A move to the country is being contemplated & by that I mean un-surfaced roads, water erosion, fords, mud etc and that's just to get to the house...

Thinking might be a good idea to put a sump guard on, so other than LR, which is bound to be expensive, what other options available please?

Anything else I should consider other than decent tyres?

The existing one (fitted by LR) isn't made of plastic or cheap tin, it's reasonably substantial. I reckon it's good for a lot of basic lanes etc.
Obviously if you are going full-on rock crawling, then upgrade it, but have a look at it first

(Fords can be a bit of an unknown ..)

Have a look at this over on the Disco Forum

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic141052.html

Remember, a RRS1 has the same chassis, engine and running gear as a Disco.....

Jim

I have a Mantec sump guard on mine, very well made too and you also keep the standard Land Rover sump plate in place underneath it for added protection  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

2013 SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expedition Rack, 4x Warn SBD-160 Spotlights, Warn 9.5XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection and Sump Guard, Full Easy Lift Suspension Module, LR Light Guards, Light Force HTX230 Hybrid spotlights, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, ARB fridge, TuffTrek awning 😎

jim4244 wrote:

Have a look at this over on the Disco Forum

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic141052.html

Remember, a RRS1 has the same chassis, engine and running gear as a Disco.....

Jim

Except the RRS is a bit shorter in the middle, so the chassis are different

And the tubes linked to are not rock sliders, they are for styling purposes only. And won't fit an RRS due to the above

I have the LR Stainless steel front and rear accessory bash plates on my L494 HSE Dynamic. They are substantial BUT it appears that you have to remove them to get at the recovery eye mounting point which isn't really a great feature.................when you have got stuck in knee deep mud and have to remove the bash plate completely to screw in the recovery eye. But they do look nice when you drive around town in your rufty tufty off road vehicle  2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

+1 for the above comments from Mikey.  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

2013 SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expedition Rack, 4x Warn SBD-160 Spotlights, Warn 9.5XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection and Sump Guard, Full Easy Lift Suspension Module, LR Light Guards, Light Force HTX230 Hybrid spotlights, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, ARB fridge, TuffTrek awning 😎

Had a gen L/R guard on my D3 did the job and looked great, but was a pain when it came to oil and filter change as it uses some of the same mounting points as the engine guard. 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

may be an expensive option from a freight perspective , but Green Oval Experience.. who loiters here have
full underbody protection systems for the 1st gen RRS including My10 facelifts .. Engine, transmission and
compressor plates, sliders and step out bars..

My Sport is a pretty extreme variant compared to most School run specials.. but has the all round ptotection fitted to it
in order to meet some of the demands of Australia's off road environment


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