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Hi Mark. Thanks for responding. I appreciate the info. Interesting that you plow. That is exactly what I am looking at doing. Trying to decide between a Boss or Fisher Vplow. Cheers, Don

Just got her a week ago and am starting the build. Very slowly as this is getting expensive. Plans are for: side mirrors, backup camera, rear bumper, and plow. The canam side mirrors were easy to install. Especially once I through the instructions in the garbage as they were telling me to pull the inside of the solid doors off. Realized you can just remove two hex pan head bolts and the mirrors bolt on. Glad I have these as It has made backing up a breeze. They to fold in which will be great for trail riding. Installed a rival rear bumper. Love the Bumper. I have a few minor issues. Packaging was great. However the bumper still had scratches on it. The blots for attaching the bumper to the brackets are two small. I plan on putting bigger ones on. Lastly the foot bracket is small in heigh. You will only be able to put the tip of your toe in the bracket if you are wearing work boots. There are a two installation points one should be aware off. 1. You only drill through plastic. I found putting the plate in the recesses in the bed and drilling through the holes in the plate worked best. I did not like drilling through from the bottom as you will need to make sure your drill is perfectly vertical or the plate or holes will not line up. 2. The plastic end caps will fall out. I silicon glued mine in place. I am still researching for a good quality 50” light bar that does not go above the roof height. So far backcountry seems to have the best. A bit pricy. Does anyone have any comments in that. also researching a plow. I was going to go with a fisher vplow but someone told go with boss. It is lighter and better quality. I want a good quality vplow as I have over 900’ of gravel driveway to plow and we can get over 40cm in a dump here. Any thoughts?

Just thought I would give everyone an update. Picked up the Defender from the dealer last Friday. Did a thorough walk around and recording everything. All went well on that front. Dealing with the dealer and accessories was another story. I was put through the run around just because I wanted the accessories on a separate bill. Finally got that fixed. Then saw that they ordered the wrong backup camera. After I even verified the sku number before ordering. That took another 30 min to fix. Even the parts guy jumped in and said what are you doing to the customer. Anyways got her home and am very impressed. Have lots of questions and info on things I will post soon. thanks for everyone’s help here. And no I did not get the extended warranty.

Well. Appointment is booked to go in this Friday to pick her up. Dealer said they will be replacing all fluids and filling both Gad tank and washer fluids. Is there anything any of you can think off that I should check before handing over all that hard earned money. things like door and window seals, air and heat work, windows open and close, dump works and locks, wheel bearings, fluid levels, cargo boxes, manuals, etc. I think I should put together a check list for this LOL. Thanks.

Thanks for the input. I am in the same camp as you Andystoy19. I will be buying. Hopefully picking her up this Friday. I do have plans on accessories. Backup camera, rear bumper, and a Fisher Plow along with heaven duty springs are in the top of my list.

Thanks RossO. very informative. We were looking at the Polaris Northstar but it was way to loud in the cab. Even with helmets on. We had researched issues with them so it came down to just the limited as we plan to plow with it in the winter so the heated can was a bonus. Your experience with issues does set my mind at ease. I am fairly confident we will find any issues if there are any within the first six months. I think it is just the dealer. Things aren’t the way they used to be. Customer treated with respect. It is now “customer you should be lucky your talking to us.” SAD.

Hi guys. You will see my recent post. Sales manager did the scare tactic on me. Stating 85% of defenders use the extended warranty. Is that really true? $1642 fir an additional 42 months after the 6 month warranty is up.

I am new to this forum and hope this question is appropriate. I placed an order fir a 2022 Defender Limited in early Oct. well I went into the dealer today to check her out before taking delivery in a few days. The Cab had dirt on the seats. Which had me question attention to detail. The Defender obviously had not gone through full PDI yet so I was not overly concerned. Then I had to sit down with financing. They did the hard sell on extended warranty. There main selling point was 85% of defenders have watts to work done on them. That leads to a serious quality issue and I am questioning my decision to purchase here. Then he pulled a recent service sheet. I looked at the long list of pats being replaced and this looked like someone had really abused the vehicle. Should I be concerned. I do all my own work in all my vehicles so My thoughts were no to the extended warranty. Given this vehicle will be gently used. Any thoughts? Thanks.