Discovery 1 Galvanised Rear Crossmember

Galvanised Rear Crossmember for the Discovery 1: a galvanised rear crossmember with the towing mount points.

Panels for vehicles that get used: Defender door frames, wings, bulkhead sections and floor panels, and the aluminium and steel panels for the later vehicles. Defender panels are mostly aluminium on steel frames, and the steel frame is almost always the part that has rotted. The Discovery 1 shares its chassis design and drivetrain with the Defender and the Range Rover Classic, and it rusts in the same places.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Discovery 1, chassis code LJ
• Engine: 200Tdi and 300Tdi diesel, 3.5 and 3.9 V8
• Production dates: 1989 to 1998
• Quality: Galvanised or Painted
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions on these vehicles are frequent and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: the crossmember is usually the first part of the chassis to go
• Labour time: about 6 hours welded
• Coding: none. This vehicle predates the modules that need it
• Also needed: cavity wax
• Torque: welded
• Weight: about 22 kg
• Warranty: lifetime against rust through on the galvanising, two years on the parts

What arrives

• Crossmember

Fitting

Labour guide: about 6 hours welded. Land Rover changes specification mid production, often by VIN rather than by model year, so send the VIN or the registration with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything leaves. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return. We are an independent Land Rover specialist and parts supplier. We are not Land Rover or Jaguar Land Rover and are not appointed by them; the model names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. Everything we sell is chosen for vehicles that actually get used: towed with, loaded, driven through water and parked in fields, rather than for the brochure.

Which version to buy

Galvanised is hot dip galvanised after fabrication, inside and out, which is what stops the rust that finished the original. Painted is supplied in black primer and top coat for a correct appearance, with cavity wax recommended after fitting.