Land Rover Discovery 3 & 4
Some confusion exists around the roof strength as it has a factory 70kg roof load rating, (more on this here) The Disco has probably got the strongest roof I've seen with 4 x M10 Bolt mounts each side. The M10 Rack bolts are 'hidden' under a tapped m6 Bolt and painted in..
Tough Touring have designing the Lowest, Lightest and Strongest roof top tent racks and Platform roof racks on the market... They are "Removable and Interchangable"
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Tough Touring Roof Top Tent Racks and Platform Racks for the Discovery
Tough Touring Manufactures a Versatile Roof rack that accepts a removable top tent rack as well as a full Touring Platform rack,
Key Points on the Tough Touring Disco Roof Racks
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Both racks integrate seamlessly with easy access to the bolts from beside the vehicle.
Our Racks both sit 80mm further forward from the rear door than any other rack on the market so that pole less wing awnings cover the gap at the rear of the vehicle and stop the rain getting in. This Gap is also handy as a handhold when climbing into Roof top tents.
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The RTT version of the kit Weighs in at just 24Kgs and sitting just 20mm off the roof skin -The super low stance brings the mount height of RTT or your Touring gear lower than any other racks on the market - helping minimise body roll and reduce wind noise. - The Platform Version sits just as low, and weighs 42 Kg in total.
For more information on these ground breaking roof racks for serious offroad Touring enthusiasts -
See link below...
Installing a Dual Battery System in a Disco
If you want to run a fridge in the Disco - The Back seat behind the driver can be folded flat and happens to be exactly the same size as a 40L Engel Fridge. You can mount the fridge straight to where that seat was, forward behind the drivers seat with easy access to drinks etc via the rear drivers side door.
There is a Lifepo 4 Battery that fits perfectly under the flush fold seats!
Tough touring imports a slimline 100Amphr Lifepo 4 battery that fits perfectly under the Disco 3 Flush Folding rear passenger seats - you can fit a battery under each seat out of the way in there. Its such a perfect fit you don't even need clamps.
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The Battery that fits perfectly is listed here - AGA 'Forever powered' 100amphr Lifepo 4...
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If you want to up the power to a 240Volt Inverted unit - we build
Renewable Power stations that will blow your mind / More on our Portable 'RPS' systems here ​
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Rooftop tents: what's our favorite rooftop tent for the Disco 3 & 4?
While there are over 30 RTT available on the Australia Market - our range of 5 Hardshell Rooftop tents listed here are our top picks for the Disco at the moment - Based on Versatility/Install/ Low Profile /Comfort / storage and Carrying Gear.
Fitting a Pole Less Wing awning to a Disco
If you're wanting to fit poleless awnings to your existing roof rack without a tent:
Tough Touring Awning to rack brackets allow fitment of Most quality 270 Degree Swing out poleless awnings to common platform and basket touring racks like the Rhino Pioneer, Front runner slimline 2 and ARB base. There is a huge range available for almost any rack on the market listed on our 'Awning brackets page'
If You want to fit a Pole Less awning to your rack and your running an ABS/ Plastic / Chinese Manufactured or Fibreglass Tent
Composite tents (Plastic, Fibreglass) and many lower profile tents cant handle the twist forces of pole less awnings... If you want to run an awning with one of these type of tents you have to mount the awning to the rack, then mount the tent independently... Its a tricky install requiring a much wider rack and 'cupping' brackets to make it work. This type of Install is is called "Independent awning and Tent to rack installation" and more information on this can be found here - in particular watch the video on the page.
