Larry365
Active Member
Lets face it, a̶l̶l̶ most of us Discovery owners secretly want a Defender. The only thing stopping me personally is the money. As we all know, Defenders are noticeably more expensive than Discoverys and I can only imagine their ability to hold a minimum value will increase when Land Rover reveal the monstrosity that will be replacing the Defender some time next year.
Desperate for a 110/130 to replace my Discovery, and after being slightly inspired by a time lapse video on youtube of someone building their defender from scratch, it got me thinking.. how much does it actually cost to build a Defender from scratch? By from scratch I mean sourcing new and used parts and refurbishing - not self fabricating.
Considering that you would be able to add all the extras and uprate all the parts without "wasting" the original parts that came with a ready-to-run vehicle, could it be cheaper?
The benefits of building your own are infinite. Extensive inside-out knowledge of your vehicle, an overwhelming sense of pride and achievement, an effectively brand new vehicle, upgrade everything as you build etc etc
What are peoples thoughts on this? or would you be better buying a basic but decent condition 110 and starting from there? bearing in mind EVERYTHING you would have to change to make it the perfect beast or is building from the ground up the way forward?
Would be very interested to hear peoples thoughts.
Enjoy your bank holidays chaps.
Desperate for a 110/130 to replace my Discovery, and after being slightly inspired by a time lapse video on youtube of someone building their defender from scratch, it got me thinking.. how much does it actually cost to build a Defender from scratch? By from scratch I mean sourcing new and used parts and refurbishing - not self fabricating.
Considering that you would be able to add all the extras and uprate all the parts without "wasting" the original parts that came with a ready-to-run vehicle, could it be cheaper?
The benefits of building your own are infinite. Extensive inside-out knowledge of your vehicle, an overwhelming sense of pride and achievement, an effectively brand new vehicle, upgrade everything as you build etc etc
What are peoples thoughts on this? or would you be better buying a basic but decent condition 110 and starting from there? bearing in mind EVERYTHING you would have to change to make it the perfect beast or is building from the ground up the way forward?
Would be very interested to hear peoples thoughts.
Enjoy your bank holidays chaps.
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