Thread: Considering this LR3

Originally Posted by the_preacher1973

Sorry to hijack the thread but I thought the only options for fitting 18" wheels to the V8 were the GOE wheels? Is this not the case?

No that is for the D4 3.0L, V8 cannot take the 17 inch wheels.

Whatever the wheels are - I guess they are repainted versions of what is on this D3

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...-day-trip.html

Originally Posted by garrycol

Whatever the wheels are - I guess they are repainted versions of what is on this D3

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...-day-trip.html

Yep they look like a painted version of my wheels. 18 inch HSE rims. The car was ordered with these from new, from what I was told 07 was the first year you could get them.

2005 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 SE for sale in NSW - Sydney $20,000 6 SP AUTOMATIC SUV used @ carsguide.com.au

Doesn't look bad, has a winch and no rear guards so it may have spent plenty of time off road, not really a bad thing I'm sure.

And I agree with others, the seats have been re trimmed it appears, but they look ok.
However the 3rd row seats appear to be in the factory black, you can see the difference with the photo from the rear showing the shiny 2nd row headrests. Dunno, would have to see it in the flesh.

And that black paint doesn't look like it is that many km's old, especially if it has been off road, I'd assume it has had a coat of jam. Id check all panel gaps very closely for crash history. But again it could be my failing eyes.

Another thing, it has the optioned steering wheel with the stereo controls with the non hi-line stereo, first one of this combination I have seen.

Just get a top notch LR Mechanic to look it up and down and check codes etc, there are a couple of mobile guys that can help

Those are HSE seats, hence the perforated leather. Maybe the owner obtained them from a wrecker, unless premium leather was an option on the D3 as it was on the RRS.

An option I have seen ticked ONCE on the earlier RRS. The later RRS seats looked way better with the premium leather option.

Thanks for all the feedback and pointers/areas to look.

I'm going to check it out this weekend. I briefly spoke to Pete from Roving Mechanical after seeing his name mentioned on here a couple of times. If I still like the look of it after my inspection I will arrange for him to do a prepurchase report. He said he does a bumper to bumper check and will advise if there is anything likely to need recitifing in the near future and give an estimated price to repair. While he obviously can't be 100% accurate it should give me a good idea.

I'll keep you all posted

My SE has the same leather seats but the different colour on the grab handles and the back of seat pockets make me think they may be aftermarket ?
But looks like a good job either way owner put money in that he won't get back.
Have a look underneath especially the exhaust under the rear diff to se how damaged it is.

Originally Posted by CaverD3

Find out the vin and ask a dealer the service history for recalls etc.

Sorry, I meant to ask some more on the above. You are saying If I get the VIN and phone any LR dealer they can give me the service history and whether the car has had all the recall repairs carried out? Even though I'm not the owner (yet )?

Thanks