Thread: Advice Wanted on D2 Accessories

Gday Deano
Mat2D2 was in the same place before Easter.
I went the TJM steel bar as I had one previously on our R50 Pathfinder and cant fault either. It also got a TJM winch. Next day had the 160Km service and out came the bags and in went some tough tog 9 stage shocks and springs (235 LT ATs look tiny now, but we are learning from our mistakes )

Last week it got a snorkel, a Bruce Davis recovery point and the ECU chipped (well the one in there was replaced with a spanker).

Im looking at the ARB steel cage as i only want the rear half cage. I want to put a solar panel on the front but that a project for another day.

Tossed out the radio and put in a touch screen 7" TFT with all the bells and whistles, installing reverse camera at the moment, trying to get the TV bit to work (has anyone ever had one work?? recievers always seem crap). Yanked out he speakers and replaced with 6.5" in the rear and also currently trying to make subbie fit

Currently tossing up lights Narva blue 225s look OK

Love to put a pic up but having probs with the upload but we wont go there

We are off in Innaminica in 4 weeks via Wilpena Pound and Arkaroola then Birdsville and unfortunately home. Bit of an early 40th thing

thats what Im doing to mine, good luck with yours. As you see there are so many combinations and permutations it would thake lots of fingers to count.
cheers
mat

Check out Dolium Pty Ltd. They make the roofracks that oppositelock sell. They are aluminium, very light weight and strong. Highly recommend them.

Angus

Thanks all for the input. Re TJM steel they quoted me the 60Kg inclusive of fitting gear. Thanks grover7488 for the info on factory bar weight, I hadn't even thought of the weight saved in its removal. I'll be heading to opposite lock for a look after the long weekend.

My biggest dilemma with bull bars is that the centre aproach angle seems worse than the factory plastic and I'll need a suspension upgrade just to restore it and compensate for its weight. Perhaps I'm better off without one. I don't drive between dusk and dawn so the chances of animal collision is a lot less. So little money and so many ways to spend it.

Jedimastermat, each of the places you mention has its own uniqueness and you should have a great trip. The ridgetop tour at Arkaroola is really worth doing but you get thrown around a bit in the back of their very agricultural Landcruisers. You'll wish the tour was in your Disco instead.

We're (SWMBO & I) heading off to Alice Springs at the end of June and will leave the off road van there. Then off to Dalhousie via Old Andado and then to Birdsville, down the track to Maree (hopefully via the inside track) then up the Oodnadatta track back to Alice via Lake Eyre. Thats the plan anyway. Lake Eyres full of water, don't know about Lake Eyre South and there's been plenty of rain in the Simpson Desert. The wildflowers, birdlife and scenery should be exceptional. I was up there in 1973/74 ( as a young whippersnapper in a S2A Landrover) when both lakes were full and it was fantastic. Hence the need to get the D2 set up right. Might see you on the road ?

Re putting a solar panel on the roof. Fine in theory but do the maths. Minimum $1000+ worth of gear to get 80 watts of power. Okay if you're planning to prop for a while and not start the engine but consider the alternatives. ie. Optima deep cycle battery and run engine for half an hour a day I reckon willl give you a better result & hell of a lot cheaper. Plus you don't have to leave your car in the sun. What solar panel vendors don't tell you is that most solar panels lose efficiency markedly as temperature increases. The sneaky sods might quote eg. 80 watts @ 25 degrees C but thats the panel temp not the ambient temp which could be about 5 degrees C for this result.

Crikey !! I'm hijacking my own thread here. Thanks to all for the info to date please keep it coming and I'll keep you posted.

Deano

Hi guys - i've not actually seen one to suit a D2, but does any one know anything about Ironman bullbars? They're in the same price range as TJM and ARB, do you get what you pay for??
cheers

For threads about bull bars, look here.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...bull-bars.html
For threads about recovery points.
Scorpion racing swivel recovery points...