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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393  
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Got this last week for £6k! bargain!
Its the grey 110, blue ninety is long gone! [/url]http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.385540350661.167067.502030661&type=3&l=c55a11ac31[url] Lots of bits on it! BAS remap, intercooler, Decatted, egr blanked, new kenwood headunit and autochanger, elec pack, big hankook MT's on black mods, safari snorkel, etc etc! 140k with comprehensive SH detailing £1000's of parts. was dirty as hell when collected with various dents and stratches, booked for a full valet inside and out as its well needed! Plan is to tidy it up, poss respray as dented with minor rust on rear cappings. Full service inc belts rub down and redo crossmember replace front discs and all ball joints, mount spare onto some sort of rear carrier instead of roof or loadspace. New brighter headlights and LED bulbs all round. TDCI seats and bonnet. Husky superwinch. Heated screen heated seats BFG AT's new style Mantec snorkel Rocksliders with treesliders to make climbing in easier! Mud Rails Hmmmm ££££££ going to be spent!!! Good project then!  [/url] 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold)
2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) Last edited by Welshsurferdude on 9th Apr 2013 11:44am. Edited 4 times in total |
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23rd Feb 2012 12:26am |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299 
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 Click image to enlarge very tidy truck (but please don't put a chrome a-bar on it  ) |
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23rd Feb 2012 11:26am |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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Click image to enlarge here's the other photo - i can't put 2 photos on the same reply  |
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23rd Feb 2012 11:27am |
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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393
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Thanks giles was wondering how to attach!!
As for wheel carrier, yes please post details as i plan on keeping IW canopy to keep dog in! What sort of headlight bulbs shall i get? I want to improve lighting to the max! is it worth getting a HID conversion? or use a good h4 bulb? 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) 2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) |
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23rd Feb 2012 5:44pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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welshsurferdude - i think the general consensus for lighting improvement is crystal headlights with philips extreme bulbs unless you what to blow a grand on some jwl speaker led lights
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24th Feb 2012 8:53am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17327  
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I opted for the Sonic carrier on my DC since I reckon it is the best engineered and constructed by a considerable margin (and there are, even now, relatively few designs that are compatible with a tailgate as opposed to door). It also allows a huge amount of adjustment for wheel height and width.
The pivot for the carrier is further inboard from the side of the vehicle than on many designs, in order to pick up on a strong part of the cross-member (rather than the flimsy extremity that some others use). The result of this is that when the carrier is open, the wheel is still inboard of the profile of the vehicle, and with a full-width flap such as that on an IW top, the flap will foul the wheel as you start to open it. In order to solve this, you either need to move the wheel further out from the carrier (same effect as fitting a spacer between the wheel and the carrier) so that in the open position it will be fully outside the profile, or need to move the wheel further from the pivot so that in the open position it will be further away from the flap. After assessing these options, I discounted the former since it would entail spacing the wheel about six inches off the carrier, and, quite apart from the difficult in doing this, I didn't want the vehicle to be six inches longer, and I reckoned it woudl look pretty strange. Therefore I opted for moving the wheel further from the pivot. I used an offcut of MS bar approx 160mm x 20mm x 300mm fitted between the main carrier and the bracket that holds the wheel as shown in the photo below (the extra bracket is the black horizontal thing with the two M16 bolt heads visible on it). This has the effect of moving the wheel to the left when in the closed position, and the rear when open, and the flap now clears the wheel by about 2 inches. A normal Sonic carrier in the closed position has the wheel just to the offside of the centreline of the vehicle. After the mod, the wheel is a few inches to the nearside, as shown in the second photo. My tyres are 285/75; if you have larger diameter tyres, or run with a NATO hitch on the crossmember (which will require the wheel to be higher on the bracket) you may have to increase the offset of the additional bracket. You may even find that since your tow hitch is mounted so low you can drop the wheel down on the carrier instead of movng it left. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Incidentally another side-effect of the full-width rear flap is that it is not feasible to have an access latter to the roofrack, however the Sonic carrier and spare wheel makes an excellent substitute and is amply strong enough to be used for the purpose! |
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24th Feb 2012 10:12am |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459 
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That very nice, the only configuration I would trade our 90 soft top in for, though not sure the wife would agree. |
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24th Feb 2012 10:22am |
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| ben_j85jty Member Since: 02 Sep 2008 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 491 
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Welcome to the club.......
Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  2002 Defender 110 DC |
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24th Feb 2012 1:08pm |
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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393
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Farmer I shall look into that, thanks for your suggestion!
Wolf, As for the sonic carrier I shall look into that but may end up making my own as I have a welder at the workshop! Ben your DC looks great! What colour is it? 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) 2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) |
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24th Feb 2012 8:38pm |
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| ben_j85jty Member Since: 02 Sep 2008 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 491
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It's (Dirty) Bonatti Grey! 2002 Defender 110 DC
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24th Feb 2012 9:29pm |
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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393
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Do'h! should have realised! looks good! My tyres are gonna go a little less wider to 285/75/16 BFG MT's! these Hankook MT's are 2nine5/nine5/16's!!!! 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) 2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) |
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24th Feb 2012 9:32pm |
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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393
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An mint cond Superwinch Husky with Bumper was won on ebay tonight for 350 so collecting it tomorrow AM, Pics of it fitted soon! good price i reckon! 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold)
2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) |
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27th Feb 2012 6:45pm |
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| Welshsurferdude Member Since: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Newport Posts: 2393
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Pic's of winch fitted! even came with all the wiring to the 2nd battery which is yet to be purchased!
The manufacture date on the winch reads July 2011 so its not even a year old and the bumper is brand new unmarked, got it all for £350! Bargain of the century considering its over £1600rrp.
winch is in the last few photos in this link :- [url] http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3...ac31[/url] 2008 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) 2015 Discovery 4.5 Black pack Firenze red XS 2008 Corris Grey 110 XS USW (sold) 2011 Santorini Black 110 XS USW (Sold) |
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5th Mar 2012 12:09am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10378
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Request sent !
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5th Mar 2012 8:49am |
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