AndrewS
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That's it the Disco is dead.
On road rear recovery is an eye bolt.
No off road recovery point available.
The new Discovery 5 is a 2014 FFRR with a different body. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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Buckster
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| 7th Oct 2016 10:58 pm |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
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| Re: No proper off road rear recovery point. |
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AndrewS wrote:That's it the Disco is dead.
On road rear recovery is an eye bolt.
No off road recovery point available.
The new Discovery 5 is a 2014 FFRR with a different body.
Do you have a link to where you found out about the eye bolt?
I don't think anyone will dispute that it's built the same way as a current FFRR. I'll be with a FF today, im going to check to see if that one has grown up recovery points. 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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| 8th Oct 2016 3:09 am |
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Gareth
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Does it have a decent front recovery point or is that an eye bolt too?
However! As far as I can remember the Disco 3/4 were the only Discoveries produced with factory fitted off road recovery points welded to the chassis? The D1 and 2 had to have aftermarket jate rings bolted through the chassis to qualify as proper recovery points for RTV events?
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| 8th Oct 2016 6:47 am |
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
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From the online build it yourself kit:
TOWING FEATURES
• Front and Rear Towing Hooks
So have they substituted Hook for Eye?  Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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| 8th Oct 2016 7:16 am |
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AndrewS
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I've seen it for myself.
There is a proper front recovery eye bolted to the front sub frame.
The rear is an eye bolt that screws into something that's behind the bumper accessible via a pop out plastic flap. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 8th Oct 2016 8:41 am |
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RRSTDV8
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There is a rear point too. I had my hand on it last Sunday. It's a big loop fixed to the rear of the chassis. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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| 8th Oct 2016 8:54 am |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
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| Re: No proper off road rear recovery point. |
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Red Merle wrote:AndrewS wrote:That's it the Disco is dead.
On road rear recovery is an eye bolt.
No off road recovery point available.
The new Discovery 5 is a 2014 FFRR with a different body.
Do you have a link to where you found out about the eye bolt?
I don't think anyone will dispute that it's built the same way as a current FFRR. I'll be with a FF today, im going to check to see if that one has grown up recovery points.
I went out in the FF this morning, but couldn't see any sign of proper recovery points, but there was a lot of plastic that would need to have been removed to find if there was anything. Sorry, inconclusive. 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
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| 8th Oct 2016 10:38 am |
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DG
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When Andrew is talking about recovery he is naturally including the scenario of a full snatch out of sand \ mud ...what we were told last night is to recover it from the tow hitch ...this flies in the face of all the advice we have ever been given about not doing that ...and as Andrew pointed out it might be fine to do a straight line recovery but what if you couldn't ? ...that tow hitch would not support extreme forces from an angle.
Acknowledging that its half a ton lighter ..it will nevertheless still be possible to get it stuck. The answer was that you "can't have everything I'm afraid" and we were gently pointed towards the forthcoming Defender. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 8th Oct 2016 11:39 am |
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Mr.Tom
Member Since: 01 Jun 2014
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That's a bit 
Put all the terrain response, low range, deeper wading depth, etc in it and not a proper hook!
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| 8th Oct 2016 11:58 am |
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Russell
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We saw and we're told the same. However I looked underneath and there was a plastic panel that came off with two thumb screws and from what I could see looking up and feeling there was also a solid ring attached to the subframe. I diD not remove the plastic trim so cannot be 100% sure need to get the trim off to be 100%. MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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| 8th Oct 2016 12:00 pm |
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Gareth
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I can see the aftermarket manufacturers having a field day with this one.
Ray, get your ruler out 
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| 8th Oct 2016 12:11 pm |
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AndrewS
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RRSTDV8 wrote:There is a rear point too. I had my hand on it last Sunday. It's a big loop fixed to the rear of the chassis.
That's for on road recovery not a 'can someone drag me back off the crest of this sand dune' recovery. In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 8th Oct 2016 12:28 pm |
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lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
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Quote:Acknowledging that its half a ton lighter ..it will nevertheless still be possible to get it stuck. The answer was that you "can't have everything I'm afraid" and we were gently pointed towards the forthcoming Defender.
Gross Vehicle Weight (kg): 3,170 D5 HSE Luxury 3.0 litre diesel
Gross vehicle weight (kg): 3,310 D4 HSE Luxury 3.0 litre diesel
Difference D5 140 kg lighter Not half a tonne either metric or imperial
All this talk of a massive diet to my mind is twaddle, it equates to a saving of less than 4 percent in a like for like specked Discovery D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
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