Just got this day before yesterday and im gonna go ahead and drop $1000 in shit for it.




I already ordered this......

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-EYX1hNiwj4L/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=168550&I=140T1780DV

I know all you audio enthusiasts are laughing at me for ordering a Sanyo headunit/dvd player. None of the Alpine ones fit and quite frankly I cant justify spending over $1000 dollars on a headunit. I figure a touch-screen in dash DVD player for 650< was a good deal.

Im gonna use a Y cable to connect the iPOD to it because Sanyo does not offer a iPOD interface. I don't really care about the controls being integrated in to the head unit anyway its just as easy to control the ipod by picking it up out of the console.

The next thing im contemplating is one of these.


What else would you guys do to this thing??



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12/2/2005 1:32:53 PM

You're awesome!

12/2/2005 1:35:19 PM

I like the Discoveries. Be warned they are quirky though. This place has alot of good info.http://www.discoweb.org/. I dont think too many people in here care for them though. I assume this is going to be a street truck. Be careful installing all of your audio stuff. Rovers arent known for there electrical systems. What is the mileage on it? Somewhere around 60-80k be prepared to do a valve job.(Big money) If it were me I would take it to Rover Clubhouse in Durham for an inspection ($140 If I recall). before you spend all your loot on Bling. Sharp truck,good luck with it.

12/2/2005 1:45:52 PM

wow, this should be an AWESOME thread.

12/2/2005 1:58:12 PM

65,000 miles. It's going to be a daily driver probably up until 100,000 at which point I will sell it or if I have it paid off by then keep it for four wheeling. (I have a rule against using the car I drive to work to go four wheeling)

I have been reading up on installing AM stereo equipment in these things and apparently it is a huge pain in the ass. The factory headunit sounds awesome and honestly I would not have messed with it but the CD changer was missing out of it when I bought it and you can't order the changers for Diso 1s anymore. (already checked ebay)

It seems many of the people on the forums who have swapped headunits have re-wired all the speakers and lost use of the factory sub. I have not had a chance to pop the radio out yet but wil tonight. From what everyone is saying you have to use one of these. http://www.crutchfield.com/S-EYX1hNiwj4L/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=127OEM2 to avoid re-wiring the whole system.

I am glad to know the name of a good rover mechanic as well. Thanks for the info.

12/2/2005 1:59:10 PM

Hahahahahaha

12/2/2005 2:15:14 PM

There are several Rover recyclers on the disco web. Im sure one of them has a CD player for you. And rember you MUST use 93 or better gas or youll be doing that valve job earlier than expected. Just curious, where did you buy it and how much did you pay? Too bad I talked myself out of getting one a few weeks ago.

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12/2/2005 2:45:11 PM

Quote :

"wow, this should be an AWESOME thread"

filled with high performance modifications that will really improve handling, traction, clearance, and power for that tough mall parking lot terrain. sorry, couldn't help it. Glad you have the money to buy a Rover and put TV's and brush gaurds on it. Just please for the love of all that is good don't put a frickin' roof rack on it. PLEASE don't end up looking like this coad bucket:

12/2/2005 3:23:24 PM

Neil Ward's Blvd Auto Sales on Capital - it was $8500

They had a Range Rover up there and probably 5 other discoverys. This one had the lowest miles and was oldest. I was kind of in a hurry to buy something since my explorer crapped.

12/2/2005 3:47:12 PM

Quote :

"PLEASE don't end up looking like this coad bucket:"

That guy is an idiot. Not for having the roofrack but for taking his shit mudding knowing good and well it has the ground clearance of a power wheels.

I have a jeep for beating around. This one has to get me to work and back.

