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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513   
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You’re right though. Once it’s on - unless you have a ceiling-mounted hoist in your garage and plenty of storage space, it’s pretty much staying up there.
Liveability: put it this way - at no point will I consider taking mine off. Makes a bit of noise, probably increases fuel consumption a bit... ... but it looks the BOMB in my opinion and I use it surprisingly frequently (by which I mean more than twice a year!). Very pleased with it (the additional ladder is a work of engineering art) and, along with the many other things I’ve bolted to it that aren’t really necessary, it complements what the Defender stands for perfectly. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS + New Defender 110 First Edition |
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8th Oct 2020 7:56pm |
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| abpod Member Since: 08 Nov 2020 Location: Arizona Posts: 71 
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So I test drove a fully loaded HSE 20 model with the rack and snorkel. After going over the obstacle course, I took it on a 10 mile loop including ending on a 75 mph freeway. Stereo was off.
It took the sales rep to say “notice how there’s no wind noise from the rack?” I couldn’t hear any wind noise at all! It was amazing which makes me wonder what conditions reproduce the noise as I’ve read negative feedback from a lot ofcar review sites (motortrend, caranddriver, etc). |
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8th Nov 2020 5:11pm |
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| Florida Rover Member Since: 22 Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 10
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Thanks Shawn! Any info on the Lucky8 setup for mounting the spare tire on the roof rack? Thanks |
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8th Nov 2020 6:51pm |
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| shawnpalmer Member Since: 29 Sep 2020 Location: Cumming Posts: 28 
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If you email Lucky8 or call them they will sell you any of the Trek kit that you want.
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9th Nov 2020 3:28am |
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| GreenMonster Member Since: 30 Sep 2020 Location: Virginia Posts: 77
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I’m wondering how the frontrunner short or long racks compare in noise to the LR rack. Will likely need a rack at some point, and don’t really like the way the LR rack stands up so high, so hoping the frontrunner is less noisy, or that arb comes out with theirs as another choice. Anyone driven at highway speeds with the frontrunner?
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8th Dec 2020 2:52am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 778 
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generally i do not find the expedition rack noisy even at highway/motorway speeds, and we also have
the RAI, side steps and ladder fitted. The only time i have noticed excessive noise is going through area's that are susceptible to cross winds, which lucky for me is not that common in terms of our regular drives  Click image to enlarge yet another pommie bar steward down under MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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9th Dec 2020 3:59am |
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| Chioti Member Since: 03 Jan 2021 Location: NJ Posts: 25
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A strange question. Can the aero bars themselves be removed 1 at a time? I ask because I’m thinking for me it may be easier to leave it on all the time but remove the first few bars in order to enjoy the full opening of the fabric roof.
2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE, Eiger Gray, Black Folding Fabric Roof |
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28th Feb 2021 10:11pm |
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| JackW Member Since: 10 Jan 2017 Location: Roswell, Georgia Posts: 110 
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My roof rack is pretty noisy between 50-60 mph. I don't have a sunroof if that makes any difference. I was wondering if a small adjustment forward or backwards would make a difference?
The leading edge of my rack is a little over an inch behind the panel line in the roof. |
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