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    Purchased a freelander 2! Thanks for all your help! Few Q's re sunshade options

    Hello! Finally pulled the trigger on a 2014 Freelander SD4 HSE Lux. Didn't need all the options ( I was looking for a base model to be honest!) but I got a great price for it as the interior was in horrible condition and the rear panel has a small gouge in it which i might need to do some panel work on the back. I have given the car a deep shampoo clean, restored the leather, engine bay and chassis wash and cut + polished and the car looks like new!

    I have been VERY happy with it so far. No mechanical problems, got checked out by Land Rover and no issues. I do trick my self into thinking I can hear noises coming from the rear tyres and thinking about the dreaded rear diff issue but I think I am just being anxious!

    I had a couple questions.
    1) Anyone have a particular leather cleaner they like to use? I purchased a few bowdens own products ( Leather love, leather guard) which seem to have done a great job! (even got out sunscreen marks which the detailers couldn't even get out..)
    2) Windshield sunshade options. OEM seems to be hard to find and are $150. Anyone found an alternative that fits? I looked at supercheap auto but they didn't fit.
    3) How often are you changing your oil? I live on the Gold Coast and ricks 4WD suggest doing every 6 months (which I used to do in my own car, but that was an old nissan pulsar!)
    4) Any suggestions of easy tracks on the south east coast? It will take me a while to do anything proper but even just some "dirt tracks" would be enough to start feeling adventurous!



    Thanks guys! Here's a couple pictures for anyone who wants to see her . I'll likely join a local LR club (I believe there is one on the GC)

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    Congrats. A very nice vehicle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sestrooper View Post
    Hello! Finally pulled the trigger on a 2014 Freelander SD4 HSE Lux. Didn't need all the options ( I was looking for a base model to be honest!) but I got a great price for it as the interior was in horrible condition and the rear panel has a small gouge in it which i might need to do some panel work on the back. I have given the car a deep shampoo clean, restored the leather, engine bay and chassis wash and cut + polished and the car looks like new!

    I have been VERY happy with it so far. No mechanical problems, got checked out by Land Rover and no issues. I do trick my self into thinking I can hear noises coming from the rear tyres and thinking about the dreaded rear diff issue but I think I am just being anxious!

    I had a couple questions.
    1) Anyone have a particular leather cleaner they like to use? I purchased a few bowdens own products ( Leather love, leather guard) which seem to have done a great job! (even got out sunscreen marks which the detailers couldn't even get out..)
    2) Windshield sunshade options. OEM seems to be hard to find and are $150. Anyone found an alternative that fits? I looked at supercheap auto but they didn't fit.
    3) How often are you changing your oil? I live on the Gold Coast and ricks 4WD suggest doing every 6 months (which I used to do in my own car, but that was an old nissan pulsar!)
    4) Any suggestions of easy tracks on the south east coast? It will take me a while to do anything proper but even just some "dirt tracks" would be enough to start feeling adventurous!



    Thanks guys! Here's a couple pictures for anyone who wants to see her . I'll likely join a local LR club (I believe there is one on the GC)

    IMG_0026.jpgIMG_0031.jpgIMG_0024.jpgIMG_0023.jpgIMG_0021.jpgIMG_0025.jpg
    Sestrooper, fid you manage to find a good sunshade?

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    Nice looking rig.

    Are you talking about the shades that you put on the inside of the windshield when you are parked? If so just the normal fold up ones fit.

    But a good upgrade are the side window weather shields you can pick up on ebay for $65. They are great at reducing the wind buffeting with the windows open that the Freelander 2 is pretty bad for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sestrooper View Post
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    3) How often are you changing your oil? I live on the Gold Coast and ricks 4WD suggest doing every 6 months (which I used to do in my own car, but that was an old nissan pulsar!)
    Nice looking car, service interval, every 12 months or 15,000 kms which ever comes first.
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    Resources, this has the Freelander 2 workshop manual. As well as a few other bits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sestrooper View Post
    Hello! Finally pulled the trigger on a 2014 Freelander SD4 HSE Lux. Didn't need all the options ( I was looking for a base model to be honest!) but I got a great price for it as the interior was in horrible condition and the rear panel has a small gouge in it which i might need to do some panel work on the back. I have given the car a deep shampoo clean, restored the leather, engine bay and chassis wash and cut + polished and the car looks like new!

    I have been VERY happy with it so far. No mechanical problems, got checked out by Land Rover and no issues. I do trick my self into thinking I can hear noises coming from the rear tyres and thinking about the dreaded rear diff issue but I think I am just being anxious!

    I had a couple questions.
    1) Anyone have a particular leather cleaner they like to use? I purchased a few bowdens own products ( Leather love, leather guard) which seem to have done a great job! (even got out sunscreen marks which the detailers couldn't even get out..)
    2) Windshield sunshade options. OEM seems to be hard to find and are $150. Anyone found an alternative that fits? I looked at supercheap auto but they didn't fit.
    3) How often are you changing your oil? I live on the Gold Coast and ricks 4WD suggest doing every 6 months (which I used to do in my own car, but that was an old nissan pulsar!)
    4) Any suggestions of easy tracks on the south east coast? It will take me a while to do anything proper but even just some "dirt tracks" would be enough to start feeling adventurous!



    Thanks guys! Here's a couple pictures for anyone who wants to see her . I'll likely join a local LR club (I believe there is one on the GC)

    IMG_0026.jpgIMG_0031.jpgIMG_0024.jpgIMG_0023.jpgIMG_0021.jpgIMG_0025.jpg
    Maintenance scheduleL359 Freelander 2 Maintenance Check Sheet.pdf
    D2a Td5 Manual, Chawton White. aka "Daisy"
    Build date 11th Oct 2003
    Freelander 2 2011, manual, the daughter calls it Perri
    Before I had a Land Rover I did not have any torque wrenches. Now I have three.
    LROCV #1410

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