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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
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Anyone else added pointless blingy bits yet?
Nothing too drastic...since there isn't a huge range of after market clip on accessories compared to what's available for the D1's to D4's. None of these bits are particularly expensive and take around 5-10 minutes to fit...
I changed the pathetically dim yellow puddle light bulbs for blue LED's on all 4 door cards as well as the front footwell LED's, They're dimming LED's so they fade out like the originals rather than just on/off.
Upgraded the 4 LED's in the boot to ones that weren't so Prince of Darkness....
Replaced the wing mirror indicator repeaters with smoked black sweep type LED units after replacing the original white mirror caps with black ones.
...as well as changing the front grille to the more aggressive looking black Dynamic style from the original ribbed black and silver.
Original...
New...
Added some wind deflectors and aluminium brake and accelerator pedal covers...
Also found some nice side vent covers...
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- Narpy
- Member Since: 30 Apr 2025
- Location: Stockport
- Posts: 28
Now we’re talking, mods are just the best.
Just added roof rails and bars, already have a set of dynamic, sweeping repeaters for the wing mirrors that I swapped out of my D4 waiting to go in ( It’s about the only thing that is compatible between the D4 + D5 ).
Will also be going down the black pack route. Bonnet lettering, black lower front vent trims, dynamic grill in black, black rear lettering, black rear lower tow panel + exhaust trim panels, and possibly front but that depends how I feel once the front grill is in.
Those side vents look ripe for a mod too, I fancy the carbon look for those with matching carbon mirror covers.😬
Amazed there’s not more folk into doing mods on here. It was rife amongst owners on the D3 and D4 forums. -
- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
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Aye...I was kinda surprised that this forum was so passive...nobody blinging the D5's out like we all did with the D2's, D3's and D4's.
I thought at first it was because the D5's were still a bit new and precious to shove shiny bits or rude off road mods on them...but that surely can't be the case these days.
I've only ever met one guy (Paul) when the missus and me were off-road camping in Wales with the D4 and the roof tent, who regularly takes his heavily modded 2018 HSE Lux D5 green laning with the D3 and D4 crowd, even there he was looked on as a kinda oddity
Awesome vid...D5 with D3's and D4's in their natural environment
Anyways, for your wish list of bits and bobs, check these guys out...they've got lots of how-to videos on fitting the stuff they sell as well. I got 90% of my blingy bits from them...new LED's, front grille, side vent covers, black exhaust trim covers, ARB compressor etc, etc. Can't recommend them highly enough. Great prices and top notch shipping.
If there's something you want that's out of stock, they'll email you in a day or 2 and let you know it's been ordered.
https://www.powerfuluk.com/pages/p/discovery-5-main
Mine already had roof rails fitted but I bought a set of roof bars from someone selling them on from here...needed them for the roof tent.
One of the things I need to do...since it's bothering me... is sort that rear tow plate trim to match the rest of the black pack on the D5. But since I've got a removable towbar, none of the black dynamic style ones available for sale will fit. Looks like I'll just have to dust off the old spray painting skills, take it off and spray it with some black stove paint...that'll sort it
My old D2...
And my D4...
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- DieselRanger
- Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
- Location: God's Country, Colorado
- Posts: 778
I prefer functional mods that also add to or at least don't distract from the aesthetic. On mine:
Proud Rhino rock sliders with tree bars from Lucky8 LLC (definitely got my money's worth and then some on those)
Proud Rhino front bash plate - made to be part of a full winch tray, but I haven't installed that since I don't really need a winch, and it would require removing the entire front fascia and cutting away some front structural cross member material to add the tray)
Baja Designs S2 Sport yellow fogs, mounted on a plate that uses the front license plate mount as a base - excellent add for night time heavy snow driving and off-roading
18 inch Compomotive PD1881 wheels in matte black, with 70-series tires.
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
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Awesome mods, Ranger
You're very lucky living in the US, here in the UK, we've almost nothing like those custom made off-road accessories available (yet) for the D5 outside of imports from the US or Australia. Wheels and tyres aside, body, chassis or suspension mods are almost unseen or unheard of, certainly difficult or prohibitively expensive to have made or to get hold of
The D2's, D3's and D4's have a whole suite of off the shelf mods and accessories readily available from indy 4x4 specialists, which is why they're all very popular with the overlanders and green laners.
The guy I mentioned, Paul with his modded 2018 HSE Lux imported almost all of his mods like the rock/tree sliders and stainless under chassis plates from the US or Australia at great expense with his front discreet winch and bash plate being custom made and fitted by a small outfit in Scotland.
