Thread: New Defender, Which options?

Thanks for that, I am actually buying it through a novated lease, so I guess it will be worth while getting a quote with all the extras on it to see the difference. if not I am happy to add the good bits as I go.

And thanks for the welcome, I have wanted to buy a defender all my life now I am getting the chance I can't wait and it will be good to be part of this club

New Defender accessories, hmmm. Yes I know what I would option it up with.

• Salisbury rear end.
• 24 spline Rover front diffs.
• Vents under the windscreen.
• Doors and body panels that seal from daylight, even better if they would exclude water and dust.

Or is that too much to ask?

Here's my take on it all:
• A-frame Protection Bar - Mantec or similar bar from Rovacraft or others would be better
• 16 inch Boost Alloy Wheels - 16" Boost alloy's are standard or are you thinking 18"?
• Chequer Plate Protection Kit - about $750 extra but does look good (see below)
• Expedition Roof Pack - Get a Hannibal
• Front and Rear Lamp Guards - Expensive and make's the lights hard to clean
• Undershield - There are other options to the OEM, but all are about the same`.
• Wing Top Protectors - about $500 extra, OEM checker plate is 3mm anondised and much better than the after market.
• 9.5Ti Electric Winch - OEM kit is expensive, consider the 9.5XDC as its a lot cheaper, also you'll want to put the heavy duty springs in for the winch.

What about a snorkel?

Don't forget the mudflaps. Also because it's on a lease you get 3 years free servicing. And A free set of rubber mats all round. Chase them on this!

Personally I'd not put a roofrack on the PUMA, that's the end of parking in the city - and also their roof structures are not really brilliant long term with a rack. You'll end up with cracked gutters.

One of the better things I've had on a leased Fender is a Long Range Fuel tank.

Under body wax is a good option - Get this done by the dealer. But ask to inspect the chassis before it goes of to be undersealed and get them to fix the paint on the welds where it has cracked and peeled.

Many companies have a limit on the price of the car and acc. Otherwise it gets Lux car tax. This does limit the acc's you can get.

Melville and Moon Seat covers are well worth it.

IMHO Light protectors are a useless. The only times I've impacted them on my vehicles I've ended up with some expensive panel damage. I'd rather replace a $5 lense than have to unbend the rear panels on a fender.

What are you paying monthly for the novated lease??? just wondering as we were looking into again, however be very carefull you dont come out before the end of the lease, we were very much miss sold the pakage, and no one ever talked to us of the pros and cons, we ended up getting out of a lease after 18 months and i worked out it would have been alot cheaper, to have had a bank loan, and taken into consideration the servicing fuel insurance, in that time, it cost more to get rid than it would have costed after 5 years.

It works out at 1300 a month. 800 of that is for the actual defender and the rest for everything else. 14000k a year so 222 per month for fuel 71 for insurance 38 for rego. Then tyres and other stuff. Also In the price is the 7 seats and metalic paint. I want santorini black not sure if that is metalic. Can't get much info of the LR website so going to have to go back down to the dealer and get the details sorted with other options so I can get a new quote from the leasing company.
Thanks all for your input. I am wondering if I should just get the def and option it later as I can afford it and have more knowledge.

Just thought I would add I am only considering the novated lease as my employer will package it into my salary so should save a little on tax

My tip would be to buy the car basically stock then add the accessories at the first service.

The reason is the FBT is calculated on the purchase price! And you don't wan't to hit luxury car tax etc.

Before fitting all the accessories get a quote for the installation of all the goodies and then talk to the leasing company about adding in these accessories to the payment plan.

This way you get all the goods and your FBT is lowered.

Worth checking it out.