2003 LandRover Discovery 2 TD5 OverlandBuild

[RondjeAarde]

Hey everyone!!
We are two guys from The Netherlands.
After having been busy with our rig for a while, we opened a forum for this build.
We bought a LandRover Discovery 2, 6 months ago to make a big trip from The Netherlands to Mongolia (are going to start a separate forum here)
In short, we plan to make a round trip for 6 months.
Because we have been working for some time on making the rig a good reliable overland rig, I will slowly add some things to this forum.
Questions and comments are always welcome.

The day after we bought the Land Rover, we drove to Germany. To make a small trip. And to test the car.

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Leon & Merijn
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First things first. We bought an old ARB Bumper and mounted it on the car. View attachment 117139

 

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We removed everything in it. And have insulated everything. We have also treated all the rust. And have removed the rust spots and painted it.

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We have started building the interior. We would like to have a bench and sufficient storage space. That is why we ultimately opted for this design.
The evenings that we were building together were often accompanied by a tasty snack as you can see.

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Removed both windows. On the left side we want to build an hatch. Behind that hatch we want our recovery gear, tools and we are going to fit our compressor.
We want to attach two fuel tanks on the right.
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We build our own roof rack!!! And we also made the mounting brackets ourselves. View attachment 117386View attachment 117388View attachment 117387

 

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Build the second box. Had to be measured a lot. But in the end it all fit. We can fix the interior through the bolt holes that were already in the body of the car.View attachment 117753View attachment 117754View attachment 117755

 

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Everything given a gray color.

We also tested the floor. We have decided to go for this. (not yet neatly finished here)
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We lift the Disco with an 2'' Terrafirma Lift.

Before:
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After (different wheel) :

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There are steel rims under the disco. We painted this from the normal steel color to black.

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Started to make the hatch. This will be at the place where we (earlier on a photo) have taken out the side window.
On the other hand, a steel plate will be placed on which our jerry cans will hang.



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We are still looking for a way to make it waterproof and burglar proof.

The edges are already waterproof. Only the hatch itself. We already have a rubber between them. But we do not know if this would be sufficient.

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Our jerrycans

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Jerry cans look good, mind posting a shot of the mounts without the cans? Trying to see how they hold the weight actual weight.

 

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Jerry cans look good, mind posting a shot of the mounts without the cans? Trying to see how they hold the weight actual weight.

Just made a photo for you. These holders came with the jerry cans. They are mounted with bolts.

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It soon became clear that we wanted to make the kitchen against the back door. After searching a lot of images on google came to this design. Wood against the door with a folding table. Our gas burner is attached to the table so that we do not have to remove it all the time.
We have also mounted a 12v socket and a small light.

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[Turnerxc]

Holy hell. You guys are killing it! Makes me totally miss my 2003 Disco II! Can’t wait to see the rig after you are done.

 

[RondjeAarde]

Holy hell. You guys are killing it! Makes me totally miss my 2003 Disco II! Can’t wait to see the rig after you are done.

Thanks a lot @Turnerxc
Do you have an picture of your old 2003 Disco? :D
Yesh we keep u guys updated!

 

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Yes!! Mounted the OB batch!!

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[systemdelete]

Just made a photo for you. These holders came with the jerry cans. They are mounted with bolts.

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Yeah that works, couldn’t see how the cans were supported by those mounts in the first shots. Looking great.

 

[adventure_is_necessary]

Loving the build! Very DIY-based! I love the rear glass replacement idea. I have been thinking about this on my WJ as I am limited on usable space when I have a full crew with me.