Decent aluminium casting on a range rover

[doubleboost]

This is a side step lift mechanism from a range rover .
Replacement is 600 quid.
Decent material to weld for a change .

 

[fizzy]

This is a side step lift mechanism from a range rover .
Replacement is 600 quid.
Decent material to weld for a change .View attachment 472694View attachment 472695View attachment 472696View attachment 472697

How many car mechanics have your wealth of knowledge and experience I wonder? Not many

 

[Morris]

Doubleboost's skill and knowledge not withstanding, I'm gobsmacked to discover that such a thing exists or needs to exist.

 

[minimutly]

Not built for fatties obviously...

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Doubleboost's skill and knowledge not withstanding, I'm gobsmacked to discover that such a thing exists or needs to exist.

I gave my mum a lift in the Hilux the other day and very nearly needed to give her a boost up to get into the cab, my missus just takes a run up and jumps in.

I can imagine that if you're the kind of person who buys a £104K range rover, you're too "dignified" for such antics, and demand more refinement than a tube bolted to the chassis or a spring loaded foldy step like the landies of old.

 

[Popcorn]

Not built for fatties obviously...

My thoughts exactly, maybe DB should make a replacement out of stainless

 

[graffian]

I gave my mum a lift in the Hilux the other day and very nearly needed to give her a boost up to get into the cab, my missus just takes a run up and jumps in.

I can imagine that if you're the kind of person who buys a £104K range rover, you're too "dignified" for such antics, and demand more refinement than a tube bolted to the chassis or a spring loaded foldy step like the landies of old.

I gave my dad a lift in my land rover once, he made a bit of project of getting in!
Then he talked to my mum and she wanted a go and decided she couldn't get in.
So I can understand people having to have such things, but if you need a stair lift to get in.............

 

[colnerov]

Not built for fatties obviously...

The problem is that it's probably their market demographic, especially over the pond.

 

[Bornfree]

I saw a range rover leave the shooting ground car park last week and I saw the steps fold under after he started it and closed the doors. I was extremely impressed.

 

[fizzy]

First thing I do on an offroader is remove any silly side steps or running boards!.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

First thing I do on an offroader is remove any silly side steps or running boards!.

Why bother, I've always found them to be self-removing

 

[selectedgrub]

up until now I have never seen the word decent and range rover used in the same sentence.

 

[jo1010]

up until now I have never seen the word decent and range rover used in the same sentence.

....unless of course it's a classic (circa 80s or earlier - or early 90s)....as with most LR products they just got worse and worse after that point IMHO

 

[octo0072000]

Yanks have had the folding running boards for years on the upmarket pickups

 

[piman]

I saw a range rover leave the shooting ground car park last week and I saw the steps fold under after he started it and closed the doors. I was extremely impressed.

That is an example which, to me, is all that's wrong with modern cars. Add complexity and weight which is cost, to do things that are easily done manually.

Alec

 

[Wildefalcon]

Isn't that the essence of driving, though. Complex walking!