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| Enid_Puceflange Member Since: 25 Oct 2014 Location: edinburgh Posts: 1176   
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What colour is it? And what colour do you want??
G My confidence has been writing cheques that my abilities can't cash for years. |
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4th Feb 2015 11:59pm |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159  
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It's Santorini Black with a body coloured roof, I would have preferred one in Keswick green, or Fuji white, and with a white roof too. I have to admit to preffering a more traditional look (white roof, steel wheels, nice non metallic paint)
Here's a pic:  Click image to enlarge Last edited by alby on 28th Sep 2015 3:33pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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5th Feb 2015 12:36am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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I like the look of a none aircon front end, especially with standard grilles. I'd be putting Wolf steel wheels on that, though.
It's funny, as 'standard' is the new 'bespoke'. Happy new truck  |
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5th Feb 2015 7:22am |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159
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Thanks Greeni, yes agree with you there, the bulgy nose for the aircon does spoil the lines of it a bit, makes it look a bit fussy and unfinished, sort of tacked on as an afterthought (which I suppose it is really).
Mmm wolfs, hadn't thought of fitting those, but having seen pics I think that might be the way to go
will make life easier too since the choice of 7.50R16 tyres is somewhat limited these days. Might try and negotiate a set, but I'm hopeless at negotiating, and I'm so excited at the prospect of having a defender again I'd probably forget and just agree to anything the dealer says. It's almost a county spec, as it has lazy windows, remote Central locking, CDplayer, cloth seats, sparkly paint, but no alloys. It does have a tow bracket though. I'm well excited! Last edited by alby on 28th Sep 2015 3:23pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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5th Feb 2015 11:48am |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
"I'm hopeless at negotiating" he said.
"I'd love to do business with you and empty your pockets" says a salesman - A dream customer! |
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5th Feb 2015 8:28pm |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159
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Well I drove down to view it, and liked it despite my reservations over it being metallic paint, i liked it. 4hrs on the m1/m42/m5/m50 and a40 certainly gave me time to think it over.
Bar the metallic paint and radio it's got the options on it that I would have had fitted anyway (tow bracket, convenience pack, cloth seats) had I put in a factory order, and it all came in at an agreeable price. Ok it's pre-reg so I'm not its first owner but the second, but with only 14miles on the clock in my book that's virtually brand new. Negotiations were done, an agreement was reached. Paperwork was signed, Luke warm coffee was drunk, Nice cake was eaten and Monies were exchanged. And I'm now it's proud owner. I even made it down to Newport and back in time to watch England v Wales. |
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7th Feb 2015 1:35pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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Congratulations Alby, that is a fine looking truck and I think you will absolutely love the colour...
My Mamba has grown on me, and it is a really attractive colour in especially in sunlight and at different angles... 
Although I would swap mine for a Green equivalent in a flash, but that is a lifelong passion for me...  Rog...
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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7th Feb 2015 1:57pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
Now he tells us "nice cake got eaten". I never got that when I bought mine .......
Anyways - Enjoy your new purchase! |
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7th Feb 2015 9:04pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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I will be interested to see what you do to your roof. My grey 110 used to be a white 110 and I'd really like to change the roof back to white, I think they look a lot better. I don't know if it is actually white or if it's some special Land Rover not quite white. |
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8th Feb 2015 12:10pm |
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Maybe a vinyl wrap could make the roof white? Or a respray? will have a look into it at least. It's not got (and neither do I want) aircon but a white roof would have been useful for the three days a year when the sun manages to break through the smog/cloud/perpetual gloom.
| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5865 
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Adjusted the handbrake to solve the judder when braking (after the MOT man tweaked it) 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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8th Feb 2015 1:41pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3786  
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Yes, I reckon a silver or white roof would be the go, & definitely, as set of "Wolf" wheels, or the "Heavy Duty" wheels, whatever you call them, the ones with the holes in them anyway.
Congratulations, Pickles. |
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8th Feb 2015 9:31pm |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159
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Feeling quite frustrated now, and there is still a week to go until pickup day.
Still it has given me time to put a new set of tyres on my current car prior to selling it to my father. I've bought it (myself) a couple of presents though, an adrenaline pedal lock and a disklock. I've dusted off the welder ready for modifying the disklock as others have done in order to improve its security. the all black paintwork has started to really grow on me now so i think i'll leave the roof alone. id rather use my money to get it rustproofed as that is more of a priority really. |
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11th Feb 2015 4:40pm |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159
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I picked up my Defender yesterday from Stratstone Newport.
I got the train down from the shire and the salesman picked me up from the station. They'd filled the tank up to the brim, cleaned polished and prepped the defender for me. The paperwork was swift, a coffee was drunk and more cake was eaten. Then it was time to tentatively set off driving to the shire. The traffic was light to begin with on the m4 and then the m5 but soon got heavier so I decided to keep my speed to around 60, with the occasional 70mph sprint to pass HGVs. Keeping up with the flow in a brand new vehicle was out of the question. EVery one these days seems to be doing 80 in the centre lane and 90 in the outside lane. I called in at the now famous Gloucester services (BBC countryifle) on the M5. And bought myself a couple of pork pies and sausage rolls and was quite impressed. Can't comment on the cafe as I didn't use it (I had my own sarnies to eat in the drover) but the shop did seem slightly pricy but good quality Fayre. The m42 was busy and slow past the defenders birth place right the way till it joined the m1 which was also busy and slow, so I left the motorway at Nottingham and took the a52/A46 back to the shire. Although I didn't spend much time at 70 I'm impressed by how quiet my defender is at that speed. I'm also impressed by how little transmission and road noise there is, it's a definite improvement over older defenders I've owned. I had forgotten though about the beanbag noise on damp roads (spray under the rear wheel arches)! I'll post up a few pics once I've got the photos off of my iPod. Last edited by alby on 22nd Sep 2015 10:08pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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20th Feb 2015 12:42pm |
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| Fabio Member Since: 05 Aug 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 589  
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Good luck with it!!
Fabio |
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20th Feb 2015 6:53pm |
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