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Blinkinlights

Member Since: 29 Feb 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 42

2006 Range Rover HSE 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

Got my Voyager Off Road Expedition Rack - L322

While this doesn't apply to my daily driver, I have heard it rumored that some people want to off-road their Range Rover HSE and may be interested in the spectacular expedition rack made by Voyager Offroad, formally Rover Racks, in Port Charlotte, Florida. I needed a rack to move materials that wouldn't fit in the generous cargo area that is my L322.

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Since I live in the Great White North, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to be more specific, shipping costs on a roof rack, especially a full sized one, can be more than the cost of the rack itself. I was looking at the Rhino Racks, built in Australia, distributed by a company in Colorado and I was hoping that they could easily be shipped from a retailer in Missoula, MT at a realistic cost. Since they were unaware that any company other than UPS ships to Canada, my first fear was realized.

I continued my quest and heard rumors about an expedition rack, based on the original one designed by Land Rover for the L322, was available from a company based in Florida but the spectre of excessive shipping charges loomed large again. I was pleasantly surprised when a phone call to Voyager Offroad informed me that the $1049 steel rack would cost less to ship all the way from Florida, than an aluminum rack would cost delivered merely from Montana.

I pulled the trigger and received my prize within 3 weeks, as they make them once you order them. They can customize any number of options for you including a floor and a wind deflector. The rack has feet that line up almost perfectly with the OEM mounting points on the FFRR. Just flip open the plastic covers, unscrew the stainless factory plugs, insert the included mounting feet and tighten up the stainless bolts. Should you want to remove the rack at a later date, you merely loosen the bolts, remove the rack and close up the little doors. Back to stock.

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All is not perfect in the L322 Roofrack land, however. Upon cruising out onto the highway and up to speeds in excess of about 80km/h (50 mph), I started to expect an airline captain to come on through the radio speakers and tell me to keep my seat back in the upright position. I looked online at Voyager Offroad and they have a wind deflector which looks rather nice for about $180.00, IIRC, but being an offroader, I figured I could get one made up for substantially cheaper and forego the dreaded shipping costs. I went to a plastics shop here in Edmonton that quoted me about $35 to have one made up as long as I provided them with a template. In the mean time, I came upon a post that suggested that a majority of the wind noise could be eliminated with the application of simple heating pipe insulation and I went down to the local Totem Building Supply, handed over a mere $2.00 and installed it with a few zip ties. Where it was hard to hold a conversation at 110 km/h before, a quiet conversation is now not a problem. I will make a template and have a plastic one made up in the future but at least now, the wind noise is almost not there.

Thanks again to the guys at Voyager OffRoad in Florida and BearTrax here in Edmonton.

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2006 HSE

23rd May 2012 2:33pm

CBH25

Member Since: 18 Feb 2012
Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia
Posts: 82

2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Santorini Black

Brilliant post.

Great close up pictures
Great detail
Great info sharing.

Thanks. L322 4.4 Vogue MY03 - Her name is Bulletproof .... you already know she's not
L322 4.4 Vogue MY05 - Sold to my brother
P38 4.6 HSE MY97 - Regretfully sold

27th May 2012 9:56am

Turbo Tony

Member Since: 06 Apr 2010
Location: London
Posts: 243

Excellent write-up. Many thanks.

Your pictures show all the angles I'd be looking at if I were purchasing.

I'd be very interested to hear the results of the wind deflector once it's fitted (which is quite a feat, considering I have no interest in roof racks!)

Researching my first Range Rover purchase

27th May 2012 8:02pm

Flashman

Member Since: 05 Jun 2011
Location: Windsor & Brentwood
Posts: 1228

2011 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Santorini Black

Nice rack! Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

28th May 2012 11:36am

mjdronfield

Member Since: 04 Nov 2011
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 7866

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Buckingham Blue

Looks good.

Is that not very similar to the factory one fitted to the G4 vehicles ?

Think they had a row of spot lights on the front edge.

Plenty of wind noise then.......

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

28th May 2012 12:48pm

jim2RRs

Member Since: 07 Feb 2012
Location: Genesee, Colorado
Posts: 147

2005 Range Rover HSE 4.4 V8 Chawton White

The G4 rack is a Safety Devices rack; that's what I have on my P38.
SD was the "factory-authorized" manufacturer. Genuine SD racks still fetch a pretty penny.
They went bankrupt or something, rumor has it they're coming back.
The L322 rack shown is virtually identical to the design of the SD rack.

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My only concern would be the sharkfin, Awfully easy to mess that up when leading gear on the rack.

Blinkinlights wrote:
The rack has feet that line up almost perfectly with the OEM mounting points on the FFRR.

ALMOST perfectly?
hmm... Jim
2000 NAS HSE
2005 NAS HSE

4th Jun 2012 6:15pm

Shedlock2000

Member Since: 27 Feb 2015
Location: Lethbridge
Posts: 15

Sorry to bump the thread, but does anyone know how much wind noise the Voyager racks generate? “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

20th Feb 2022 8:24am

bishbosh10

Member Since: 25 Apr 2013
Location: North Somerset
Posts: 344

Lotsâ€¦â€¦

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic60380.html Bish.

2005 110 TD5 CSW
2011 TDV8 Vogue SE (gone)

21st Feb 2022 6:47pm

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