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Location: Surrey
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OEM D4 Sidesteps or cheaper equivalent
Guys,
Please help. I am chopping in my D3 HSE purchased from Yeovil back in 2008. With 123k on the clock it has been brilliant but the time has come to replace it. I have a 2015 Black HSE on order, arriving in 2 weeks. I want some side steps. Do I go for the LR original side steps at £915 fitted or a set available from Brit part. Same Part number - VPLAP0035 but sold for £190 and look identical.
Has anyone any experience of such accessories and is there any real difference?Tommo
29th Nov 2015 9:00 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10354
go for the copy parts - OEM at 915 - thats having a laugh
I paid 160 for mine 4 weeks ago
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30th Nov 2015 8:16 am
Robert SausageTrousers
Member Since: 09 Aug 2015
Location: Cornwall
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I paid £110 for mine from a well known auction site, and couldn't be happier, they're great.
30th Nov 2015 8:41 am
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
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I've always fitted genuine parts/accessories to all my LRs but over the past few years the prices have gone through the roof. The last time I got side steps fitted by an LR it was 2007 and the price was less than £600 fitted.
If I can't get them at a good price from Duckworths or eBay then it will be britpart that will be going on.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
30th Nov 2015 10:24 am
Niel
Member Since: 15 Jul 2015
Location: Southampton, 'Ampshir'
Posts: 169
Ebay copies at ~£110 and fit yourself, knowing they like the genuine will only last 5 to 8 years before they've rotted to far to use, and whilst your fitting them you can paint the undersides, nooks and crannies with a decent paint so they might last even longer. Remembering the sill's also need extra paint protection as the stones and water blast that come though the holes in the sill covers for the supports leads to localised rust on the sills, BTDT.
30th Nov 2015 11:30 am
NIDisco3
Member Since: 28 Apr 2005
Location: Derry City
Posts: 610
Another vote for the well known auction site steps, I paid £110 incl P&P for mine and they are fantastic
30th Nov 2015 1:53 pm
superspoons
Member Since: 19 Mar 2013
Location: Herts
Posts: 112
I'm looking for some too - any links to said steps appreciated (if allowed?)cheers,
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30th Nov 2015 1:58 pm
LandRoverAnorak
Member Since: 06 Mar 2014
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1172
There's a set been advertised in the for sale section today.Darren
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30th Nov 2015 4:29 pm
Richard Thompson
Member Since: 02 Apr 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 7
Thanks all. Looks like copy parts it is!!Tommo
30th Nov 2015 7:29 pm
Beefy
Member Since: 27 Aug 2009
Location: Sussex
Posts: 52
I am looking for the replacement side steps, any recommendations?
13th Aug 2018 6:24 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4523
I vote for no steps!
Why do you want water skis on the side of a nice car? Richard
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13th Aug 2018 6:47 pm
J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
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Beefy wrote:
I am looking for the replacement side steps, any recommendations?
I've just bought a set for £100 off eBay, fitted fine. The only thing i did use was my own bolts as I found some of the heads a bit wonky.2014 D4 XS
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13th Aug 2018 6:52 pm
Bardley
Member Since: 02 May 2018
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 471
Aftermarket are fine, and mine fitted onto the same fitting brackets ( that were not rusty).
Once fitted, paint or spray the underside in Waxoyl yearly, and that'll keep them protected to last longer.2011 MY D4 HSE
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14th Aug 2018 6:51 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8230
rrhool wrote:
I vote for no steps!
Why do you want water skis on the side of a nice car?
To enable young children and the elderly to get in and out without struggling It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
14th Aug 2018 7:01 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8230
Re: OEM D4 Sidesteps or cheaper equivalent
Richard Thompson wrote:
Guys,
Please help. I am chopping in my D3 HSE purchased from Yeovil back in 2008. With 123k on the clock it has been brilliant but the time has come to replace it. I have a 2015 Black HSE on order, arriving in 2 weeks. I want some side steps. Do I go for the LR original side steps at £915 fitted or a set available from Brit part. Same Part number - VPLAP0035 but sold for £190 and look identical.
Has anyone any experience of such accessories and is there any real difference?
Yes there is a difference, a big difference, PRICE. I have genuine on mine fitted by previous owner 3 years old and I have just spent 2 days repainting them with decent paint as they where red rust underneath.
Buy aftermarket and paint them with Hammerite paint underneath before fitting or under seal immediately after fitting as they do get bombarded from the front tyres It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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