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| big110 Member Since: 02 Nov 2016 Location: Pinner Posts: 377   
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Good morning-
I wanted to share a long-term review of the ORE spare wheel carrier in case anyone else on here is looking to make the purchase/investment. Purchased in April, 2019. For reference, the link below is to the item I am discussing: https://ore4x4.co.uk/shop/land-rover-defen...A88kDmTbv2 I was an early adopter of the wheel carrier and safe to say it was "generation 1" (though I am not sure anything has changed since my purchase). Chris said it was one of the first carriers to be shipped outside of the UK. I was excited for the carrier based on the anti-corrosion treatment. I live on the Atlantic ocean. The 110 is parked about 25 years from the sea outside in harsh northeast Canadian winters with no garage. Due to health issues, the defender sat outside in the same spot for nearly 4 years. It was uncovered, as I couldn't get to Canada to purchase and install a cover of any sort. Last week when I finally was granted permission to travel by my doctors, I went to collect the Defender. The ORE carrier looks like it was installed yesterday. No rust or flaking of the coating can be seen. The stainless steel connecting and hardware to the door and to the rear corssmember mounting points are all in the same condition as they were the day I installed them. Ive shared this with Chris at ORE too but I wanted to share with this community. They have done something right and surely you are getting what you pay for with this quality kit. Things do not last long in this salty air/sea spray/massive snowstorm environment and I couldn't be more impressed with how the carrier has held up. The only thing I did was slowly push out the old grease with new grease that was in the swing away hinge, and that was it. Happy to answer questions but just felt like giving a long term review in such  environment would be useful to our community.
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2nd Jul 2025 4:10pm |
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| big110 Member Since: 02 Nov 2016 Location: Pinner Posts: 377
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I think I probably put it through more testing by accident than ORE did in the lab making the coating they use. A lot of other stuff on the truck weathered poorly but not even a mention of it on the ORE stuff. I have no affiliation with them by the way just think even if it helps one other enthusiast my mission is accomplished. we all work hard for our money!
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2nd Jul 2025 9:27pm |
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| chrismack85 Member Since: 25 Feb 2020 Location: Birmingham Posts: 66  
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Chris here ORE
thanks for the feedback its usually a couple of trolls that go out of their way to post negative stuff after ive called them out on it so great to see someone taking the time to post something postitive hahah we went to a lot of effort to develop our coating system with a local uni so its paid off cheers |
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21st Jul 2025 4:32pm |
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| JoolsB Member Since: 28 Mar 2020 Location: The North Posts: 169 
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I have to agree, I’ve had mine for 5 years and it still looks and works as good as new; really straightforward to fit as well.
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2nd Aug 2025 10:15am |
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| bear100 Member Since: 22 Mar 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 2025  
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Same here, had mine on for at least 5 years and it is still looking fresh!
Great purchase 2023 Defender L663 V8 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8 (gone) 2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone) 2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone) 1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone) 1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone) 1994 discovery 300tdi (gone) 90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone) Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone) |
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