Good evening all, first post on here, so hello from sunny Leicester, but of an out there question really on my first post, I've got my 2012 Westie kitted out for 'overlanding' I use the term.loosely of course, my question to anyone out there, is a TDV8 FFR a suitable car to do this in, I currently daily it and I've done some places in the UK with the RTT, but nothing spectacular, does anyone have experience with it themselves?

I know it's usually Fenders and Discos that people do this kind of thing in, but at the Land Rover shows Rangies are seldom seen 'kitted out' for expeditions, I know there's a bloke on YouTube that's done it to his L322, but he's about the only one I've seen, and he seems like he has 'money' if I may say?

as much as I'd love to have a TD5 disco or fender, there's just something about the 322's that makes me love the one I have, it's been reliable since I've had it for the last 2 years, I do the servicing myself and as much work on it as I can, my eldest lad works for an indie Lady specialist so I have that to fall back on as well.

My heart is very much telling me to do it, but there's always an element of trepidation with these things, I'm a realistic and I'm aware that Rangies aren't something that can be just fixed by the roadside when something major fails, but is that reason not to it?

Thanks for listening, if you have and good evening again 😂

Welcome Sir… plenty of knowledge on here. Not done this myself though, but others have.

Some fitted winches and snorkels…. Steel bumpers….

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic24082.html

 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

?si=EjrBQwwlcJnPlF2B Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Yeah I saw Sam had done one quiet recently, I've followed his channel for a while now, helped me do few things to mine, mostly the upgrade to the now outdated infotainment system, the Idcore system works a treat...

It's a Land Rover at heart and more comfortable in the rough than any of my previous Land Rovers were.

Have you also followed Overlanding4WD on YouTube too?
https://youtube.com/@overlanding4wd?si=FV_VFJV9LaC0oElx Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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That's the one I mentioned having 'money' and fair play, but I can't just nip to Borneo for 3 months 😂