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Top 5 Offroad Modifications on your Rover for $2500 or under
Thought I would throw this out there for folks who have been wanting to modify their Rover slightly, but so far have left it fully stock. My Discovery was fully stock for 3 years. Then the fun began. The thought behind this thread was was to get the most bang for you buck for around $2500 or under, depending on Craigslist and eBay finds. So I thought I would list my favorite finds in order. This list I think are the most important mods you can buy to take your Rover from a grocery getter to a better off road truck, with minimal investment. Tires, lift, Steel bumpers, Skid plates, winch. List your brands and great prices.
Tires: Goodyear DuraTrac 265/75/16 $630 new installed craigslist....deal of the year.
Lift: Required for that tire size. Old Man Emu 2" $385 eBay take off from a flooded rover 5000 miles on lift from new. perfect shape.
Steel Bumper: Bottorf front w/ skid plate --Rear bumper custom made by me. $550 + $250 rear bumper.
This is about the minimum I would seriously off road with. I have sliders and the CDL is now being installed by me. I am just getting into off roading but dont like breaking stuff, then buying what I should have bought in the first place!
__________________ 2003 Discovery HSE Magnecore, DBA Slotted Rotors, LR Ladder, G4 Lamp Guards, Headlight Guards, RN Hood Blackout, MagnaFlow CatBack, ScanGuageII, Optima Red Top, LR 16" Typhoon Black Rims, Goodyear DuraTracs, OME 2" Lift, Frt Botorff Bumper, Skid plate, Rear Bumper by Dave, HLC tire carrier.
I haven't had much luck in the used off-road add-on department, but I have found/bought/sold couple safari racks, and even scored an SD rack a couple weeks ago for $400.
My build is geared more towards dispersed camping instead of rock crawling as I also not enjoy constantly breaking things
Mine are:
1. 5 NATO rims and 5 Procomp mud terrain tires 80% tread- $150
2. Wilderness roof basket W/ 4 PIAA lights- $500
3. Rovertyme Diff guard- $75 (It was $125, but I had a $50 gift card that I had won)
The first 2 where from craigslist
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Our fleet:
1960 Morris Minor Pick up (right hand drive)
The Tartus: 95 Disco with a full wilderness roof rack, 4 PIA lights on the rack, brush guard, with 2 fog lights, rear tail light guard, 2in Todco lift, Rhino Painted the cargo area, 5 Pro Comp 33in Mud Terrain Tires %75 tread, diff skid plate, and I'm only 18 ....
Bipolar: 2000 p38 Range Rover Brush guard, rear lamp guard, new grill, coil suspension.
Top 5 Offroad Modifications on your Rover for $2500 or under
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