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This is not the case - the front and rear quarter panels and the rear doors are completely different to the standard car. Yes, the fenders are tacked on, but according to my friend who was on the engineering team of the OCTA, they have special connectors built into the fenders underneath the flares - they have a different manufacturing process compared to the standard ones. You will not be able to directly attach the fender flares to a standard car. Also, the fuel door is one piece of metal - the part that flares out isn't tacked on. It is quite interesting that they'd go that far to cast a completely different fuel door than to just stick on a flare.
Also the OCTA is much more than a Defender with a widebody kit. The suspension is completely different. Not only does it have the 6D Dynamic suspension that uses hydraulics in the place of the anti-roll bars, the knuckle, wishbones and bushings are exclusive to OCTA. The air springs are the same, however. OCTA also has an additional support beam/crash bar behind the front bumper, something the standard car doesn't have.
I expect the mechanics from the OCTA will trickle down to the normal 2026 models as part of a MCR package. So it's just a waiting game to get the new stuff without paying the "i need to be first" premium.
Who is the target customer for this vehicle? Again with the 22” wheels and low profile tires. Basically, this thing lives on the pavement.
20" wheels are available and come with 33" BFG TrailTerrain T/As as standard, and Duratracs are available as a factory-installed option. On every other Defender, the Duratracs are a dealer-installed accessory.
