How Much Should I Budget For Accessories?

[figjam76]

I am Looking at buying a D3 or a D4 and wanted to know how much I should budget to have the following accessories installed as I want to set it up for touring. Will also be towing a camper trailer as well

Bullbar
Dual Wheel carrier and tow hitch
Long range fuel tank
Llams kit
Traxide dual batter system with anderson plug
Snorkle
Cargo barrier
Roof rack
I am sure there are other things that I have missed please include those as well

[Tombie]

Family of 4?
Reconsider the dual rear wheel carrier..
A single is a lot lighter - otherwise you'll find GVM issues (not a LR specific case)

I'd err on the side of caution at $7-8k

[Redback]

I am Looking at buying a D3 or a D4 and wanted to know how much I should budget to have the following accessories installed as I want to set it up for touring. Will also be towing a camper trailer as well

Bullbar........................................... ..............$1800 fitted
Dual Wheel carrier and tow hitch.....................$3000 fitted, and thats without a rearbar, $4000 + with a rear bar especially if you go Kaymar.
Long range fuel tank......................................$1500 fitted
Llams kit............................................... .......$595...fit yourself
Traxide dual batter system with anderson plug..$400...fit yourself
Snorkle........................................... .............$700.. fitted
Cargo barrier
Roof rack, Rhino Platform.......................................... ...........$1100..fit yourself
I am sure there are other things that I have missed please include those as well

We regret geting the Kaymar rear bar with dual carriers, we would have still gotten two carries though, the rear bar has saved the back of the car a few times though, we do one carrier on most trip, we only use the second carrier if going remote for longer times away(ie)3 weeks or more.

Anyway the above will give you an idea of costs, expect to pay more if going ARB, my costs are through Opposite Lock.

Baz.

[shanegtr]

I added all this stuff up recently when I brought my D3. Your looking an easy 7 grand for it all. I ended up buying one that had it all except the front bar:D

[BobD]

I bought my D4 second hand with ECB colour coded bull bar, Kaymar rear bar, long range fuel tank, rubber floor mats and electronic locking rear diff. I then added UHF, Traxide, Llams, Rhino bars and track, awning, snorkel, GOE compressor guard and custom front bash plate designed by Gordon, GOE 18 inch wheels and currently Bridgestone D697 285x60R18 LT tyres. It has the cruddy genuine Land Rover wind deflectors on all windows as well, which I reckon are a waste of money but others here love. They were on the car when I bought it but my wife wouldn't let me remove them.


The Kaymar rear bar is heavy, expensive and great protection but I wouldn't get another one due to the weight. You need the lightest solution possible for the spare wheel when you get a LR tank so the type that fits the existing rear bumper seems like the go. I like the lighter weight of the aluminium ECB bar so I have no problem with that over an ARB bar.


We have done Cape York, Darwin, Litchfield, Kakadu, Binns Track, Central Australia twice, Great Central Road twice, and Plenty Hwy plus plenty of other gravel to get to Cape York, three trips across the Nullabor, many 1600km weekends to visit my daughter in Esperance, too many off road adventures to count. The car is brilliant for everything and still drives like new after 165,000km.


Bob

[p38arover]

The Kaymar rear bar is heavy, expensive and great protection but I wouldn't get another one due to the weight. You need the lightest solution possible for the spare wheel when you get a LR tank

If I could come up with an alternative for the spare wheel (mine would normally go underfloor where the LPG tank is), I'd sell my Kaymar rear bar and wheel carrier.

[figjam76]

Thanks guys for the information. We are a family of 6 so need to look at the seven seater. I would be best to focus on keeping the vehicle as light as possible by looking at an Alloy bullbar and so on. What other options are there for a dual wheel carrier as this is something that I will need as most of my driving will be done between Nhulunbuy and Darwin.

[letherm]

Thanks guys for the information. We are a family of 6 so need to look at the seven seater. I would be best to focus on keeping the vehicle as light as possible by looking at an Alloy bullbar and so on. What other options are there for a dual wheel carrier as this is something that I will need as most of my driving will be done between Nhulunbuy and Darwin.


I'm no expert, far from it, but I've seen comment on this forum previously that suggested it would be better to take a suitable trailer along and that overcomes most of the GVM issues. Just a thought :)

Martin

[shanegtr]

Thanks guys for the information. We are a family of 6 so need to look at the seven seater. I would be best to focus on keeping the vehicle as light as possible by looking at an Alloy bullbar and so on. What other options are there for a dual wheel carrier as this is something that I will need as most of my driving will be done between Nhulunbuy and Darwin.


Im a family of 6 as well, will you be towing a trailer? If you are and worried about weight then it might pay to throw some of the extra stuff back there

[LandyAndy]

I just spent the $6000 I got for my D2 on bits for the D4.
It went on the following.
OL Winch Bullbar(ordered,fitting soon)
Fyrlyt Spotties.
Engel fridge slide to suit my 80lt Engel in the D4(making my own fitout)
Redarc trailer brake controler
UHF/antena
Full Drivesafe dual battery system with trailer conection.
Yellow top Optima battery to suit.
I should have JUST enough coins left to buy a Hema7 navigator as I opted out of factory GPS.
Andrew

[Disco4SE]

If you are having everything fitted and not doing it yourself, a safe budget would be $10K.

