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Yeah, that would have solved it too. At one point, I was going to have hinges for easier access to the area behind the seats so my planks were oriented the other way.

The owner questions whether he should have gotten an LR4 instead, but I think that is mostly because of availability of aftermarket parts/armor. His Rover is sweet to be sure.

Did you have rubbing at this size without the spacers? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forum! LR3 and LR4 are the North American market names for Discovery 3 and Discovery 4. I for one am glad Land Rover North America has gone back to the Discovery nomenclature.

Finally, it was time to head back north. We took a quick pass through Seqouia National Forest, more as recon for a future trip than to really see the park. The boys were happy to find a stream where they could reenact the Black Night scene from Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail. “It’s...

After Cottonwood Canyon we parted ways with our friends and headed towards LA to visit my brother, who just moved out to California few weeks earlier. The contrast between the desert and Los Angeles could not have been starker. We went from a road where we could not see another car or person...

We camped at the end of Cottonwood Canyon just before nightfall. Cottonwood Canyon Rd can be described as progressive more interesting or less annoying, depending on your point of view. It starts out with about 7 miles of washboards and soft sand before getting to some rocky tracks between the...

After an Easter egg hunt and quick breakfast at camp, we explored the area and headed towards Titus Canyon on the other side of Death Valley. We stopped at Stovepipe Wells for lunch and gas. Quick note for those of you with modern Land Rovers – the gas station in Stovepipe Wells only carries...

After a quick lunch stop with some mountain scenery, it was on towards Alabama Hills. In my eagerness to show off my self-retracting ratchet straps, I pinched my thumb in one of the ratchet mechanisms. I thought little of it until a few moments later when blood was running all over my hand...

Trip time! We moved west from Pennsylvania when my oldest son, now 12, was 7. Occasionally, I need to remind him of how awesome California is, especially when the East Coast is getting lots of snow as it has this past winter. I planned an epic CA tour for the boys’ spring break. A friend of...

The poo palace necessitated transporting trash that I didn’t want in the car and I realized this would be the perfect excuse to use the Trasharoo I got for Father’s Day a couple of years ago. Hmm…where to mount it? I’ll get the swing outs eventually, but for now…Front Runner Ladder time. :)...

Since this is a daily driver I needed a low profile rack in order to fit in most parking garages around here, especially the one I use on a daily basis at work. My LR3 had the OEM rack, and I had to cut it down in order to fit. Based on these needs and Ray’s experience, I ordered the Prospeed...

We’re prepping for a trip to Death Valley during spring break. The prep list includes IID Tool Tire repair kit Compressor Portable jump starter Shovel Maxtrax Spare fuel A place to mount all of this stuff I was able to transfer the GAP IID Tool to the new truck by calling GAP. No fee was...

My sons have been helping me with the storage solution. We have pretty much copied the lightweight storage system from this thread: https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/my-lr3-lightweight-storage-platform-build-updated-actual-dimensions-on-pg-4.127843/page-6#post-2383020 We ordered...

Our 2008 LR3 which met an untimely demise at an intersection mere hours after a bumper installation. Fortunately, many of the aftermarket parts are swappable. First up on the installation list is transferring the Tactical Rovers sliders that were on the LR3 to the new truck. These sliders...