Rovers North Discovery II Build

[RNZack]

Greetings all! After recently picking up a 2002 Discovery II SD, we at Rovers North are going to see what we can really get out of the truck. We are trying to involve customers and readers as much as possible in the build, listening to ideas you have, and polling everyone for different choices.

Please "Like" our Facebook page!
(will add the link later, there is a link to it on the Rovers North Facebook page)
Please follow our Wordpress blog! http://roversnorthdII.wordpress.com/
And check out our Youtube page!(Will be adding videos very soon!)

http://www.youtube.com/user/RoversNorthDiscoII

[1996trek4]

some mods I made to our 2003 SE7
southdown skid plates-fuel,rear diff,front axle, steering
Great Basin Rovers front drive shaft
OME lift
P38 alloys painted black with BFG Mud Terrains 265/75R16s and flipped spare tire carrier upside down to clear bumper with spare.
DBA slotted and cross drilled kangaroo paw gold rotors EBC red stuff pads
ARB bull bar
Warn XD9000 winch
Mantec snorkel
brush cables
dual maxrad base loaded 4' whips mounted to the bottoms of the mirror housings for CB, single VHF and scanner on the rack
hilift mount through center of spare wheel
sand track mounts
SD rack-farmtec flooring. LR Safari 3000 on back from freelander wired to reverse, Hella 500 fog and driving on front wired to LR aux light switch using highbeam for signal
LR Safari 5000 8" on bull bar wired to LR aux light switch using highbeam for signal
accutint vinyl rock guard on all lights, factory fog in amber tint
Roxstarfab sliders-mount to sill and frame
Fourrunner dual jerrycan mounts x2
Howlingmoon 1.4 tent
bedlined rear cargo area trim
Allmakes tail light guards
2004 t-case output housing to get CDL


By saharatj98 at 2012-05-01

[Les Parker]

Please post some pix !!!

Great specs. !

Do you have any stories to share of some off-road adventures.

[RNZack]

Wow! That's quite a truck! Some very cool options out there, I look forward to making this happen.

[1996trek4]

It takes time... We bought it as a lease return from a broker in 2005-bone stock. It's been all through Colorado, Wyoming, Utah (Moab)as well as home here in Washington. I am finally getting a lot done to prepare for the Great Divide in August. I don't really have any stories other than I used to be a hard core Jeep guy before the family outgrew it, Cherokees were junk so not an option. After much reasearch, the Discovery looked like the best chassis available with a wagon body and it's been downhill since then. I now no longer have any Jeeps and a fleet of Land Rovers lol... I had the whole gamut too. CJ,YJ,TJ,XJ... Too many hang up spots and vulnerabilities and horrible body integrity-electrics. I found that all of the things I used to modify on Jeeps was already done on a Rover to begin with... After getting past the soccer mom snooty stigma I found that they worked incredibly well right out of the box. They have their quirks, but I would not replace them with anything, nothing compares. No one else has long travel coil spring suspension and a flat undercarriage in a small enough package to fit anywhere in the mountains. The high seating position and low sills with a ton of big windows enables excellent visability off road. It's just a perfect purpose built off roader. I think those who complain do not use their trucks where they shine above anything else...
There are many different roads you can follow to outfit your truck. All depends on what you plan to do with it and your own personal taste. I am kind of a traditional guy and put function above appearance but I do like things clean. For what we do, I felt the ARB was the best bumper as I like the winch between the frame rails for the best extreme angle stress management. I used ARB products on most of my Jeeps. I also like the protection. It does detract from the approach angle though and why many prefer minimalist tube or channel bumpers with the winch on top. I built a camel style winch box for my D1 that mounts between the frame rails and fits flush with the front of the bumper-no change to approach angle at all, but then you have no protection. The trick is finding what works best for you as everything will be a bit of a compromise. I have not built or bought a rear bumper for this reason. I am undecided. I look forward to seeing how you outfit your project. There is no right or wrong way to do it and they are never finished lol.
I'll try to take some better pictures when I get a chance.