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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Yes, exactly that
Why, thank you, sir.
I have no idea what you mean   Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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1st Jan 2020 11:10am |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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^^^
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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2nd Jan 2020 8:14pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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During the course of a lot of faffing around with headlight bulbs, I decided to remove the front light guards:
 Click image to enlarge I'm not sure whether this will be a permanent change, not least because of the holes that are left in the wings, but there's no denying that it makes changing bulbs and cleaning lights a damn sight easier. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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19th Jan 2020 3:03pm |
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| joshwyatt Member Since: 28 Apr 2019 Location: Oxford Posts: 3 
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That’s been an interesting read start to finish, an incredible looking Defender!
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20th Jan 2020 10:40pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, I know, I'm coming round to the idea more and more every time that I look at it
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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21st Jan 2020 9:27pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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That's why mine came off and you will get use to them not being there and in the end, you will love it
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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21st Jan 2020 10:45pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, probably. I expect I'll be driven to do something about the holes in the bodywork at some point, though. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Jan 2020 7:42am |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Yes that is the only downside to taking them off
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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23rd Jan 2020 8:45pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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23rd Jan 2020 9:20pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5157
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I would put some screws back in and paint them the same colour as the body, or just put some black ones in for the sake of it.
This is why i hate upgrades/ face lifts that require drilling. When you come to take them off, you have to deal with the holes sadly. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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23rd Jan 2020 9:29pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, maybe. If I do leave them off then I'll probably get them filled and painted but I'm still not sure so won't be rushing into it. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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23rd Jan 2020 9:38pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A slightly better picture, just for the hell of it:
Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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23rd Jan 2020 9:57pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Definitely better without imo
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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23rd Jan 2020 10:06pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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On my list of things to do is to install a reversing camera and I'd been working up to an install involving a separate screen mounted above the rear view mirror and cut down sun visors, which was going to be a complete faff. Then, somebody here posted a link to this JVC unit that includes a built-in screen and easy camera connectivity, which looked like a great idea. One birthday present later and I have the unit in my hand!
The first job was to remove the original Alpine head unit, which came out easily enough with the help of a small screwdriver to release the locking tabs. It's also necessary to remove the mounting cage by bending out the various locking tabs and with all of the cables disconnected, I was left with this: Click image to enlarge The harness multiplug was connected to a dedicated Alpine adapter, which had already been removed in the above picture. The picture below shows it next to the standard ISO adapter lead that's required for the JVC unit: Click image to enlarge The original adapter included the white fir tree fixing on the grey plug that secured it to matching holes in the dash structure. It was necessary to pull this fixing out in order to release the plug. The new lead is quite a lot shorter though, which means it's not possible to re-use this fixing. As well as the loom adapter, I needed a variety of other leads for the features that I want, although not all have been installed at this stage: Click image to enlarge The Connect2 DAB splitter is to enable the existing aerial to be used to receive both DAB and analogue signals. I haven't installed this yet as it needs an ignition live feed, which I didn't have chance to provide. The RCA 'Y' adapter is required to convert the two separate leads from the factory Alpine sub to the single connection on the JVC head unit. The 2 channel camera switch will eventually form part of my reverse camera install with two separate cameras and again, has not yet been fitted. With the new cage installed and the ISO lead and RCA 'Y' adapter in place, it's ready for the new head unit: Click image to enlarge The JVC unit, lacking a CD player, is a lot shorter than the factory fitted Alpine: Click image to enlarge And the JVC unit in place: Click image to enlarge Whilst I've still got some work to do to install cameras and the microphone (the Alpine one isn't compatible), the basic unit is very nice. The sound is great and the existing sub works fine. It's also a lot more intuitive to use than the Alpine, in large part because of the screen and the additional information that it can display. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 26th Jan 2020 4:39pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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26th Jan 2020 3:55pm |
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