Thread: Freelander 2 Bull Bar

Hello All

We recently purchased a FL2 2010, 150,000K, seemingly good condition, that we are hoping to take on an Australian road trip. A recent service found no particular problems.

Not knowing much about this particular vehicle could I ask a couple of questions:

1) It has been difficult to find a bull bar in Sydney. Other LR models OK, but not the Freelander. Is there a reason for this? Any ideas how to get one?

2) More generally, what should we check, take care of, prepare for etc if we are going on a long road trip with this car.

Thank you in anticipation
Michael

Hi, Michael,
Noting that this is an older post, I don't know where you got to with it.
I have a 2011 TD4 and I looked into getting a bullbar with winch. The only mob I could find who did that was somewhere around Brisbane/Gold Coast, and the fitted bar would have weighed almost 100kg! Which would have seriously upset the handling.

What we chose to do instead was to resume our earlier 2WD practice - not driving after either 5pm or within an hour or so of impending sunset. For a winch, I use a hand 3.7tonne 'tirfor' equivalent; it's sufficient for a 2-tonne vehicle once stuck. Incidentally, I've only ever been stuck with belly-flops and only three times, 'clearance', not traction, has been the issue.

A well-serviced FL2 should be good for an around-Australia jaunt, but be aware, LR dealerships and spares tend to cling to the capital cities, now that LR has re-imagined itself into a luxury brand.

And if you can get 17" rims - there's a wealth of good tyres to choose from; 18" up the choice narrows dramatically. I like the Pirelli Scorpion Zero (off-road version) tyres but they can be a bit soft, particularly if they do hard gravel followed by high-speed bitumen. Also - damned expensive!

Originally Posted by MichaelM

Hello All

We recently purchased a FL2 2010, 150,000K, seemingly good condition, that we are hoping to take on an Australian road trip. A recent service found no particular problems.

Not knowing much about this particular vehicle could I ask a couple of questions:

1) It has been difficult to find a bull bar in Sydney. Other LR models OK, but not the Freelander. Is there a reason for this? Any ideas how to get one?

2) More generally, what should we check, take care of, prepare for etc if we are going on a long road trip with this car.

Thank you in anticipation
Michael