All the toys are necessary
for the sort of people who buy the vehicle for the image in the UK, Euro and USA areas.
All crap as you've found and a right royal PITA for the later owners who have to repair that shit (My daily driver is one of the early 300Tdi Disco 1's )

At least in African climates you didn't need to repair all the frikkin' rust thats developed in mine

Length? 8 hours a side for the inner front wings and about 4 hours for the rear seatbelt mounting on the drivers side, The sills had already been done when I got it
(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 19:06, Reply)