I'd like to ask some advice. I want to protect my LR2 (Si4, 2013) with a skid plate and a tank guard. I have found 2 options via this forum: Mantec and Rival. Does anybody have an opinion on which to prefer? As far as I can tell: Mantec is thicker, heavier, leaves room in between and hence comes at 1 cm ground clearance 'cost'. Mantec may be much tougher though. Also personally I don't like to looks up front of the Mantec skid plate. However, if they are better, I can leave with that. Thanks for your thoughts.

Mantec are no longer in business, so you will need to look for used items.

I have had the Mantec sump guard / bash plate / skid guard and much more importantly, the fuel tank guard (the fuel tank is very vulnerable) and both were superb quality items and I thought that it looked very good from the front.

I have no experience of other guards on the Freelander 2.

Thanks for your response Tigger! There are enough Mantec's still in stock in my country.

Never heard/seen the Rival products.

I run with both the Mantec sump and fuel tank guards and I'm very happy with the look, finish and function of the product.
I therefore wouldn't be tempted by any other brand FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Thanks for sharing Ron. Good to hear.

I painted my Mantec sump/skid plate to match the car. The tank guard is essential once you’ve experienced the tank bottoming out on soft mud in a puddle, hitting something solid doesn’t bear thinking about.

The Mantec guards were the ones that were fitted to the Land Rover experience cars, where they used to take a heck of pounding in their stride. I certainly gave one a good hard bash without any consequences beyond a certain amount of embarrassment!

If you can still get them new from stock, I’d suggest grabbing them while you still can

I have Rival fitted to mine, a lot cheaper than mantec and they have done the job well so far, they have taken a fair bit of stick and saved my fuel tank without a doubt!