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f0de
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 02:43 am: | 
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I'm in the process of acquiring a '95 D1 Land Rover 5 speed w/ 44k miles.. i have 500-1k to spend on my first upgrades to make this truck a bit more offroadable (if thats a word).. i considered just buying tires and springs.. or rock sliders.. or rear ladder and save for a good roofrack.. any tips or connections on good prices for stuff on the east coast.. and input on what my first accessory should be would be greatly appreciaed.. thanks in advance |
MTB
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:30 am: |
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A stock disco is good offroad. Pending on $$$ that you have you may want to hold on to your 500-1K for possible repairs.
What kind of offroading are you planning.
Now if that $$$ is for just toys diff gards $75-$100each for starters.
springs and shock I would not go any higher than 1.5" if you go higher than you run into possible driveline vibes(some do some don't). you can find some here that people only use for a short time and then go to another brand. new 500+ for springs and shocks,used pending on how greedy someone want to be.
with a lift you can run bigger tires 245/75 & 235/85 are what most of us run. both tire will slow you down going up hills the 235/85 more than 245/75. if you want mud tires pep boys futura's seem to be a good deal AT tire ??? a good mix between mud & at are dunlop rover rt's
look into getting yourself some recovery points jate rings for the front and shackle and reciever for the rear the one that goes into the trailer reciever. and some recovery straps.
and then when more $$$$ come along winch, new bumpers,lockers and 4.10 gears. sliders and the list goes on.
what you need to do for now is decide what kind of offroading you are going to do. if you plan on just mountian trails (old logging roads) you will not need much to have fun. If you plan on climbing rocks going over logs and what ever than the list goes on.
Look in the photo gallery to see how other D-webbers trucks are set up and you can also see what kind of wheeling they are doing with that setup.
you can do alot with a stock rig.
and last welcome to the addiction |
Frode H�bertz Haaland (Discofrode)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 06:20 am: |
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Welcome on board!
I second MTB on this. Lots of people run stock vehicles, and Yours are one of the best off the shelf offroader.
Start offroading, and you'll soon see and feel for yourself what you want to do with your Disco. Start gently, join a club and Discoweb, and learn the tricks of the trade.
Roverly Yours, Frode
http://home.halden.net/discovery |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 06:24 am: |
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I agree with the above post. Protection should come first (diff guards) There is a guy on this board (Dee Cantrell) that is making up some very nice diff guards. You could get a set of those from him and perhaps some stronger steering components up front, or even a steering skid, as well as some Solid recovery points. I on the other hand, started by trimming my front bumper, Old Man Emu 2" lift from Nathan at www.discountrovers.com, and 235/85/16 MTs from Pep Boys. Diff guards from Dee are in the mail and possibly sitting on my front porch as I'm out of town this week. I've also ordered some better recovery points for the front from Nathan at www.discountrovers.com as well. Congrats to you.. RS |
Russell Smith (Rusty)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 07:31 am: |
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I would have thought a basic recovery kit would be a pretty good purchase for someone new to 4WDing. Recovery points, straps and shackles etc.
After that maybe some suspension/tyre modifications hopefully making your first purchase obsolete.
Russell |
Marc
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 09:20 am: |
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A decent recovery kit will never be obsolete.
The more "capable" a vehicle becomes, the more "challenging" the situations become, the more stucks you get into |
Ron Ward (Ronward)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 10:42 am: |
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Diff guards front and rear, and a steering guard up front.
Then get sliders, springs and tires.
Ron Ward |
Mike Rupp (Mike_Rupp)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 12:29 pm: |
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Depending on the people that you four-wheel with, you might want to look at getting a winch somewhere in the beginning. The way I look at it, all of the other stuff will get you farther in, but when you get stuck, you'll be really stuck. I wouldn't want to rely on someone yanking my vehicle out if its in a nasty spot.
Last weekend, my brother was in a deep rut at an angle of about 25deg. Winching out was a safe operation. If all we had was a tow rope, it could have been ugly.
Its just something to consider. |
f0de
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:28 pm: |
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wow, thanks a lot guys.. i live in jersey so i'll be down in the barrens a lot with the truck.. and i'm friends with a few other offroaders.. so i'd do the occasional rock climbing and mudding with the truck.. but upgrading the recovery points never came into mind :] i'm definately doing that first, and diffguards and the front skid plate if i have money.. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:41 pm: |
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Do the recovery points and Hi-lift jack and other recovery gear first. Then you might even want to get in some training. Cherry Hill has some good events if you're in the area. Bill Burke (www.bb4wa.com) is also a good place to go for training. You're vehicle can probably do much more than you know even while stock. When you step up your skills then go for the protection (sliders,guards and skids). |
Carl E. Cedeholm (Cederholm)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:45 pm: |
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D-Web sticker |
Kent Westbrook
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:53 pm: |
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Al,
What kind of events in Cherry Hill? I'm real close to there.
Kent |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:56 pm: |
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Your truck will get an extra 5 mpg if you add the DWEB sticker, so Carl's right. I'm sure Ho would agree that it cannot do nothing but help your rig |
tom
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 07:35 pm: |
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lockers baby!!
tom |
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