12/2/2005 4:00:19 PM

dont forget the roof rack for your next safari
and some extra batteries cause at night when you are camping in the bush everyone is going to crowd around your low end dvd player

12/2/2005 4:46:58 PM

yeah and get an arb and those super kewl brush deflecting cables to go from it to you'r fratastic roof rack and hellas...thatll make it superhardcore and able to go anywhere

12/2/2005 5:46:33 PM

Like I said....NO love for the Discos......lol

12/2/2005 7:42:23 PM

worst thread ever

i just want to get in on the first and hopefully only page

12/2/2005 7:47:37 PM

I know better ..........but I gotta ask.....Why all the hate for the Rovers?

12/2/2005 8:29:22 PM

^ How many reasons do you need?

12/2/2005 8:49:48 PM

i'm glad you've decided to make your disco an urban assult vehicle


i used to make fun of Land rovers all of the time till i took the land rover off road driving school and lemme tell you those things can fucking wheel especially for having 20"s.

i got to drive a black supercharged range rover sport and if i could afford one i'd buy it in a heartbeat..
drives like a car 4 wheels like a jeep w/ 32" mud terrains and lockers.

12/2/2005 9:29:51 PM

just leave it alone dark windows and tvs is all you need. dont lift it unless mommy and daddy can afford to fix what you fuck up on the trail

12/2/2005 9:33:54 PM

ITS SQUEAKY

12/2/2005 10:07:54 PM

b;ah blah blha

it leaks oil and drinks gas. who gives a stinkin ass shit. it gets me up ca[ital in traffic like it needs to. better than buying another exploder to cost the same in mainnace and suck the whole time................

12/3/2005 4:54:34 AM

your best deicision with that 1000 dollars would have been to spend it on another beater cause that hunk of shit will always be in the shop. what a waste of 8500 bucks, that other 1k on dvd player is a really close second. are you black? why the fuck does your yuppie mobile need a dvd? for in traffic? to impress the girls you take home that are already full of ghb from your frat party? please god give one good reason.

12/3/2005 11:24:31 AM

ghettoing that thing out isnt fratty

and also if you consider a valve job big money you picked the wrong truck

12/3/2005 2:46:34 PM

I sell townhouses and spend 90% of my day doing nothing but waiting for people to come in. On weekends I usually sit in my car instead of the model because I can see where the customers are better from there. During the winter its not very busy and the DVD player will give me something to do to pass the time.

The speakers are all grounded to the frame/body on the factory stereo setup instead of having two wires. This makes any aftermarket installation a total pain in the ass. From what I have read on the forums most people who have changed headunits just run all new wire to all of the speakers because the common ground system will hum if you don't. Right now it has the acessory on it that is supposed to eliminate the ground loop noise and it almost does the job but does not completely eliminate the hum. I will probably end up rewiring the speakers but I am still trying to figure out exactly how the factory sub is wired in to the thing.

12/3/2005 3:01:44 PM

^who do you work for?

12/3/2005 3:02:53 PM

edit: nevermind found it

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12/9/2005 7:19:20 PM

This peice of shit is keeping me from going skiing today. It has been at the shop for a week and I called today and the fucking burnouts up there still had not got the part. I am thinking they forgot to order it until this morning when I called.

the TV was great for the first few weeks that the car ran.

[Edited on December 27, 2005 at 1:56 PM. Reason : ]

12/27/2005 1:55:50 PM

ahahaha

baonest got his for like two grand

12/27/2005 2:08:21 PM

i'm so glad i never bought that land rover i looked at

12/27/2005 2:25:55 PM

damn dude its not like you didnt know what you were getting into.

12/27/2005 3:05:17 PM

yeah its pretty gay

12/27/2005 3:14:23 PM

grounding all speakers to the frame

no wonder these things break all the time

if that is any indication of the rest of the engineering

12/27/2005 4:18:26 PM

What broke?

12/27/2005 9:49:20 PM

This is why there are a fucking million Land Rovers in the used market for dirt cheap.

NEVER buy a Land Rover unless it's fully covered under warranty. It will spend at least half the time you own it in the shop.

That said, those are fucking helacious trail vehicles (disco II is a little better, and the Defender 90's are the hot shit). Funny thing they can take all kinds of shit on the trail but can't last a fucking week in the city.

