Thread: New Defender Accessories

Personally id wait to see what the aftermarket come up with for storage , ladders , bullbars etc. I agree that bar looks to attach too low to be strong enough to deflect a Kangaroo at speed.

I see this as a medium bullbar, not weak, but not a bull stopper.

That bar is NOT a Bullbar of ANY description, It doesn't even rate as a roo bar.
Pretty much ANY animal or a halfway decent sapling will cave that in AND the grill ETC.
It is a Nudge Bar at best suitable for mounting a couple of spotties or a lightbar.
Bullbars are Not only useful as frontal protection from an animal strike they are also used when going off track and pushing your way through the scrub.
That tea towel rack by JLR MAY be suitable in the city or suburbia But on country roads and in the scrub that JLR bar is Completely Inadequate, Can you imagine the derision ARB would suffer IF it offered such "Mediocre" frontal protection for Australian conditions??

Originally Posted by timax

Personally id wait to see what the aftermarket come up with for storage , ladders , bullbars etc. I agree that bar looks to attach too low to be strong enough to deflect a Kangaroo at speed.

From my experience most bullbars attach at chassis height? This looks to attach in a similar spot and integrates a winch mount.

Im not sure about regs but if its a legit factory offering and they want to keep safety rating etc, im guessing it has to allow for pedestrian impact.

Agree for storage, LR have not offered anything for major internal storage/fridge slides etc..A mob has done a proper one for the D5 so ill be intouch with them.

Ladders, i would be very surprised if the aftermarket could come up with a better design all things considered.

I certainly wouldn’t want to be impacted as a pedestrian by that hills hoist of a thing!

Nets such as mine can be rated for quite a bit, but the real question is how strong are the mountings. It's no good having a tough net if it rips out the weak mountings.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Nets such as mine can be rated for quite a bit, but the real question is how strong are the mountings. It's no good having a tough net if it rips out the weak mountings.

Correct,but a full cargo barrier IMHO,is better,as it also gives some roll over protection.

But maybe not practical for some people.

There is a pic around of a D1 that was rolled by a poster on here quite a few years ago,it was used in a Milford ad.

Originally Posted by scarry

Correct,but a full cargo barrier IMHO,is better,as it also gives some roll over protection.

But maybe not practical for some people.

There is a pic around of a D1 that was rolled by a poster on here quite a few years ago,it was used in a Milford ad.

Looking at the structure of the new defender, its pretty much a big rollcage

Agreed, looking at those b,c,d pillars etc, they are pretty epic though

BR
Totally agree
That monocoque looks super tough and a steel cargo barrier would offer little extra roll protection

If I was ever drunk enough to buy a wagon again
And it looked like that I would run a drawer system and then net barrier above

Such a shame though that the rear door is so bloody narrow once again

Why oh why

Will be limited to single drawer and fridge won’t be able to be offset to side and still slide out

S