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- DieselRanger
- Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
- Location: God's Country, Colorado
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Got a bit of trail damage
Nothing critical, only noticed it today as I was washing it after a hike and a drive yesterday in the mountains above Colorado Springs.
Went for a quick climb up Mt Rosa (pointy peak in the background), starting from about 10,000 feet and on up to the summit at 11,495. Quick hike, had some extra time so I went for a drive up Almagre Mountain, which is mostly an easy track with a couple fun pitches where you need the air suspension up, and you get up to about the same elevation. (Video link - not mine, someone else). Imagine the same trail with more rocks and a nice big gully down the middle of it, as if the roadbed had eroded downward about a foot, which it has since this video was apparently made. I also had it in low range and rock crawl mode, just to exercise the gearbox. Twas a Sunday drive in that mode - a few points where a corner might be skyward for a bit, dragged the belly once, but the Disco never hesitated or slipped.
My only mistake was on the descent at the top - I believe my wheel placement was a bit off on the right front corner on one step, and I either grazed a rock or turned it over, flipping it into my wheel and then in the lower front corner of the door on the right side. Oh well, now it has "character." I don't think rock sliders would have helped me, but they may have taken the rock after it flipped off the wheel, which also got some rock rash. Good thing the panels are aluminum - no worries about rust.
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- Blackfly
- Member Since: 15 Jun 2017
- Location: Up North
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- mordred1973
- Member Since: 08 Jan 2019
- Location: Northamptonshire
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
- Location: UK
- Posts: 600
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Gosh, you went to some trouble!
Spent the day cutting the grass and covered the car with clippings - it’s still there and will be until it rains!
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
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DD, it only took 1 hour max.
Paint dried after 5 mins, so waited 15 mins between each coat to prevent running or drips. Withstands up too 600 degrees and bonds better when it heats up.
Car is needing a good clean inside and out, now that the kids are back at school, it's a job for the weekend. I thought I would do the external painting before the internal vacuuming and external wash wax and polish. Also took your advice and made a template for the rubber mat for the 3rd row seats
I would have thought the exhausts would have had a better finish. Last thing I want is to be forking out for new back boxes. I was a bit shocked at the amount of rust as both were quite bad. Why LR dont properly underseal the body at the factory is beyond me. Seems the underside components are only coated once with a thin layer of the cheapest paint
(Ended up wax oiling the underside of the D2 we had years ago as the chassis and brake lines etc were known for corroding badly).
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
- Location: UK
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
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Congrats DD, what are you getting?
Apologies a bit off track, but took my previous exhausts out the garage as putting them up for sale, as am picking up brand new car on 1st Sept as well.
Anyway just a comparison of how well these have fared compared to the D5 ones.
I remember the D1 that I inherited from my dad in my uni days, the exhaust broke off after only 3 years from new whilst I was in Turkey. With no replacement nearby the local chop shop simply welded on the back box from a normal car. Sounded awful. My point is that normal cars seem to be far better protected and undersealed than LR which are likely to encounter a whole lot more harsher terrain and environment. Maybe its to do with the different gradings of mild steel used, or possibly a cost saving ploy, at the expense of the consumer, and a money maker for LR, but I would have thought they should be better protected and last more than 3 years. The exhaust was rusted right through. Hence the reason for painting the D5 boxes, as cars just coming up too 18 months old. I don't want a repeat of the D1, but the D2 and D3 also suffered from this. The D4 too, but not as bad. I rest my case!!
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
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The dual back boxes were on my car for a year from new covering 12k. Not a hint of rust or corrosion. Only surface rust is where the hooks attach too the rubber mounts under the car and onto the cat. The single one was on for 6 months with 6k, and again no issues. Replacement exhausts were also fine after a few years. Looks like undersealed with black paint as all the cars arches are covered in the same black tar like substance. Seems to me that been coated with a decent paint or better grade metal overall.
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- Equilibrium
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
- Location: UK
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Road Runner 2017 wrote:
Congrats DD, what are you getting?
Apologies a bit off track, but took my previous exhausts out the garage as putting them up for sale, as am picking up brand new car on 1st Sept as well.
Anyway just a comparison of how well these have fared compared to the D5 ones.
I remember the D1 that I inherited from my dad in my uni days, the exhaust broke off after only 3 years from new whilst I was in Turkey. With no replacement nearby the local chop shop simply welded on the back box from a normal car. Sounded awful. My point is that normal cars seem to be far better protected and undersealed than LR which are likely to encounter a whole lot more harsher terrain and environment. Maybe its to do with the different gradings of mild steel used, or possibly a cost saving ploy, at the expense of the consumer, and a money maker for LR, but I would have thought they should be better protected and last more than 3 years. The exhaust was rusted right through. Hence the reason for painting the D5 boxes, as cars just coming up too 18 months old. I don't want a repeat of the D1, but the D2 and D3 also suffered from this. The D4 too, but not as bad. I rest my case!!
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
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Well fitted this today. Took 15 mins to hide the wiring. The GPS signal has gone from 1 bar to fluctuating between 4-5 bars, which is a full signal. Best £40 I have spent recently.
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- Dangerdave
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- TazDaz
- Member Since: 13 Jul 2018
- Location: SE Essex
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Road Runner 2017 wrote:
Well fitted this today. Took 15 mins to hide the wiring. The GPS signal has gone from 1 bar to fluctuating between 4-5 bars, which is a full signal. Best £40 I have spent recently.
do I need one of those?
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