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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
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I am thinking about buying a Disco3 in S trim, so cloth seats and I can't get my head around not having a fold-down drivers armrest. Can these be retro-fitted? If it's in cream leather then no problem as it will match the interior trim.
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 11th Oct 2010 5:35 pm |
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Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462
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Welcome Nick
There is a company called rovertrim on ebay selling these armrests. I think that someone had secured a £180 fitted deal for the forum, cant be sure though. The company claim they are the same as OEM.
Trouble for you is Guernsey, meaning you may have to fit yourself, and then the end product may not be as good, no offence like.
Introduce yourself on the welcome pages too mate  Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 11th Oct 2010 6:01 pm |
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MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
Posts: 10723
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Officially it can be done, a company on Ebay were offering the service a while back.....But having seen whats involved by stripping the seats back to the frames and some welding of fixings and brackets, I would think its too expensive to consider, unless you can source some seats from ebay, and just swap them over. Probably just as cheap in the end
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| 11th Oct 2010 6:03 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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NickJ wrote:... I can't get my head around not having a fold-down drivers armrest.....
I was concerned about this, but as it's turned out ours doesn't have armrests and I haven't missed them at all. The centre storage box is (almost) an armrest...
So, you might decide to buy the car "as is", use for a few weeks, then only start looking for retro fit if it's a real pain for you? ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
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| 11th Oct 2010 6:14 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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I was also worried about the lack of armrests before acquiring my XS having always been used to them on other 4x4's. The centre box is more than adequate as an armrest and when I had to use an HSE recently, I found the whole cockpit cluttered and restrictive with the armrests. They are certainly difficult to move or adjust with the centre box and I felt rather fettered by them on the whole. Still, I suppose it's a matter of choice.
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| 11th Oct 2010 6:25 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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Thanks all. Dave - yes I should have gone to the welcome page but far too excited about posting and a potential LR purchase! I would post if I could find it though...
One other question - SatNav - how are the maps updated? Is it on a DVD, where is the drive and how much are the updated discs?
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| 11th Oct 2010 7:03 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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DVD, goes in the head unit under the passenger seat.
Acquire updated disk via Nick aka "The Large One" or TLO...:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/member-the-large-one.html
New one due in March, you might want to wait. I'm sure it'll still ignore the major roads and send you the short way round... 
Buy a TomTom... ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 11th Oct 2010 8:50 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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Looking at the threads on this forum it strikes me that there's alot of technical issues with the D3, and I dont know if now I'm not being put off the whole idea of owning one. Is LR ownership going to be expensive, and outside the means of the normal person? 
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| 13th Oct 2010 8:00 pm |
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