This is 2010 Range Rover L322, Autobiography Black. It’s a TDV8 4.4. This is one of only 700 ever made, and celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Range Rover. Land Rover threw everything they had from the parts bin to justify the near £100k price tag. Dated now, 14 years later, it’s still a luxury vehicle and had, at the time, cutting edge technology, which is somewhat dates now. The best thing about this model, it came with a locking rear differential as standar.

The concept was to take the L322, and turn it into a self sustained Overlander that could continue moving, or staying put, somewhere remote, for up to a week, without having to touch civilisation. It needed power to run my house battery, water for 5 days, and most importantly, comfort

My build took 3.5 years to finish, it’s cost approx £20k, it has evolved since I bought it, from having a roof top tent, to moving to ground / cot / tents, back to a roof top tent. Part of the experience and enjoyment is the evolution of our builds. I’m close to finishing what I consider, to be the perfect set-up for me, and my need.

The engine has had a mild remap, EGR has been turned off, and the DPF function, while still there, has been turned off too. I run K/N filters, which I do think help improve air flow.

The remap unlocks the low down torque of the 4.4 TDV8 and is much more drivable low down, and the hesitation has been eliminated when pulling away.

I have removed the huge and heavy rear exhaust box, and replaced them with twin pipes, with very small silencers. They provide more ground cleareance, and a nice burbling sounds, without sound too obnoxious.

The suspension sits on the EAS, the only modification has been to install an Easylift EAS ECU module, this gives me full control of the EAS settings, allowing me to set the vehicle at increments of +25mm. I currently run at +50mm. The vehicle is capable of going up to +100mm, but that pushes the EAS bags to their max.

Generally, have approx 4”s of flex in the rear, and 3” in the front, but the EAS controls the suspension as and when it needs to.

I’m running L405 1066 rims, these have a better offset than standard L322 wheels. Tyres are Cooper ST MAXX 265/60/20

I used to run Cooper AT3 AT tyres, which were excellent, and I got approx 45k miles out of them. I wanted something a little more aggressive, so I switch to the hybrid MAXX tyre.

I have to run 20” because the massive brembo 6 pot calipers. I have plans to move to 18” inch wheels and tyres, but requires a caliper swap at the front.t

I have 4MM thick steel bash plates that protect the engine, gearbox, and transfer box. They are all mounted to factory mounting points.

Rock sliders are from Land Rover Passion, have been treated to 3 coats of Raptor liner. They are bolted directly to the chassis / body, with 16 M8 bolts that riv nutted to mount them either side of the vehicle. They are bomb proof

I have a combination of lights from ARB, Heretic Studios, and Auxbeams.

On the from are a pair of 9” ARB Intensity Spots. Either side of the winch are a pair of Herectic Studio Amber flush mount pods.

On the roof, 6 Auxbeam 5” spots. 4x Amber, and a pair of whites. They all have DRL’s and side shooter LED”s on each spot. THEY ARE BRIGHT!

On the rear, I have 2 4 amber pods, and 2 2x white pods from heretic studios.

Lastly, I have white rock lights that have magnetic on the LED’s, so they are positioned on the rock sliders, front and back

The winch is from Terrafirma, and is rated to 12,000 Lbs. It’s mounted on a custom Land Rover Passion winch tray, that has been shortened by 55mm to get the tray and winch to sit closer in the bumper.

The free spool lever has been modified to be reached from a small hole in the top of the bumper.

I have a factor55 fairlead, and a flatlink winch hook. Where possible, I use synthetic shackles and ropes for any recovery

All the writing is protected to the batter, and runs through a 300a industrial cut off switch, which turns the winch on and off too, as the on button on the control box, is hidden behind the grille.

My roof rack is from Land Rover Passion.

Sitting on top of that is a Alu Cab LT50 roof top tent. Why the LT50, weight savings, it only weights 50kg, and after removing the mattress, I’ve saved another 5kgs.

I have the optional rain fly on the rear of the tent too.

The LT50 is designed to be more for those casual overlanders, basically, buy what you need. It’s perfect for my needs, and the bigger brother, the Gen3.1R is both too heavy, and too big for my rack, and more importantly, my needs.

I have the optional molle panel, and on there is a mount for the 2.6M ladder, saves space inside.

I have a set of Maxtrax mounts, I have pair of maxtraxs, with thew winch, I don’t need anymore.

And I have a pair of quick fist grips to hold my shovel, which is from DMOS in the US

The heart my 12v system is an Egon DC Hub. Everything goes into this DC Hub.

I have a full redvision system, with a manager 30, which is a 30amp BcDC charge, with on shore hook up to 240v. A 40am Redarc BcDC Core, that send over 70amps from my alternator, to keep my 200ah Lithium battery bank topped up.

All accessories that have a switch, or power on button, goes through the hub.

My lights, front and back, are all controlled through my redvision system, via two monitors, one on the dash, and one in the rear.

I have a pull out kitchen from the Nomad Kitchen Company. It bolts into a customer frame in the rear. The kitchen has 2 pull out sections, one for a gas stove, and has a sink and storage basket.

I run a 5 year old Dometic CFX 35l fridge, for me, it’s the perfect size for 3 days of food, milk, and beer. Generally run it at 2deg, which keeps everything cold. H=the fridge sits on a slide, which came from DFG offroad.

Part of the build was being self sufficient. I have a 50L water tank from front runner, this is a behind the seat tank. In it is a 5 stage level gauge that’s fitted to my Redvision monitor, so water levels can be monitored. I have a ultra violet light, that cuts down on bacteria growth, 2 small baffles, to stop the “sloushing”

The water tank feed water to the Egon Water Hub, which’s allows for French cold water, or directed through a 6L hot water tank, this I can control from my redvision monitor, so, when I’m an hour from where I want to stop, I turn it on, temp is set to 30dec, and when I arrive, I have hot water on demand.

There is also a remote pick up, should I want to fill the tank, or run a shower from stream water, that’s also possible, the Egon Water hub has bypass valves to stop and cross contamination.

My main go to is wikilocs, but, wikilocs won’t scale in landscape, and is not Apple CarPlay compatible. I use a Garmin tread for off road navigation with GPX files from Wikilocs transferred over.

I do run Google Maps on the screen in the vehicle, this is because I have a Naviplus add on board that allows full Apple Carplay integration, and controls off the steering wheel.

There is a lot on my L322. This section is more of catch all for everything I’ve missed in the other sections.

I have a RoadChef 12v Oven, this was an add on in year 3, after I met someone who had one in a Sprinter van. They are brilliant for heating up food.

I have a Alu Cab 2M Shadow awning. Why a 2M? Well, the rack is only 2M long, so I didn’t want the awning jutting out the front. The awning provides enough shade for my needs.

I have installed 3 strip lights of LED’s on the arms, that can switched between white and amber, they can be dimmed, and controlled independently of each other. The strip lights came from Drifta EU

I have a 100w Lensun panel, this is a “new” defender panel, not the L322 specific panel. The panel is square, the L322 panel extends too far down the bonnet, and doesn’t look right, IMHO. This panel is connected to my start battery, and will trickle charge it.

I’m a huge proponent of organisation, so I use Step22 Stingray boxes, they have Velcro labels you can attach to any side, which makes finding stuff a snap. I used to carry 4, but I’m now down to 3, they are stackable too. I also use there tool roll, and the bathroom kit.