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RealBeale

Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Birmingham Great Barr
Posts: 886

2007 Freelander 2 i6 HSE Auto Sumatra Black

New Rear Diff Guard: Fitted

Came across this.

www.dirtmonkeyoffroadltd.co.uk

Dirt Monkey Offroad are now selling the first of their F2 range of underbody protection.
£85.99 in coated steel or £97.99 in 8mm aluminium FREE postage

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Last edited by RealBeale on 6th May 2020 9:44 pm. Edited 1 time in total

30th Apr 2020 3:02 pm

ozjeff62

Member Since: 28 May 2018
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 494

2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Ipanema Sand

Mmm, very tasty. Thanks for the link MY11 SD4 SE Auto

4th May 2020 1:22 pm

RealBeale

Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Birmingham Great Barr
Posts: 886

Mine's on it's way. So I'll do a little review once it gets here.

4th May 2020 3:16 pm

bxzx16v

Member Since: 11 Jul 2013
Location: Sunny Sheffield
Posts: 627

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 Sport Auto Barolo Black

Look forward to the review

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (For now ?)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S

4th May 2020 5:42 pm

MotionInc

Member Since: 17 Jun 2019
Location: North America
Posts: 1294

Subbed for interest.

4th May 2020 5:45 pm

RealBeale

Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Birmingham Great Barr
Posts: 886

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The guard arrived yesterday, but I was too busy putting up a fence to do what I wanted to do.

As you can see from the pictures, it has rubber pads bonded to it to prevent vibration and these pads touch the diff.. It looks good and seems substantial enough. However, 2 small criticisms , the 4 front bolts (Allen head) would be better being domed headed. The rear bolts, also allen heads, are put in upside down, so you need to get an allen key in the rear subframe and also it's awkward to get the bolt through the oval hole in the subframe and straighten it up to go through the lower hole . Much easier to put them in from the bottom and put the nylock nut on top. Also, this way the rears match the fronts.
I get it's easier to get a nut on and do it up as seen on the first pics, due to the silencer pipe on the n/s but it doesn't make sense . They won't match the fronts.
I managed to get a small ratchet with a 17mm socket up between the gap behind the rear silencer and into the subframe without too much hassle.There's just enough room to get an allen key on the bolt if you already get it in the hole first. There's enough wiggle room before you put the bolt on.
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Last edited by RealBeale on 6th May 2020 11:36 pm. Edited 2 times in total

6th May 2020 11:11 pm

MotionInc

Member Since: 17 Jun 2019
Location: North America
Posts: 1294

Looks quite well made. I might drop them an email but since I am in NA, the shipping could be steep!

6th May 2020 11:20 pm

RealBeale

Member Since: 13 Jun 2016
Location: Birmingham Great Barr
Posts: 886

I imagine it would be , but they are making a whole range of guards, so it may be cheaper in the long run to buy the diff guard with a sump guard and save on postage that way. In the first pics in the first post, you can see a tank guard. I reckon this might be a Mantec clone, or at least a close match.

6th May 2020 11:40 pm

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