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| CarMan Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 1855  
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Great colour - actually the best colour
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17th Jul 2015 5:14pm |
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| StuRRS Member Since: 22 Feb 2013 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 38 
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Lovely truck
Looking forward to your posts on mods and enhancements on this one Stu |
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19th Jul 2015 6:56am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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great find - congrats, looking forward to seeing the mods
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19th Jul 2015 8:35am |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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I don't have it yet Simon, should get it this week. Will let you know, but from the test drive I could already tell it felt very different to my TD5, but I'm not sure sure if that's engine related, comfort features, gearbox or tyres. This one had BFG AT pattern on whereas I had Cooper STT before. 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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19th Jul 2015 5:11pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Well I've got my first modification, but I've not yet got the car!
Absolutely beautiful Startech steering wheel. So lovely in the hand, so solid feeling and now smelling of Gliptone leather conditioner too. Thanks Ken
 Click image to enlarge 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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20th Jul 2015 12:45pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Picking it up today.... 2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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23rd Jul 2015 2:40pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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Plenty of pics please
Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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23rd Jul 2015 3:05pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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It sits awaiting me at the Dealership next to a £100K Range Rover SDV8 Autobiography Black Edition.
Click image to enlarge It comes home to sit next to my Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged (in black) Click image to enlarge Plenty of changes to be made now it's home. Not a bad pair to have on the driveway, in fact, quite a perfect pairing of total opposites. Click image to enlarge 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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23rd Jul 2015 7:22pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Made my first change today.
Removed the OE LR Wing top checker plate and replaced with 3mm in black anodised finish. What a pig of a job to get access to the NS inner wing area!As ever, one seemingly simple job involves doing 5 more. Remove light guard Remove sidelight and indicator Remove headlight Remove headlight surround Drill out rusted top vent screw Throw away all screws as rusty as hell Only one plate fixing was rusty and sheared off Dislocate arms, wrist and fingers getting the locknuts underneath the new allen head counter sunk fixings.  2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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24th Jul 2015 1:01pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Weekend jobs: Change all the other chequer plate. This should be about an hours work...right?
Jesus H. What a ball ache of a job, all of the chequer plate fixings had rusted solid, so this is what happened, 3 of them just sheared off - that was good and made life easy Most of them the heads got mangled - they were a PZ3 bit head and they just couldn't handle the torque, so they were ruined and I was forced to use the angle grinder. however access behind was impossible so I had to grind from the front, trashing the existing plates in the process. The rear corner plates are the worst one, almost no access behind even for a spanner. Finally, after about 4 hours work I finally managed to offer up the new 3mm black anodised plates but guess what? The sill covers didn't fit! So I had to slice off a little off each end and now they fit perfectly. Instead of painting the ends black I used a permanent black marker pen, instantly dry and totally invisible repair. I used the black allen head and locknut fixings supplied, and used copper grease to cover the nuts and remaining thread, just in case I ever have to remove them. Once the panels are drilled though, you can never go back to the standard look. So, it looks WAY better now, but I hated that job! Click image to enlarge Just need those Sawtooths now to make the grey/black combo really 'pop' as Edd China would say Click image to enlarge Plenty of parking on the paddock! 
Click image to enlarge When the sun went in you could realy see the tint in the glass Click image to enlarge 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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26th Jul 2015 9:44am |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1641 
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Wing top checker-plate!
Great job mate, looks the biz! LOL! I know exactly what you mean mate... and I fitted mine to a brand new rust free car! The passenger side was deffo a right royal PITA! But worth it! YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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26th Jul 2015 11:11am |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5108  
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RRUK
Where did you buy the black anodised finish checker plate? I have been trying to obtain black anodised checker plate but can only find silver anodised. In black all I can find is powder coated. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at.. http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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26th Jul 2015 11:50am |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Aah, yes.
Mine is also powder coated. Sorry. My mistake. Doh!  2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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26th Jul 2015 1:06pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Next few jobs to do:
Fit seat riser rail to drivers side Fit Startech steering wheel Go to Billing and see if I can pick up some deals on bits I want for it. Then there's some bigger changes in August to come.  2016 D4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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26th Jul 2015 8:46pm |
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