Member Since: 09 Mar 2016
Location: kent seaside
Posts: 176
LR Main dealer woes, please recommend an indi
I'm based in kent (Maidstone) I've a few small issues with my D4 and have also been told it needs a gearbox flush & filter (£865 +VAT ) rear pads (£245 + VAT) and new rear brake hoses ( at this point I told em to poke it )
its always been main dealer serviced and is currently in for the 120k service ( age related not milage ) because its always been covered under warranty BUT I'm getting the with over inflated Main dealer pricing.
Can someone recommend a decent LR Indy in kent to look after a D4, I wouldn't mind so much but half the milage I do in it is for 4x4 response or search and rescue and is voluntary and unpaid!
24th Apr 2017 12:45 pm
aljo
Member Since: 20 May 2007
Location: west sussex
Posts: 804
Geoff on the forum is your man 👍👍👍Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
24th Apr 2017 12:47 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3169
geoff. is his user name and he is your closest to you site sponsor on here Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
24th Apr 2017 12:48 pm
FISHBOY
Member Since: 06 Sep 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 754
Would try Geoff first.
Failing that RCV at the Hopp Farm are pretty good. Looked after my D3 for 6 years perfectly.Last of the D4 HSE...
24th Apr 2017 12:51 pm
jamesSE4x4R
Member Since: 09 Mar 2016
Location: kent seaside
Posts: 176
Does Geoff run a garage?
24th Apr 2017 1:11 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
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Mobile i believe but not 100% Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
24th Apr 2017 2:24 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
If you cant do the pads yourself buy the genuine ones if thats what you want and get your local car garage to fit them as they are just standard callipers as fitted to just about every car on the road.
If it needs discs as well thats a little more involved.
Is yours a 6 or 8 speed gearbox?
24th Apr 2017 4:37 pm
jamesSE4x4R
Member Since: 09 Mar 2016
Location: kent seaside
Posts: 176
I can fit pads, I used to build race engines for a living! the point is as I've got older and wiser I can't see the point in taking up a morning of my free time to scrabble about on the drive maintaining a car that cost a lot of money!
what I object to is paying through the nose to be sneered at by snotty receptionists and slimy sales guys who think there gods gift while I wait in a main dealer showroom for 3 hours whilst they do a 20 min job!
The gearbox is a 6 speed and id like to have a flush and filter for piece of mind if nothing else, the cars just done 80k and it would be in my mind wise to act now with some preventitive maintenance but again I'm not paying just shy of a grand for something I can get done elsewhere for a lot less!
24th Apr 2017 7:32 pm
Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
James you have PMMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
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24th Apr 2017 7:37 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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£1k will get you a gearbox fluid change and a torque converter! Don't assume a double flush will save you that down the line. Mine had that done at 83k and still needed a TC at 140k.
24th Apr 2017 7:43 pm
jamesSE4x4R
Member Since: 09 Mar 2016
Location: kent seaside
Posts: 176
Russell wrote:
James you have PM
Thank you chap
25th Apr 2017 3:09 pm
AnotherMutley
Member Since: 08 Sep 2016
Location: South East
Posts: 40
You could try AHL Engineering, they're Maidstone, mate uses them for his FFRR and thinks they're brilliant.1970 RRC
1994 RRC LSE
2002 D2 V8 - Gone
2004 D2 TD5 Landmark - Gone
2016 D4 Landmark - Gone
Geoff just flushed mine -£270 - Land rover wanted £1100!!!! 2008 Discovery 3 2.7 HSE
6th May 2017 12:57 pm
Nick H
Member Since: 25 Feb 2013
Location: Southampton
Posts: 659
James
Are you with Kent SAR or do you support through 4x4 Response?
Nick
10th May 2017 11:59 am
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with over inflated Main dealer pricing.
