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| Lightningtweeds Member Since: 16 May 2017 Location: Fintry Posts: 461   
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No ARB and by the state of the tyres fit what you like!
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5th Sep 2017 8:52am |
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, its a costly exercise because i wanted to get some BFG Ko2's or preferably the Cooper STT pros in either 235 or 265 width ( cant decide which) and the current steels are 7.5' r16's so hence the new alloys | Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4230  
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I think you might need the three big hexagonal flat washer spacers things to go on the wheel carrier too 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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5th Sep 2017 9:30am |
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| Djcla Member Since: 29 Jul 2017 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 469
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your kidding i threw some of them out when i took the bust manky hard wheel cover off the spare as they were not needed
https://www.flatdoguk.com/spare-wheel-carr...pacers~915 these look remarkably like what i chucked in bin , lesson learned |
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5th Sep 2017 9:35am |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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It's probably just a cost issue, the ARB's don't really improve comfort but they make it a little more car like in terms of handling. Those with steel wheels tend to be the cheaper spec, so by not fitting ARB's LR are saving money. Obviously not having them helps with axle articulation too, but it's probably more to do with something being used mainly off road simply not needing ARB's as they make no real difference driving across a field, a bit like fitting a heated windscreen to a car used in North Africa. |
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5th Sep 2017 10:19am |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720
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That's them. It's so the extra width of the wheel and tyre doesn't foul the rear wiper. |
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5th Sep 2017 10:21am |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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5th Sep 2017 10:57am |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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The items in your picture are: steering damper (the thing with the spring on it.) The drag link which connects the steering drop arm to the swivel housing and the panhard rod which secures the axle laterally.
You only need 18 wheel nuts and 5 locking nuts, spare wheel carrier only has 3 nuts to secure the wheel. Having spent some time in deep snow and freezing temperatures in the High Atlas mountains of North Africa a heated windscreen would have been a very handy thing |
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5th Sep 2017 12:38pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720
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I doubt they're a popular option in most of north africa though.
It's worth noting the nuts for the spare wheel are different to those for the road wheels. |
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5th Sep 2017 4:03pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4230
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I never knew that, how do they differ? 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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5th Sep 2017 4:09pm |
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