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hi can anyone help me what year approx did the rear door wheel carrier change and did it change twice what year did the studs go closer together
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Didnt realise they did??
What year is your fender?
What year is your fender?
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The rear door on mine is obviously from a later model than '94, it has two rows of three vertical holes which are obviously designed for a wheel carrier.
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are you sure someone before you has'nt retro fitted a disco rear wheel carrier to the door
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hi just to let you all know I do not have a defender or disco I have the rear door though as I make antenna mounts and want to get the last defender one sorted as people keep asking for it i brought a wheel yesterday and some time ago I brought what I thought was the wheel mount but obiously it was not I think they changed the wheel mount when the also changed to back to disc brakes I do have a series 2 though being done up at the moment by a friend
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No its definitely "factory" the inside strutting arrangement is designed to take the wheel/carrier and it has a door lock with the gadget for central locking. The door was metallic black when I bought the 90 so it's definitely not the original
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no help yet then! does it matter I do not have a defender I have a series 2 and a freelander
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You should never admit to having a gaylander ;-)
And what help are you after?? Thought we answered your questions??
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sorry but my freelander is not gay it is ruff and tuff and being a auto will go any where
no seriously I just love landrovers even rusties and thankfully so does the wife I blame her she had one and after six months she asked for it back
no seriously I just love landrovers even rusties and thankfully so does the wife I blame her she had one and after six months she asked for it back
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the defender stud pattern is the same now as it has since the first series 1 i think you'll find.
it must be a late disco 2 or maybe a p38 RR bracket you have
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You guys are talking cross-purposes here. The wheel stud pattern has not changed for the entire 90/110/Defender etc. production history.
However the design of the rear wheel carrier has. Earlier models had this arrangement:
In 2002 when Land Rover made a number of updates to the Defender, mainly the dashboard layout, central locking, electric windows etc. etc., they also updated the rear door. The new door was a pressed steel frame, rather than the welded box section of the older style. The window was also rounded on all four corners and a rubber seal used to seal it.
The spare wheel carrier changed at the same time, to the same type as used on the Discovery before:
Here's the new style rear door (note window shape/seal) with the wheel carrier attached:
The later ones are prone to splitting, but the earlier doors are rubbish!
They are not interchangeable without modifying the interior frame of the door to fit the other type of carrier. It should be noted that if you happen to have obtained a Discovery II (ie. Td5) spare wheel bracket, which would look identical to that above, that would indeed have a different wheel stud pattern since Discoveries changed when the Disco II came in.
However the design of the rear wheel carrier has. Earlier models had this arrangement:
In 2002 when Land Rover made a number of updates to the Defender, mainly the dashboard layout, central locking, electric windows etc. etc., they also updated the rear door. The new door was a pressed steel frame, rather than the welded box section of the older style. The window was also rounded on all four corners and a rubber seal used to seal it.
The spare wheel carrier changed at the same time, to the same type as used on the Discovery before:
Here's the new style rear door (note window shape/seal) with the wheel carrier attached:
The later ones are prone to splitting, but the earlier doors are rubbish!
They are not interchangeable without modifying the interior frame of the door to fit the other type of carrier. It should be noted that if you happen to have obtained a Discovery II (ie. Td5) spare wheel bracket, which would look identical to that above, that would indeed have a different wheel stud pattern since Discoveries changed when the Disco II came in.
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thanks for the answer great to have somebody know what they are on about
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Mine is the later type despite it being a 94 vehicle, so has been retrofitted.
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just need a cheap alloy wheel like boost for the defender the one I was sold it only fits the later disco's
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You guys are talking cross-purposes here. The wheel stud pattern has not changed for the entire 90/110/Defender etc. production history.
However the design of the rear wheel carrier has. Earlier models had this arrangement:
In 2002 when Land Rover made a number of updates to the Defender, mainly the dashboard layout, central locking, electric windows etc. etc., they also updated the rear door. The new door was a pressed steel frame, rather than the welded box section of the older style. The window was also rounded on all four corners and a rubber seal used to seal it.
The spare wheel carrier changed at the same time, to the same type as used on the Discovery before:
Here's the new style rear door (note window shape/seal) with the wheel carrier attached:
The later ones are prone to splitting, but the earlier doors are rubbish!
They are not interchangeable without modifying the interior frame of the door to fit the other type of carrier. It should be noted that if you happen to have obtained a Discovery II (ie. Td5) spare wheel bracket, which would look identical to that above, that would indeed have a different wheel stud pattern since Discoveries changed when the Disco II came in.
Thanks for sharing this. I have a 1997, see attached. How much of work is there to modify the interior frame to fit the newer model of spare wheel bracket? Or would you recommend to go with the older version as there's something on my door looking similar already? Also, are there different sizes depending on the wheel dimensions?
