Rangie upgrade - Land Rovers Only

RangieSE4.0 · 08-01-2006, 07:27 AM

Hi All

This is my first post, so I firstly want to say "hi". Right, some background here - I live in Cape Town and am the proud owner of a '96 Rangie 4.0 SE. I had a '84 Classic before this one, but must say that I enjoy the SE more. We have beach, dunes and mountains all within about 150 km so lots of driving challenges! A lot of 4x4 trails are popping up al over the place, so it's nice to see that more and more people enjoy driving through nature.
I obviously want my Rangie to be as good as I can make it so I started off by putting some better tackies under it. I got rid of the 235*70*16 Michelins and put some 245*70*16 Goodyear ATR's on. The chaps at the tire place said I could not go bigger without modifications to the body due to the EAS. Darn, I used to run 285*70*16's on my Classic!
Why is it so difficult to obtain a set of clear indicator lenses? Boy, they want the world for those! I thought one could pick those up at a local scrap yard. Not!!!
Apart from the lights what else gets "upgrade attention" to change the looks of a Pre 2000 to a post 2000? I want to stay offroad, so 20" mags with elastic bands isn't my idea of an upgrade.

Happy driving

Sander

Disco Mike · 08-03-2006, 01:46 PM

So you are not looking for performance upgrades, just visual improvements?
Mike

02RhinoRange · 08-04-2006, 07:24 AM

Not sure how serious you're wanting to get but over at RockRover.com,
Alan Bates makes some really tough stuff for your Rangie...
If you feel like drilling holes in your bodywork, you could get rear tail light guards, and a rear mounted ladder if you have any intrest in putting a roof rack on top?

Factory winch tray with a winch is also another option...
And if you can find them, which is actually pretty hard, you could source some steel wheels for your ATR's... but they're hard to come by..

Just my $0.02....Have fun with your Rangie, I love see'n the P38's out and about

Badger1 · 08-04-2006, 03:01 PM

Why not swap out the air suspension and put lifted coils in there? Put bigger mud terrains under there too. Kind of like the one that Rovers North did for the border to border excursion.

Goswin · 01-22-2007, 02:30 PM

How about your interior? This is my '94 HSE, I have installed an ordinary aftermarket navigation system in it and painted everything black:

or put some new wheels under it, like this:

Bye,
Goswin

08-01-2006, 07:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
RangieSE4.0 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3 Gallery: 0	Rangie upgrade Hi All This is my first post, so I firstly want to say "hi". Right, some background here - I live in Cape Town and am the proud owner of a '96 Rangie 4.0 SE. I had a '84 Classic before this one, but must say that I enjoy the SE more. We have beach, dunes and mountains all within about 150 km so lots of driving challenges! A lot of 4x4 trails are popping up al over the place, so it's nice to see that more and more people enjoy driving through nature. I obviously want my Rangie to be as good as I can make it so I started off by putting some better tackies under it. I got rid of the 2357016 Michelins and put some 2457016 Goodyear ATR's on. The chaps at the tire place said I could not go bigger without modifications to the body due to the EAS. Darn, I used to run 2857016's on my Classic! Why is it so difficult to obtain a set of clear indicator lenses? Boy, they want the world for those! I thought one could pick those up at a local scrap yard. Not!!! Apart from the lights what else gets "upgrade attention" to change the looks of a Pre 2000 to a post 2000? I want to stay offroad, so 20" mags with elastic bands isn't my idea of an upgrade. Happy driving Sander

08-04-2006, 07:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
02RhinoRange Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nashville,TN and Chattanooga/Dayton/Knoxville for play.... Posts: 163 Gallery: 0	Not sure how serious you're wanting to get but over at RockRover.com, Alan Bates makes some really tough stuff for your Rangie... If you feel like drilling holes in your bodywork, you could get rear tail light guards, and a rear mounted ladder if you have any intrest in putting a roof rack on top? Factory winch tray with a winch is also another option... And if you can find them, which is actually pretty hard, you could source some steel wheels for your ATR's... but they're hard to come by.. Just my $0.02....Have fun with your Rangie, I love see'n the P38's out and about __________________ '02 Range Rover Rhino ed. Warn XD9000 w/ factory winch tray RockRover diff guard, RockRover sliders Safety Devices roof rack 255/70R16 Pirelli Scorpion ATs on 16" DII alloys 255/55R18 Nitto 420S on 18" Proline wheels '95 RRC LWB County Coil conversion w/ OME shocks, AB springs

01-22-2007, 02:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Goswin Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Den Bosch - the Netherlands Posts: 7 Gallery: 0	How about your interior? This is my '94 HSE, I have installed an ordinary aftermarket navigation system in it and painted everything black: or put some new wheels under it, like this: Bye, Goswin __________________ - RR4.6HSE '94 - http://www.LandRoverwinkel.nl

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08-03-2006, 01:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,760 Gallery: 0	So you are not looking for performance upgrades, just visual improvements? Mike

08-04-2006, 03:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Badger1 Forward! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Loo-eee-ville, KY Posts: 2,154 Gallery: 1	Why not swap out the air suspension and put lifted coils in there? Put bigger mud terrains under there too. Kind of like the one that Rovers North did for the border to border excursion.

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