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TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

Just a little update, being house bound does have its advantages ! The first was clearing out the garage enough to fit Matilda in! A real milestone as I haven’t been able to for the year she’s been with me! This means no more wet foot wells and a dry place to work on the winter

I have also been cleaning the underside and managed to remove 5 kg of mud and other assorted rubbish from all the nooks and crannies

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I also purchased a set of series light surrounds and am planning on sanding and repainting them body coloured, and I quite like the idea of a heritage Aircon grille one day ? Any thoughts greatly appreciated for inspiration. In the meantime I am having an internal debate as to whether or not mount my lazers in the grille or on the bumper

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In other news my sumo bars which have been on for a grand total of 30 miles have got failed gaiters on both bars, also upon inspection I found that they hadn’t been greased when installed

i called the local independent lr garage and they said they would be happy to charge me to re fit new gaiters but didn’t own up to not greasing, seriously considering changing and voting with my feet

Gwynn Lewis on the other hand were very accommodating and are sending out some polyeurothane gaiters so I’ll have to fit them when they arrive!

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28th Mar 2020 10:45pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

Harry.O wrote:
There's a guy on eBay that sells skimmed and de-webbed versions on an exchange basis, I used him a couple of years ago and had no problems since. From memory it was about £70 after you got the refund for posting your warped one to him.

TheMule - the 90 looks great!

Thanks Harry.O

is yours remapped? Due to the virus mine had been postponed until further notice unfortunately

Thanks Jim I think I’ll have mine done as a precaution before the remap and use the longer allisport supplied studs!

28th Mar 2020 10:49pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

TheMule wrote:
I also purchased a set of series light surrounds and am planning on sanding and repainting them body coloured, and I quite like the idea of a heritage Aircon grille one day ? Any thoughts greatly appreciated for inspiration. In the meantime I am having an internal debate as to whether or not mount my lazers in the grille or on the bumper

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I did the Series light surround and different grill on mine. Because there are several large holes in the front wing panels on later models, I also modified and kept the original light surrounds and painted them in body colour.

The grill is a powder coated stainless one from Lockwood International.

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29th Mar 2020 8:25am

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

I like the Lockwood grille too, it’s a toss up between that and a heritage one! I really like the look of yours, so td5’s have the same number of holes in the front wing or is it just pumas? Yours look great by the way LandroverAnotak

29th Mar 2020 9:13am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

Yeah, I think so. Apart from the hole for the horn, there's another set of holes below the headlight aperture. It's never been clear what they may have been intended for:

29th Mar 2020 9:27am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17470

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Many people think the redundant holes below the headlight (not present on all models/years) are for washer jets, but they don't actually bear any resemblance to the holes needed for Defender headlight washers! Bit of a mystery really.

29th Mar 2020 9:32am

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

Hmm interesting, I can’t say I’ve seen that lower hole before on mine ? If not then I’ll have to trim the original panel down and then put it behind the series headlight ? Thanks for all the useful replies

29th Mar 2020 9:54am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

That's exactly what I did - you have to cut the 'rim' off the headlight aperture for the Series bezels to fit. You can buy ready made panels from the likes of Nakatanenga and Offroad-Tec but I refuse to pay £150-odd for what are basically flat panels with some holes cut in. I've got half and idea to make my own at some point but it's not high on my priority list. Darren

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29th Mar 2020 10:04am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4788

All of the extra holes are only present in Pumas I think. My Td5 wings are both plain under the headlight finishers apart from the horn holes

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29th Mar 2020 11:47am

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

Thanks grafty

I’ve nearly finished cleaning them up, they’re really very straight and will be sprayed with etch primer and then painted body colour ! Grille wise I’m thinking this being body coloured too ?

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29th Mar 2020 7:05pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4788

The grilles come gloss black so you could try it on in black before painting it

29th Mar 2020 10:00pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

grafty99 wrote:
All of the extra holes are only present in Pumas I think. My Td5 wings are both plain under the headlight finishers apart from the horn holes

Sorry, you're right. I just dug out a pic of the bare headlight aperture on my old '05 TD5 and the panel is plain except for the hole for the horn. Darren

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29th Mar 2020 10:32pm

Harry.O

Member Since: 25 Jul 2014
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 716

TheMule wrote:
Harry.O wrote:
There's a guy on eBay that sells skimmed and de-webbed versions on an exchange basis, I used him a couple of years ago and had no problems since. From memory it was about £70 after you got the refund for posting your warped one to him.

TheMule - the 90 looks great!

Thanks Harry.O is yours remapped? Due to the virus mine had been postponed until further notice unfortunately

Thanks Jim I think I’ll have mine done as a precaution before the remap and use the longer allisport supplied studs!

Hi, yes it's a stage 2 map from Alive. Mine didn't seem badly warped but 2 of the studs had snapped in situ and exhaust soot was evident at the back of the engine. From memory I fitted the new manifold with Wurth studs (eBay) and drilled the holes on each end of the manifold a touch bigger so that it could potentially expand when hot. No idea if there is any truth to the last bit but it's not warped again is is subjected to high EGTs quite regularly

Look forward to seeing the new headlight surrounds on, quite fancy turning the front end of mine into something similar to LRA's 110

2005 Td5 110 Hardtop
1989 300Tdi 90 Soft top
1992 200Tdi 90 Truck cab with Land Cruiser axles

31st Mar 2020 2:55pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 40

The weather has been rather nice so have started to paint the light surrounds. My first attempt at painting anything so don’t look too closely ! Used 2 coats of etch primer and so far have managed to apply 2 light coats of Caledonian blue

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I found my mothers green house to be the perfect spray booth much to her disgust !

7th Apr 2020 7:35pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7907

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Great work!! The painting not winding tour mother up!

James
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7th Apr 2020 7:41pm

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