Cheers, Craig

[Nomad9]

Hi Figjam,
Baz is pretty well on the money, not sure if you are looking at a UHF you don't mention that, I did the majority of what you mention and I didn't get much change out of $10k, dual wheel carrier you have to buy the extra rim and tyre, I ended up buying 6 tyres just because of the state of the other five and the extra load at the back.
If you are looking at a fridge possibly, you are going to either need a roof rack or a trailer. Putting everything on the back such as the dual wheel carrier and the LR tank makes the vehicle very heavy on the back end, I needed to go up a tyre rating and even then had to experiment with pressures on bitumen and gravel, tyre temperature for me was an issue. The ally bull bar for lightening the load will be the least of your problems, ally breaks, steel bends.............point of note I have always been wary of, plus getting the head light out after the bull bar has been fitted.

"you're going to need a bigger boat"......................................:)

[Tombie]

The alloy bars are within about 10kg of the steel units... Just something to consider.

Look at Pod Trailers - tough units and light as to tow.

[Tombie]

You all realise you don't need to fully remove a light to change the bulb right?!?! So the point is pretty irrelevant unless you break one.

[figjam76]

Thanks for all your comments so far I do appreciate the advice. The vehicle I am replacing is a Nissan Patrol seven seater. It had a really basic setup, alloy bulbar, roof rack, dual battery with plugs in the back, towbar and a UHF radio. For quick trips from Nhulunbuy to Darwin I removed one of the rear side back seats to fit a 65 Litre Waeco in. The roof rack had the 6th wheel, 20 litre jerry can of diesel, tool box with tools, recovery gear, air compressor and a small amount of cloths up there. For longer trips out the camper came with us. The only difference was that the 6th wheel for the Nissan went on the draw bar of the camper, jerry can on the side of the trailer and cloths into the camper. The recovery gear and toolbox stayed on the roof rack. The reasons for a dual wheel carrier is to remove the 6th wheel off the roof rack for obvious reasons, long range tank means no jerry cans on the roof rack. I do understand that you have to be aware of the GVM of the vehicle and it is the same for any other vehicle as well. Yes accessories come at a cost in so many ways. You have to decide what stuff you can and can’t compromise on. With the D3 and D4’s weight is an obvious issue here as it brings you close to the GVM of the vehicle. The accessories I want to put on one is what I would call a typical setup for any 4WD, yes I can tow a trailer but I still want the freedom of not having to. So what accessories are the must haves on a D3 or D4?

[Redback]

Thanks for all your comments so far I do appreciate the advice. The vehicle I am replacing is a Nissan Patrol seven seater. It had a really basic setup, alloy bulbar, roof rack, dual battery with plugs in the back, towbar and a UHF radio. For quick trips from Nhulunbuy to Darwin I removed one of the rear side back seats to fit a 65 Litre Waeco in. The roof rack had the 6th wheel, 20 litre jerry can of diesel, tool box with tools, recovery gear, air compressor and a small amount of cloths up there. For longer trips out the camper came with us. The only difference was that the 6th wheel for the Nissan went on the draw bar of the camper, jerry can on the side of the trailer and cloths into the camper. The recovery gear and toolbox stayed on the roof rack. The reasons for a dual wheel carrier is to remove the 6th wheel off the roof rack for obvious reasons, long range tank means no jerry cans on the roof rack. I do understand that you have to be aware of the GVM of the vehicle and it is the same for any other vehicle as well. Yes accessories come at a cost in so many ways. You have to decide what stuff you can and can’t compromise on. With the D3 and D4’s weight is an obvious issue here as it brings you close to the GVM of the vehicle. The accessories I want to put on one is what I would call a typical setup for any 4WD, yes I can tow a trailer but I still want the freedom of not having to. So what accessories are the must haves on a D3 or D4?

Because of where you are, Bullbar and winch (with synthetic rope) is a must, single carrier and jerry holder, roof platform, alloy of coarse, awning, long handle shovel, diagnostic tool, UHF, spotties, basicallY what you had on the Patrol, I would go the rear bar, Long Range tank would be an advantage, if not using the 3rd row seats, remove them, there's 75kg of weight gone straight off, unlike the patrol, you can't just take one seat out, they are connected(welded together) so you can fold them down seperately, we removed ours completely and put a false floor in.

Baz.

[LandyAndy]

Because of where you are, Bullbar and winch (with synthetic rope) is a must, single carrier and jerry holder, roof platform, alloy of coarse, awning, long handle shovel, diagnostic tool, UHF, spotties, basicallY what you had on the Patrol, I would go the rear bar, Long Range tank would be an advantage, if not using the 3rd row seats, remove them, there's 75kg of weight gone straight off, unlike the patrol, you can't just take one seat out, they are connected(welded together) so you can fold them down seperately, we removed ours completely and put a false floor in.

Baz.
Baz.
I removed my rear chairs the other day.From what I can see they are not welded,only seemed to be pop riveted together,so it should be feasable to remove 1 for the weight reduction if you were marginal.You then have the issue of needing a base to bring the fridge to floor level.
Andrew