument, however there are different driveline angles in defenders with 300TDI's and Defenders with 2.4 & 2.2 TDCI engines.

I have a couple of defenders 90's, 1 a 300TDI 90 (private import from the UK) which now has a two inch lift. I have put a wide angle propshaft on it.
This Defender has had on it at various times, different height springs up to a 5 inch lift, and no real issues with binding at all.

One of my other 90's is a 2013 LE TDCI, I have used this off road a little bit and have noticed that there has been a bit of binding of the prop shaft yokes with standard suspension height, only got worse with a lift approximately 45-50mm height.
So I have put a double cardon joint prop shaft on it and no such issues are displayed since.

Many, many, many owners of TDCI engined Defenders around the world have had similar issues with theirs, this is why it is very rare to see a TDCI Defender with more than a two inch lift, and a large percentage of these owners either go for wide angle prop shafts or double cardon shafts.

Anyways, on to rear guard protection.
One of the reasons that I brought up that it had no rear guard protection was, (in my opinion) I would always go for levels and layers protection first rather than big suspension modifications.

The vehicle in question, has had suspension mods that would be beneficial to it in hard core off road situations, Ie: increased flex, better articulation of the axle with the trailing arms in the pictures.

Your 90 may not require rear corner protectors because a lot of the time you are towing a trailer and may not wish to take tracks that extra protection is perhaps needed for?

Very simply a Defender 110 has a big bum compared to your and mine Defender 90's. They tend to be like Kim Karwhateverhernameiz' bum, rather than a trim tight pert supermodels bum of a 90. With the extra overhang of a 110 over a 90 they have a potential to get caught up in tight places that a 90 may not even come close to touching.

With standard suspension you can go to lots of places, modify the suspension and you start to try to go further and to harder places.... Just makes sense to me to put a little bit of protection there to save ripping and bending the rear corner panels.

On my old 90's I have got the rear guards cut off level with the chassis crossmember and made some corner protection for what remains..
On my new 90, I have patriot alloy rear panels behind FF steel rear corner protectors.
I bent both rear corners of the car using it offroad when it was only a week old, didn't want to do more damage.

Every one is different and has differing needs for their vehicle and as such builds it to their own specs, another reason for corner protectors on my 90's are that I live in Sydney and work around places such as, Epping, Eastwood, Chatswood and Rhodes. I'm not being racist, however there are large populations in these areas that do not have a clue about successfully navigating their cars throughout the traffic with due regard to road rules and quite frequently park via touch rather than sight.
Also a lot of these people are from countries where they are the first generation to own a vehicle and don't have a history or background of learning about driving and road rules from a young age from their parents.
As such 360 degree protection for my Landies is paramount for me!

The driving instructors that attempt to teach these people to drive are even worse sometimes.....
Anyways, I have read your website, awesome trip that you are doing! One day I would like to do even half as much as you have done!
Keep up the posts on what you are doing and where you are going, and of course keep posting up the great photographs as well.
Regards,
Mike.