He has other mods like a rear door mounted spare wheel swivel carrier (similar to the one I had on my D4) as well as custom made or imported roof and interior accessories...he's spent more than a fair amount of cash on modding his D5 for his hobby of off-road pursuits...as well as being his daily driver and taking his kids to school in it.
I certainly admire his obsession for modding or customising his D5...I've had a few Harleys in my garage over the years, all customised by me, mostly with imported mods from your side of the pond as well as fitting out my old D2 and D4 for off-roading... so I know where he's coming from.
After the chance meeting with him on our off-road camping trip almost 2 years ago and having a look round his D5, it made my mind up that one of them would fit in just perfectly with my penchant for adding bits to Land Rovers and Harleys to make them something a bit less ordinary
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- Mikemm
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2022
- Location: UK
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
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Believe me Mike, I've looked high and low
Scottishness aside, I've no objection to displaying the Union flag. As a soldier, I wore it proudly on my uniform or saluted it my entire adult life. It doesn't dim my rebellious Scots national pride one bit, but we've been part of the Union since our politicians sold out our independence as a sovereign nation to pay off our national debt in 1707...
Besides, I swore an oath of allegiance to the flag and the English crown when I took the Queen's shilling over half a century ago as a 16 year old
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- Mikemm
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- Narpy
- Member Since: 30 Apr 2025
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
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They're just aesthetic, plastic trim plates with no function, there's no actual vents behind either of them like the D3 or D4 which is why you can't fit a snorkel on a D5. It draws air in through the back and sides of the bonnet and via some internal ducting in the bonnet and front wing, direct to the airbox.
I used a plastic pry tool...for panel clips etc... and just prised them off. They're only held on by 4 or 5 plastic clips, might be a bit of double sided tape as well. The new ones just clip straight on. I stuck a short strip of 3M double sided tape behind the new ones when I fitted them...in case they rattled or came loose. I only trust plastic clips so far
Anyhoo, I got bored looking at the last remaining bit of grey plastic on the back of my Disco...so I took the tow bar trim panel off this afternoon, cleaned it off with brake cleaner, prepped it with wet and dry in the workshop, got the compressor and airbrush out, undercoated it and sprayed it with satin black chip resistant VHT stove paint which matches in with the rest of the black plastic bumper perfectly...job done
Original...
New...with the black exhaust trims I fitted a while ago.
Thinking about buying one of these Union Jack numberplate decal things...it appeals to my sense of (almost) aesthetic symmetry
Got one of these though...I know, it's just a sticker...and I really need to wash the rest of the car. In my defense...I'm a farmer and charging across fields is a mucky business even when they're dry
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- DieselRanger
- Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
- Location: God's Country, Colorado
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Mole HD wrote:
Awesome mods, Ranger
You're very lucky living in the US, here in the UK, we've almost nothing like those custom made off-road accessories available (yet) for the D5 outside of imports from the US or Australia. Wheels and tyres aside, body, chassis or suspension mods are almost unseen or unheard of, certainly difficult or prohibitively expensive to have made or to get hold of
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Thanks! That thing looks fantastic. I have on my list a swing-out hitch-mounted spare tire carrier from a company called WILCO...in my mind I would need it for my imaginary overland trip from my home in Colorado to Lake Tahoe on as much dirt and as few roads as possible.
These vehicles really are amazingly capable with just some better off-road tires with more sidewall. Jeep owners are often stunned into silence after some initial snickering and light taunting. -
- Mole HD
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Yup, the D5's are very capable off-road...even compared to the D3's and D4's. The traction control, even on standard road tyres is quite remarkable. I only have bog standard all season Pirelli Zeros on my 20" wheels and it'll quite happily charge through deep snow, slick mud and rutted fields with absolutely no issue.
Next set of wheels and tyres for mine will be 18" steel or alloy with General Grabbers or Good Year Wrangler Duratraks for the bigger sidewall and a bit more side grip
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- Narpy
- Member Since: 30 Apr 2025
- Location: Stockport
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Another pointless non-blingy bit added today, my D5 now has a Bluetooth battery indicator fitted.
I strongly suspect the battery might be a bit past its best so I’ve fitted a Bluetooth battery indicator to it and hooked up my Ctek to give it a full charge.
The Bluetooth gadget sends battery condition info to your phone and was extremely useful on the D4 so I’m hoping it does the business on the D5 too. It gives you a percentage of battery charge condition as well as the exact voltage. They only cost around £20 from eBay, one end connects to positive on the battery with the other to ground. Highly recommended if you like to monitor your battery condition.
This is the phone app screenshot showing a fully charged battery.
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- Mole HD
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