As a top custom Land Rover Defender builder, ECD is a master of Modified Land Rover Defenders. With newer innovations, client requests, and even challenges our founders pose, ECD is constantly staying on top of our game to be the best at producing the world’s most amazing modified Defender builds. If you’re looking for inspiration for your modded Defender, here’s a highlight of some of our best Defender modifications and upgrades.

The most innovative modification ECD has done to date is the electric Defender or Rover upgrade. This upgrade gives Land Rover owners the option to make their modded Defender Tesla powered with 450 hp, 200 miles, and a vehicle that’s chargeable at any local Tesla station (yes, even the ones at Winn Dixie and Target!). As seen with our Project Britton, Project Ski and Project Mercer, our electric Land Rover upgrade with our exclusive Electric Classic Cars partnership meant we had to plan meticulously for installing the Tesla Direct drivetrain system into our Land Rover builds.

If you still prefer the growl of a V8, then the power is set to MAX with an LT4 engine upgrade. Giving 650 hp to the 4000 lb beast, the supercharged 6.2 L LT4 V8 takes your modified Defender to the next level of brawn and beauty, plus gets you from 0-60 in under 6 seconds. Needless to say, the LT4 Defender is hopefully set to be our new standard for our builds, any faster, and the vehicles might just travel back to the future *wink*.

With all this power comes the need for other mods, which we always upgrade, update, and restore. From suspension to axels, adding so much power to the classic requires finesse. As with our ECC Partnership, ECD was able to partner with Brembo Brakes to create the ECD x Brembo Brake upgrade, giving your restored Defender a smooth stop and go. Pair these brakes with ECD’s Air Ride Suspension, and your build is going to glide down the highway like a majestic lumberjack ready to coax looks from surrounding cars.

Yes, the classic Defender has a particular look, and if kitted or modded vehicles are more your thing, and you want your Defender to give more menacing looks rather than nostalgia, Khan has SEVERAL fitted kits that turn your 4X4 Defender into a proper restomod fit for the 21st century. Some of our most popular choices for our modded Defenders from Kahn include the Kahn Wide Body kit, the Kahn X-lander grille with light surrounds, and a slew of modern Kahn-styled wheels. The Kahn mod makes your Defender a menace that stands out even more among the crowd as it brings something old and new together for an entirely new experience.

Another new favorite from ECD for the ultimate modern modifications for your Defender is our panoramic roof. This gives your build skylight and views from every seat in the vehicle, bringing in the outdoors for you and all of your passengers. The panoramic roof is seen in more current luxury vehicles as a standard, but if the “invisible” roof is too much for you to handle, you can settle for near 360 views with our Masai glass window upgrade. These windows add clean lines all around the vehicle’s rear for a sleek look, and your  passengers still get a taste of the outdoors.

The best part of building or ordering a restomod is that any part of the modern upgrades can be selected to best fit your lifestyle and purpose for the vehicle. Ready to start your modified Defender build? Email [email protected]