12/27/2005 10:35:11 PM

Disco 2s have just as many if not more problems as the D1s.......

12/27/2005 10:38:09 PM

Str8BacardiL What year is it?

12/27/2005 10:41:19 PM

I didn't say they had less problems, I said they were more capable for trail riding.

They ALL have serious long-term maintenance issues.

12/28/2005 1:09:22 AM

I see no point of in-dash DVD players. Much rather get a GPS.

12/28/2005 1:13:32 AM

Its a 97 with 65,000 miles on it.

It's got a bad coil. Its not a complex repair I could do it here but the dealership is going to pay for it (out of warranty) so I had to take it to their mechanic. For some reason they still dont have the part in.

[Edited on December 28, 2005 at 11:44 AM. Reason : ]

12/28/2005 11:39:00 AM

horrible purchase i guess

12/30/2005 9:18:20 AM

there is more to the story I will post it when i get to work.

12/30/2005 9:32:50 AM

http://www.angelfire.com/mn/landroversucks/

Yo B check this out

12/30/2005 10:08:27 AM

Yo man, thats probably the funniest shit i've ever seen.

12/30/2005 10:37:23 AM

12/30/2005 11:07:40 AM

So here is the status on the repair. I do not speeaka de espanol so it was hard to figure out WTF he was saying but I know now why its still up there.

At first he told me that the coil that was sent to him was bad. I was like "ok so are you getting another one" he was like (in de espanol) "i cant find another one" so I'm like "what do you mean you cant find another one???" then he finally explains that the dealer was going to pay for the repair if they got a used coil and installed it. So I was like how much is a new one if i just went to Land Rover got one and brought it up there. ITS SIX HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS. When it burnt out on my wrangler the replacement was like $50 bucks. I am going to call around and see what I can find one for today, but so far I have owned this thing for a month exactly and have only been able to drive it about a week and a half.

I see why there is no love for the rovers.

12/30/2005 11:23:48 AM

Thay are "special" They reguire ALOT of maintence, It will never be as reliable as your old Jeep and thats probally not saying much. I found the coil @ Advance auto 1 day shipping about $100 http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?mfrcode=GPS&mfrpartnumber=245109&parttype=190&ptset=A.........Take your Rover to http://www.roverclubhouse.com/ In Durham SPEND $140 on a Pre purchase Inspection . They will give you a list of all that is wrong with it. Take the list to you dealer and tell them that these items need to be adressed. Push to get them fixed by A Rover specalist not some hole in the wall dump of a shop loaded with illegals. If they wont fix it try to get them to buy it back. Either way you will know what your up against. Good luck. Dave

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12/30/2005 1:32:08 PM

I dont think thats the same part. I think this is what it is. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LAND-ROVER-DISCOVERY-COIL-PACK-DISTRIBUTOR-USED-PART_W0QQitemZ7962061768QQcategoryZ6763QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

One side of the coil pack is going bad so it intermittently loses 4 cylinders. It started the second week I was driving it and progressively got worse. Land rover clubhouse has this part for 524. I called carquest and they can get only get it from land rover for 610.

[Edited on December 30, 2005 at 2:03 PM. Reason : ]

12/30/2005 1:52:48 PM

Just buy the part and pay Dirty to install it.

12/30/2005 1:57:57 PM

Auto Zone has a shitty Wells brand for 79.99, They pull the same P/N for the listing of coil or coil pack. I think that the pic of the Advance Auto one is just a generic "coil" pic. The one on E-bay is someone trying to get rich selling used OEM parts. The original one only lasted 65k. Do you really want another OEM one?

[Edited on December 30, 2005 at 2:18 PM. Reason : durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

12/30/2005 2:17:38 PM

I can get dealer cost if you need me to B

12/30/2005 2:19:34 PM

I think I would make more parting this thing off than selling it.

12/30/2005 2:48:05 PM