Southdown Under Armor

[Electro Gremlin]

I noticed in the last Atlantic British catalog that they're closing out Terrain Master undercarriage protection and have started carrying Southdown, which looks pretty tough, w/ front axel/diff, steering, rear diff and gas tank skid plates. These look like they'd cover pretty much everything under the truck.

Just wondering what people's experience is with Southdown. Also, the only drawback I see is that it looks like you have to remove the front axel/diff skid plate to check/change the front diff fluid and to change the motor oil. Is that a hassle with this set up?

Also wondering if Southdown has any other distributors in the US other than AB.

Thanks

 

[doc1911]

try www.southdownusa.com

 

[cwdavis4]

http://catalog.roversnorth.com/catalog/large.taf?id=southdown
http://roverconnection.com/Disco 2 Acc/d2guards.htm

I believe LR skid plates are from southdown as well.

I bought all 4 of the LR / southdown skid plates (steering, front diff, rear diff, fuel tank) and have been extremely happy with them. The only problem I have had so far is that if you get the steering skid plate and plan on doing a lift, your panhard rod will hit the front steering plater under full 'travel'. When I added a 2" lift and discovered this. I ended up cut a small section of the skid plate away to allow the panhard rod to travel freely. Not a big problem but something to consider.

 

[rmuller]

The owner/contact of Southdown is Jim Pappas, who is actually my dealer at Land Rover Parsippany (NJ).. good guy, big LR enthusiast.

 

[Pugsly]

I have southdown on my LR, have been very pleased with it.

I've found that TLR has good prices... www.tntlr.com

 

[Rocky]

I've had southdown for years...wouldn't do it any other way. Yes you can change your oil with the guards on. Easy to remove as well