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Home > Maintenance & Modifications > Mounting a roof tent on an RRS - roof rack/roof bar options? |
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awd man Member Since: 30 Nov 2010 Location: Malmesbury Posts: 3355 |
ahh ok no problem I must have got my emails confused
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Mon Nov 05 2012 1:41pm |
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Fatandre Member Since: 05 Oct 2009 Location: Reykjavík Posts: 401 |
How did the car perform on such trips.
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Mon Nov 05 2012 2:26pm |
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mse Member Since: 08 Mar 2011 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2916 |
G4's arent Supercharged just the standard 4.4 petrol Mike 2014 Facelift Discovery |
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Mon Nov 05 2012 4:49pm |
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Jonny Fresh Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 3586 |
Excuse my city slicker ignorance, but with roof tents, do you climb up and sleep in it on the roof or take it off and put it on the ground?
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Mon Nov 05 2012 4:58pm |
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mse Member Since: 08 Mar 2011 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2916 |
Both actually - although ive never seen anyone take it off (its a right ar e to do)
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Mon Nov 05 2012 5:21pm |
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Mike_C Member Since: 19 Mar 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 184 |
As requested, here's a few pics of the car and rooftent on our Morocco trip:
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Mon Nov 05 2012 6:43pm |
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Mike_C Member Since: 19 Mar 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 184 |
I considered this, but given you can pick up a pair of genuine LR bars for well under £100, why bother? I choose to fit the bars and rooftent when required, and put the G4 (Expedition) rack back on for general use. Cutting it down to fit the tent will ruin the rack and also, with a clamshell rooftent at least, means it hangs too far out the back so you cannot open the boot either. The roofbars allow a lot more flexibility and were plenty strong enough. - Range Rover Sport 4.4 V8 HSE G4 Challenge vehicle (FOR SALE) - BMW 330Ci M-Sport coupe - Suzuki GSX-R750 K6 'Stealth' - trackdays and high speed tourer |
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Mon Nov 05 2012 6:46pm |
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stevemfr Site Sponsor Member Since: 21 Aug 2011 Location: Strasbourg Posts: 55 |
Nice pics, Mike! Looks like a great trip. Too bad about the EAS on the D2 - did he get it fixed? EAS is great, but it is a maintenance item. And it needs to be checked before embarking on a long journey.
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Tue Nov 06 2012 10:08am |
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Mike_C Member Since: 19 Mar 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 184 |
The chap replaced the air bags on the D2 with coil springs at a local Moroccan garage in Zagora and we were soon back on the road.
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Tue Nov 06 2012 10:14am |
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stevemfr Site Sponsor Member Since: 21 Aug 2011 Location: Strasbourg Posts: 55 |
Why sell the G4 if you have long distances to drive? Sounds perfect for the job!
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Tue Nov 06 2012 11:21am |
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Mike_C Member Since: 19 Mar 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 184 |
Fuel prices!! At £1.40+/litre it is too expensive to run over the distances I now cover on a regular basis.
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Tue Nov 06 2012 12:53pm |
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Streaky Member Since: 31 May 2010 Location: Dubai Posts: 259 |
Mike. With your permission I'd like to pinch those pictures for an article I'm doing with our local Land Rover club on mounting RTT's to RRSC and LR3&4's.
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Tue Nov 06 2012 1:38pm |
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Mike_C Member Since: 19 Mar 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 184 |
No problem, but please block out the numberplate. These were taken on my iPhone - if you are wanting to put these in print then I can get some high-res photo's in a couple of weeks time but I am not with that camera currently as it (and memory cards) are on their way to Valencia for the MotoGP! - Range Rover Sport 4.4 V8 HSE G4 Challenge vehicle (FOR SALE) - BMW 330Ci M-Sport coupe - Suzuki GSX-R750 K6 'Stealth' - trackdays and high speed tourer |
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Tue Nov 06 2012 3:15pm |
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Streaky Member Since: 31 May 2010 Location: Dubai Posts: 259 |
Don't worry...we're all in Dubai but I'll block it out anyway. It's for a feature on mounting different types of tents to Land Rovers.
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Tue Nov 06 2012 3:25pm |
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