Thread: The New Defender

Originally Posted by W&KO

So the defender has a winch, roof rack, hi-lift jack, a small jerry can, a light bar, a second spare parked in a servo.....holly ****, how exciting, to the average punter driving past it’s just another 4WD with a few bits bolted on.

Rangie comment was based on your user name, figured you might own a Range Rover...given you question pretty much every other 4WD out there and that the defender is the be all of 4WD yours must never leave the driveway.

I’d quite happily have a new defender to cruise around town in, weekends away to a bnb......than switch to my 110HT for overlanding...but don’t see the point in having two 4WD’s in the driveway.

Why be offensive that someone may or may not have a RR and if they do saying it stays in the driveway?

Your choice of car is fine and im happy for you, just respect others maybe.

And yes i do find the new defender very exciting and especially the one filling up in africa at the servo. Will be interesting to see what they are doing

Originally Posted by blackrangie

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No idea how you think 4 guys, one in boots, car covered in dirt, with all the accessories i mentioned, more added whilst you were posting, would be going shopping, i don't know where your shops are, but mine you don't need a truck that can do most tracks in Moab to reach them .

Don’t think I mention height of suspension

Must have missed the pic where the car is covered in dirt.

Geez...one guy wearing boots means what

Originally Posted by W&KO

255/55’s by the looks

Thats 30inch isnt it?

Def comes stock 32s

They look at least 32s? With that sidewall

Maybe a new tyre?

Originally Posted by blackrangie

Thats 30inch isnt it?

Def comes stock 32s

They look at least 32s? With that sidewall

Maybe a new tyre?

It’s the only 19 on good year website, maybe a new size...

Originally Posted by blackrangie

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No idea how you think 4 guys, one in boots, car covered in dirt, with all the accessories i mentioned, more added whilst you were posting, would be going shopping, i don't know where your shops are, but mine you don't need a truck that can do most tracks in Moab to reach them .

Hmm, where they are refueling has a population of 44,000 and appears along the ocean....I’m betting there would be a few shops around.

Originally Posted by W&KO

It’s the only 19 on good year website, maybe a new size...

Goodyear custom cut these tyres. They won’t be listed.

I want to get back to the hilift bling

Of hundreds of recoveries I have used or been involved in a hilift a handful of times

Other than helping a fella with a MOG change a tyre and one other tyre change on a 79 that started with hilift (in rear Steve bar hilift proper point) but was too unstable so we got out a bottle jack???
It’s not a great tyre changing tool - too bloody dangerous!!!

Have used hilift for both lifting our of bogs and packing with logs and also as a come along....

But they just can’t be used on most vehicles - that front a-frame will get monstered lofting 2.4T
It will either bend back the a-frame into bonnet
I just can’t see it happening

And those puddly little orange points
You might get the hilift to start under those but once half way up the mast as it starts to bend the vehicle will slip off

There is NO safe or even minimally dangerous way to lift that vehicle with a hilift

It is bling

Oh and that is a pretty stock prado with the “overlanding defender”
Does that mean a new modded defender is equal to factory prado??


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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Thats 30inch isnt it?

Def comes stock 32s

They look at least 32s? With that sidewall

Maybe a new tyre?

Has LR Aus confirmed stock 32's? Those do look smaller. Cheers