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General • D5 + Defender 20" Wheels - Tyre Sizes

Stokeski — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:00:27 GMT

Author: Stokeski
Subject: D5 + Defender 20" Wheels - Tyre Sizes
Posted: 20th Aug 2026 4:00 pm (GMT 1.00)

Has anyone fitted 275/55 AT or MT style wheels on their Discovery, using Defender 20" wheels? Did you find any limitations or rubbing?

I have a 2025 D5 with standard 22" wheels. Tyre size is 285/40 with the normal Pirelli Scorpion Zero tyres. I believe this have an offset of ET45.

I've purchased a set of Defender Style 6011 20" wheels that come with 255/60 tyres. The offset on these is ET41.5. From what I can tell this is a straight...

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General • tow hitch towbar

simon balmer — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:25:20 GMT

Author: simon balmer
Subject: tow hitch towbar
Posted: 16th Aug 2026 9:25 am (GMT 1.00)

i have just purchased a d5, 2017, 3.0, it has had the deployeble tow hitch removed, and i want to add a towhitch, the frame and electrics are still in place, does anyone know if a genuine removable tow hitch will slot into this or do i need to remove the frame and replace the whole thing?

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General • Too much oxygen in my tailpipe MOT fail..pass

Wolfpack — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:27:14 GMT

Author: Wolfpack
Subject: Too much oxygen in my tailpipe MOT fail..pass
Posted: 13th Aug 2026 8:27 pm (GMT 1.00)

The D5 failed its MOT with an extremely high fast idle lambda reading.

The technicians spent some time trying to locate a leak in the exhaust manifolds or other connectors but gave up saying I needed to get a LR specialist to take a look. Nice of them to try I suppose.

Sat at home wrestling with the paradox of perfectly normal HC and CO figures and yet very high lambda ….with AI help.

After an hour, I had compiled a list of key...

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General • Retro fit centre console cooler fridge - it works

garnerj — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:11:51 GMT

Author: garnerj
Subject: Retro fit centre console cooler fridge - it works
Posted: 8th Aug 2026 12:11 pm (GMT 1.00)

Retrofit centre console cooler - it can be done, and yes it cools things as expected.

I just wanted to drop a note to the group as I have seen a lot of conflicting info on various sources about the above subject.

I have successfully retro fitted a genuine centre console cooler to my 2019 D5. It was a feature I had in all my previous disco’s and I find it incredibly useful. I’m sure many will start to comment about how useless they are and how it’s...

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