Disco 5 Shifter Conversion

[remember5]

I have not pulled the trigger yet but dreaming about a Disco 5, I wonder what the possibility of swapping the shifter lever out of a RR Sport to replace the dumb looking rotary dial. The Disco 5 SVX has a shifter that looked like the RR stick.

 

[catman]

I wondered the same thing, from the looks of new models, they may be reverting back to this shifter on many models, so perhaps in time it will be standard again.

 

[gypsy]

I sure hope they bring it back. Even my wife was annoyed with the change on the 2014 LR4...so much so that we kept our search to 2012-2013's when shopping.

 

[gypsy]

Anyone have the part number for it? I'd bet it's plug and play.

 

[remember5]

LR104315 but I see sport suspension and color affect the item number. That number is ebony/pimento with sport suspension. Maybe this is a crackpot idea. I was thinking it would be electronic but there is actually a cable and it's a different part number from the Discovery cable. Bummer.

 

[Davidinseattle]

I have not pulled the trigger yet but dreaming about a Disco 5, I wonder what the possibility of swapping the shifter lever out of a RR Sport to replace the dumb looking rotary dial. The Disco 5 SVX has a shifter that looked like the RR stick.

Really? I appear to be in the minority. I love not having the stick in the counsule. Not like it's hooked up to anything and they just take up space. The dial gives a nice level, clean line that looks uncluttered and you're not knocking your coffee into the darn thing or whatever.

My super duty has a column shifter, but I wish it has the dial and paddles like our LR4. Different strokes...

 

[catman]

For me it has to do with feel, having driven manuals for the first 20 years of my driving, I like having something to put my hand on when driving, plus I think it would be easier to pull up, pop into neutral for a moment while coasting to a stop and then pop it into reverse right at the dead stop moment, all in one fluid motion, which is just something I tend to do when backing into my driveway.

When I am on the highway my wife gets annoyed at traffic and literally left-hand punches my shifter into sport mode and yells "go" to pass someone. Teamwork!

 

[Mcb14230]

I have not pulled the trigger yet but dreaming about a Disco 5, I wonder what the possibility of swapping the shifter lever out of a RR Sport to replace the dumb looking rotary dial. The Disco 5 SVX has a shifter that looked like the RR stick.

As they are both drive by wire it should be doable. May require an update with the computer