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  1. sighnbox
    Hi guys I was trawling the net a few week back and found a company that did galvanized bulkheads but with your old one traded in they knocked off £250 off the price …...I can not find the site again no matter how hard I look any one any ideas on what company this could be ??? (for series 2A 1967) But they do all Bulkheads Thanks Paul Its not Ashtree
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    Are thats one good bit of news there I WILL get this sorted one way or another and thanks to every ones FANTASTIC help/advice
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    Yes been to JSF this morning and tried a HD drive member in a boost wheel and no way not even close ... So narrowing it down now to Bowler wheels change the axle inners Or I've been offered a set of 300 tdi Defender axles .....(quoted £150 to shot blast and spray them) Now would 300 tdi DEFENDER axles be a straight swap over ??? any thing else that needs changing from my current landy or to be done ??
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    Snagger .......just reading back through all this as I consider my options ...and you say "Another option is to have a set of four HD flanges, or just their outer hexagonal covers, chrome plated to match the alloy wheel nuts and make them a feature of the wheel. You could fit a black neoprene membrane to seal up the gap between the circular hole of the wheel and the hexagonal edge of the end cap. hat was my backup plan." So I take it if I fit four HD flanges the wheels will/should fit the hubs properly but the hexagonal HD flange nut will poke through the centre hole stopping the caps.......?????? If so think thats the way I will go and would be happy with that as you say have the hex nuts powder coated or chrome plated and would look ok and save LOADS messing about with her and certainly lot cheaper than Bowler wheels
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    M&M 4x4 are great real quick and sort any problems ......same as above Famous four, John Cradock, .......Paddocks are ok for some things as will offer a alternative..... to britpart on a lot of stuff........Maybe have a word with your local dealership I did and get such a big discount it sometimes works out cheaper by the time you buy mail order and postage on top.
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    Are that explains it ...... So people are happy with the steel doors then ??? As I will have to change the other four AGAIN in the next five years at some point...... I will have to look in to the price of the steel ones compared to the Ash Tree Land Rover ones .......And then try and decided what ones I THINK will last longer all steel OR steel galvo frames with alli skin
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    I was stitched up by LR then as mine are alli ........brought from main dealer 8 year ago
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    OH OH OH Land rover doors DON'T GET ME STARTED ON DAM LANDY DOORS ......Having brought all new Genuine doors from Land rover 8 years ago (so post 2005), all new dam evey thing in fact lights, seals, bumper, bonnet you name it complete re spray etc etc I've all ready alli corrosion back ( I cavity waxed the door inside the DAY it came out the paint shop drain holes all ways keept clear)....ITS HEART BRAKING after so so much work on the landy .....I did replace one door 5-6 year ago with a Ash tree land rover one Galvo frame then they marine bond the skin on ......Thats still immaculate ...so I will eventually replace the other 4 and yet again a re spray but £2200 for the doors and £1200 for the spray .......we can put man on the moon but dam land rover seam incapable of making doors that don't dam well rot...
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    You made my Mrs laugh anyway Doug I told her no way am I fitting spacers now and showed her the pic to which I was told short sharp thrift "There is probably nothing wrong with them what do you expect with a name like DANGEROUS DOUG"
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    LOl areeeeeeeeee don't say that lol ......I was going for the classic Mayfair cigarette box colours silver and blue (not that I smoke) ......Not changing it now lol
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    Oh well that's that one out then lol ......Just made me think when he said so.....
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    Now this or this may not be interesting ......But yesterday was telling a Scaffolding friend about this and poor Dangerous Doug s Landy mishap and about the wheel spacers and how Ive gone right off them.... In scaffolding you DO NOT use dis similar metals .....as in if you use steel on alli the nuts will always slip loose ......exactly as the wheel spacers metal nuts on a alli spacer
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    Loads options and brilliant advise guys .....I really have gone well off the spacers idea and yes 90% of the time sure there ok BUT thundering down the road at 90 mph oppsss I mean 70 mph of course I would NOW all ways have in the back of my mind is my wheel going to come off .....even if it wasn't Great minds think alike Snagger I was considering the HD flange thing if I went bowler wheels and getting them powder coated to match the wheels .....Ideally I don't want to loose my current axle cases as had them shot blasted and all me V frame back of hubs etc sprayed semi gloss Ral black .....Cross member, steering rods, Radius and trailing arms, brake callipers were all painted blue to match the Terrafirma shocks tops.......so really last thing I want to be doing is changing whole axles after what I've done Id rather bite the bullet and buy some bowler wheels......BUT if can change the internals to me personally a much better option.....
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    Are I knew I should have brought a 300tdi .............ARRRRRRR..........I think its SERIOUS BEER o clock time before I slip in to even deeper Land Rover depression lol ......
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    Hay thanks Ralph ...... Now Ralph as you know from your fantastic help and saving me many many a time from MAJOR land rover depression and smashing it to BITS..... I can pull the thing apart and put it back together but I've no great knowledge …..Its a case of learn as I go (which owning a LR I've done quite a bit off lol) So this may sound daft question to you but bear in mind the above lol...Now I'm not fussed about disc brakes I just want to get the wheels on safely and a proper fit so....... So is that a whole axle change then OR can I just change the haft shaft drive member ?? From RUC105200 (which is listed as 24 spline and fits a 1990 TD) To a FTC859R which is listed as Defender 300tdi Hub drive Flange ????????? No I've a horrid felling your going to tell me yes there both 24 spline but different diameter shafts as it couldn't poss be that simple as its a LAND ROVER Been cheering me self up from land rover dull drums by stripping down and re spraying all me tow hitch all afternoon LOL
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