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Defender 130 an LR4 replacement?
Wrong. D5 exceeds all Land Rover vehicles except New Defender in off road capability, and equals New Defender in off road capability except for approach and departure angles. And with the Td6 engine, the D5 is much more capable off road than the LR4 ever was. -
2015LR4: Best H8 (Group 49) AGM Battery
Johnson Controls (which DID make Optima batteries) sold off its automotive battery business to Brookfield Business Partners in 2019. Speaking of Optima batteries, I had a low-time Optima Yellow-Top battery RUPTURE and spill acid in my GMC truck. Optima (then under Johnson Controls) blew me off... -
2012 Sport replacing passenger axle
Dare I ask why you chose the name "callipygian"?- ar077
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- Forum: Range Rover
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Electric running boards
I'll take the blame for that come-back. There are, of course, other reasons why someone might need electric running boards, such as family members or other frequent passengers who have disabilities or are vertically challenged (including small children). In such cases a running board (electric...- ar077
- Post #6
- Forum: Discovery 5
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Electric running boards
If you ever plan to use your D5 in its natural habitat you should install rock sliders. Electric running boards are for soccer moms and real estate agents.- ar077
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- Forum: Discovery 5
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New Disco 5 owner
redbournewheels.com -- aftermarket wheels for Land Rover Vehicles exclusively. Plug in your vehicle, year, and color and see what it will look like with any of their wheels. All of them will accept the Land Rover center caps. I swapped my 255/55-20 Goodyear Eagles on 20" x 8.5" stock wheels...- ar077
- Post #3
- Forum: Introduction
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Show off your D5
Cargo pod looks good! Who makes it? Does it come with the cross bars or are those the Discovery cross bars (or something else)? How about posting a picture of your Vantage if you still have it (I don't think anyone will mind)?- ar077
- Post #23
- Forum: Discovery 5
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Show off your D5
Looks great! I waver back and forth between loving the color I ordered (Kaikoura Stone) and wishing I had ordered Namib Orange. Recommendation -- get the dealer-installed black side protection strips on your doors. They look great and will prevent most parking lot door dings since that's the...- ar077
- Post #21
- Forum: Discovery 5
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Show off your D5
Did you get the Proud Rhino Rock Sliders from Lucky8? If so, the instructions are pretty involved. It's a 65MB PDF or I'd email it to you (I had Lucky8 send me the instructions before I ordered the sliders and they had to use a drop box in the Cloud). Definitely get the instructions and study...- ar077
- Post #18
- Forum: Discovery 5
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Best Rack?
The cut-outs in the factory rails are plastic caps covering the bolts that attach the factory rails to the roof. The Front Runner Slimline II is the best roof rack for the D5 because it attaches to the roof using the factory roof rail mounting points (as shown in the photo of Scott Williams'...- ar077
- Post #5
- Forum: Discovery 5
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2011 Disco 4/LR4 catalytic converter fail
"...far superior..." in what aspect of performance? The only considerations that matter in a replacement catalytic converter are 1) is it less exhaust restrictive than stock?, 2) is it cheaper than stock?, and 3) is it legal? Nobody cares about anything else. -
Looking for a 19" off road tire.
A good reason to only but tires at a tire shop where you can check the DOT date code on the sidewall before having them mounted, though I'm sure that if you ordered from discounttiredirect.com and received old tires you could take them to a Discount Tire store and exchange them. -
2011 Disco 4/LR4 catalytic converter fail
Does it have to be a stock Land Rover cat? You might be able to find a legal replacement aftermarket cat (for much less money) that would be close enough in size for a custom exhaust shop to make it fit. Six months after buying my new Duramax diesel truck I replaced the stock 3" exhaust with... -
Anyone Recently Sold or Currently Selling?
https://landroverforums.com/forum/new-discovery-v-51/auto-start-stop-defeat-97024/page4/. Go to Post #32 by chouck. Post #55 by andries shows a schematic. Of course this is for the D5 but there may be similarities in the way it's mechanized in other Land Rovers. -
Anyone Recently Sold or Currently Selling?
HA! Touché, ryanjl! Seriously, now that I'm a Land Rover aficionado I feel a kinship with all Land Rover vehicle drivers I see on the road. I agree that the LR3/LR4 is a better all-purpose vehicle than the D5 but I have a truck for tasks that the D5 isn't up to. I've learned a lot from this... -
Anyone Recently Sold or Currently Selling?
My D5 is the first Land Rover I've ever owned or considered owning so its appearance wasn't a paradigm shift for me as it was for squared-off, boxy-looking LR4 owners. I ordered it purely for its off-road capability coupled with on-road performance, handling, maneuverability, and safety, all of... -
Anyone Recently Sold or Currently Selling?
If subjective appearance is all you LR4 owners care about then why didn't you buy Jeep Grand Cherokees, which are more esthetically appealing than LR4s, and just as capable off road. The D5 exceeds the LR4 in both off-road and on-road capability, especially with the Td6 engine. -
I want to do the SERVICE myself (will or will not void warranty)
There probably won't be any D5 repair manuals available before 2021, when factory warranties on the 2017 Discos will be expiring.- ar077
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- Forum: Discovery 5
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Still apprehensive
Do you have any irrefutable data to back up your attack on the D5's reliability (most of them are still under warranty) or is this just another one of your unsupported opinions? -
LR4s out there holding their value maybe more than just quite well
The availability of the Td6 in the D5 was the main reason I ordered one in 2017. I would have looked at LRs in previous years if they had been available with diesels in the U.S. Pardon me for offending you with a photo of my D5, which (IMHO) looks better with Lucky 8 rock sliders. -
LR4s out there holding their value maybe more than just quite well
I'm nobody special and they certainly wouldn't take my word for it! -
LR4s out there holding their value maybe more than just quite well
You're absolutely right! The LR4 can transport larger items of furniture and other equipment than the D5. If you need one vehicle to do it all then the LR4 wins out (I also have a Duramax diesel truck). Speaking of diesel, I'm hard over for diesel in off-road vehicles and trucks for several... -
LR4s out there holding their value maybe more than just quite well
Since the D5 is still relatively new there are only 165 D5 threads at https://www.landroverworld.org/ versus 7,743 LR4 threads. I like the LR4 but, as you said, I'm very happy with my D5. Besides, some of the LR4 thread topics could be applicable to the D5. Hey, we're all one happy family of... -
LR4s out there holding their value maybe more than just quite well
Great lead-off post for this thread! I would have bought a 2016 LR4 if it had been available with the same Td6 diesel drivetrain that the RR and RR Sport had that year. Even though the D5 was new in 2017 I had no hesitation in ordering one since it did have the same proven Td6 diesel... -
Non-OEM/OEM TPMS (433mhz) for 2016 LR4 HSE recommendations?
Like you, I purchased a set of 433mhz TPMS valves from Amazon for the price of one OEM valve when I installed new wheels and tires on my D5 2 years ago. Haven't had any problems.
