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Tigger



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Mantec - ceased trading

What a great shame to learn that Mantec, the creators of the brilliant sump and tank guards for the Freelander 2 and many other useful bits for Land Rover has, through “a significant downturn in business”, just gone into liquidation Sad

Post #336903 9th Dec 2017 6:28 am
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ronp



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Yeah, great shame.
Probably driven by LR's discontinuation of the Defender and going all 'soft road' in its other offerings. FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Post #336909 9th Dec 2017 8:07 am
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RealBeale



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United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 i6 HSE Auto Sumatra Black

Also by the extortionate pricing compared to others......... Whistle
They were near us and came over to us at Billing in 2007 when we had the Freelander Owners Club stand. Wouldn't budge on their pricing for Freelander 1 parts even though we said we could make bulk orders through the club. £175 for chequerplate sill guards Shocked About a tenners worth of chequerplate bent to roughly , and I do mean roughly to the right shape. Sorry, but I found all their items to be well over priced.

Post #336913 9th Dec 2017 9:05 am
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Tigger



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I'm sorry to her that. I can only go on the quality of the bash plate and tank guard that I bought for the FL2, which were superb and well worth the money.

Although no one seems to be making anything for things like my L405 Full Fat (even getting a proper tow bar is a nightmare) or any of the other modern LR Chelsea Tractors, why they never built bash plates for my previous D4 I shall never know Evil or Very Mad I'd have bought one and would have been happy to pay a premium for it.

Post #336928 9th Dec 2017 3:27 pm
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Largered



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"......... why they never built bash plates for my previous D4 I shall never know I'd have bought one and would have been happy to pay a premium for it."

Ive got a spare bash plate for a D4 in my workshop, never used .............. Thumbs Up

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Post #336942 9th Dec 2017 5:04 pm
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Tigger



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Good point. I’d forgotten, what I should have said was they’d never made anything to fit any of the last 2 years’ production of D4’s (the final facelift version). Sorry.

Post #336949 9th Dec 2017 6:38 pm
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Uncleron



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Yup sorry to hear that too as I would have struggled to do a lot of the off road events I have done without my Mantec fuel tank protector in particular.

Disappointing that the market for their kit has gone......

Post #336961 9th Dec 2017 9:50 pm
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Largered



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Is John Craddock selling off, cheap, their Mantec stock ?

( I know its for a FL1)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-FREEL...SwiIxaKoIr

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dorsetfreelander



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Unfortunately there is probably a bigger market these days for plastic sump guards for use on Chelsea tractors.

PS have a look under a Jeep sometime, they do nice line in plastic underbody protection. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Post #337096 11th Dec 2017 6:51 pm
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rnlisg



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England 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Is the plastic "real american"good ole boy plastic,or cheap Chinese imitation American plastic? Shocked gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

Post #337332 15th Dec 2017 7:54 pm
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Largered



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The front wings of the FL1 were made of plastic.

At the press launch a line of FL1 wings were placed in a line on the ground ........... a FL1 then drove over the wings to prove their strength.

.... and that was plastic technology of 20yrs ago.......


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Post #337335 15th Dec 2017 8:24 pm
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I Like Chips



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United Kingdom 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Indus Silver

Springy Plastic

I hit a roe deer at the end of November. Pushed the nearside fog light in. Not so bad thought I.

Wrong the intercooler was pushed in. The plastic bumper must been pushed inward some way and sprung back after the collision.

I replaced the intercooler and noticed a split pipe that also needed replacing. That also cured a few fault codes

Post #337336 15th Dec 2017 8:36 pm
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rnlisg



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England 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Err,hate to ask but what happened to the deer? Shocked gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

Post #337365 16th Dec 2017 10:53 am
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I Like Chips



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United Kingdom 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Indus Silver

It limped off at speed no way of catching it to put it out of it's misery. Pity really it would have made a few good meals for the dogs.

Post #337366 16th Dec 2017 10:57 am
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Largered



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Mantec Old Stock

Just spoken to the guy who bought all the parts when Mantec when bust.

I am seeing him Thursday.

Will report back later.

Post #337992 26th Dec 2017 1:10 pm
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