Land Rover Defender 90

[Landcruiser 110]

hey im having a massive argument with a friend about a D90's front suspension, they have never been IFS have they, they've always been solid axled havent they?

[greenjk]

You can tell your friend he is wrong, I've never seen a D90 with a IFS, they have allways been solid axle with coil springs.

[Landcruiser 110]

Haha Ive told him this over and ove again, I even showed him on the land rover site and he still thinks in wrong, he said he's seen one in a magazine that has IFS, now I know for sure he is wrong, thanks!

[greenjk]

The only thing is, it may have been a concept vehicle, but I'm sure they never made them to sell.

[jetboat]

Maybe he saw a picture of a Bowler Nemisis. Its based off the d90 (well the fiberglass is molded to look like it) so he could have confused it.

[greenjk]

Originally Posted by jetboat

Maybe he saw a picture of a Bowler Nemisis. Its based off the d90 (well the fiberglass is molded to look like it) so he could have confused it.

I haven't seen one of these, do they have IFS, I'll have to google it and see what come up.

[ctrwannabe]

Sence you have shown him proof make him show you where he saw it ?

[jetboat]

I meant the Wildcat not the nemisis. They are only based off the d90, kind of hard to confuse the 2 but he might have.

[Landcruiser 110]

Originally Posted by ctrwannabe

Sence you have shown him proof make him show you where he saw it ?

I tried to get him to show proof but he can't find snyrhibg from when he saw it, he said he saw it in a 4WD Action Australia magazine, he believes that it was custom and he said it had 37 inch tyres 7 inch lift, but I known you wouldn't be able to lift it 7 inches or fit 37s to an IFS D90, I said that he must have looked at the picture wrong, cause I've done that a couple of time, anyway thanks for your help

[foproy]

i think the lat model defenders are ifs, not certain, though also the defender 90 based wildcats were solid front axles.

[MuddyOval]

Defenders have not ever been, and still are not IFS. Period. He may have seen a custom vehicle where someone converted one to IFS, but Land Rover never produced a production Defender with anything other than solid axles. This is an absolute.

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by jetboat

Maybe he saw a picture of a Bowler Nemisis. Its based off the d90 (well the fiberglass is molded to look like it) so he could have confused it.

I think all of the Bowlers are Solid axle, not positive though.

[MuddyOval]

Just because he saw something in a magazine doesn't mean it was a production vehicle. I saw a 67 Camaro with 4WD and 35" swampers on it- that doesn't mean Chevy made it that way.