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And make every one run them at 30psi!!!

And another on Youtube Tim

Staun website has a good video (from about 8 weeks ago) showing how to fit the new ones. Took us 15 to 20 minutes a wheel. Tim

Fitted 5 of the brand new pattern with separate valves. Not as easy as the online video from Staun but not that tricky. Hardest bit was the last part of the top bead but just needed a good push! Tim

Link to Pirate build thread http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=472982 Enjoy! Tim

Or get a tube buggy frame with 4 links and blah blah blah Not being smug but pointing out how stupidly bureaucratic the rules are. You are being shafted because you don't fit the paperwork. Tim

The wheels are gorgeous. Luckily some alloy wheel refinishers just moved in next door! My helmet has a pretty wide port so will just have to manage with it. Tim PS I am the co-driver and I sweat like a fat lass on a Saturday night in Newcastle

Thanks. I will be wearing a full face helmet with a filtered forced air feed! Hows your truck? Tim

Hendrick Thanks. Moved the airbox and filter into the cab today. Put the wide drum Gigglepinned 8274 in. Now mounting up all the computers and stuff. Went a few laps round the block on the industrial estate. Interesting drive! Tim

It's not on a LR axle but the idea might be useful. Front mounted double ended ram, acts as track rod and is legal (as approved last week by the SVA man ). We have a 4 bolt Saginaw box (Jeeps and Rolls Royce) tapped. The real key is the pump. We are pushing out 8.5 gallons per minute at high pressure (3000 psi working, 9000 psi burst hoses). About 3 turns lock to lock and 35 to 40 degrees of lock. As I said not a Land Rover but don't see why the ideas could not be applied. Tim

Jim I never said I could drive! Tim PS and I can blame Lawrie if it breaks

Anything we want really

Also sponsored by Arkema, third biggest chemical company in the world. Who also make some great plastic!!!

Thanks Les. Just can't stop smiling! Now need to finish it for Morocco!

Will Thanks. The engine will sail through (not sure about your welding though!!) They test the emissions and we scored 0.87 brand new and cold. Fail would be over 3.0. As an amateur build you don't need a cat. Have to say the whole experience was really good. Go with the right attitude and something well built and they seem to be extremely helpful. Our brakes are so new they wouldn't lock on a drive by test but they were understanding of this. It was funny hearing them talk about the "muppets" and "weekend warriors" that turn up with some real rubbish having never read the manual. Tim

New ones are much stronger and with a specially designed bead. Oh, and very hard to get!

Thats why it is built with tube! Seriously, the way the interior is laid out the entire dash / box bit with guages lies outside the area to be tested, it is low relative to the seat base. Having said which it is all pretty compliant inside. They only test things that a pedestrians leg could make contact with, essentially 70 degrees to about knee height. Underneath has no interest for them in this sense.

The height is not an issue in the regs. The distance in for the lights is 400mm (I think) from the outside edge of the vehicle. Crucially this excludes cycle mudguards so it is only measured to edge of the cab in our case. I am only just getting over the shock of passing!

Legal tyres and cycle wings. The VOSA guys were really cool and we were talking openly about removing various bits for competition.

Nope! It is not a commercial and so it was a full SVA. Commercial requires certain ratio of load space to cab. We have NO load space!!!

Well, took the buggy for its SVA this morning. Here's a picture. And guess what happened????? IT PASSED FIRST TIME! Hehehehe. And then to make the day even better the new wheels arrived And to let everyone know what is inside them Big thanks to our sponsors at Staun. Tim

Had a long chat with really helpful people at VOSA about what makes a vehicle commercial and you have to have a certain ratio of load carrying to people carrying space. I was wondering about getting my buggy through as a pickup / commercial! Tim

The beginnings And more recently Tim PS it has an LT 230 and a few other LR bits

Done it before but want to be certain before I cut up a load of Aeroquip hose! Which is the outlet for cooling on the box? I think it is the one high up on the side and the one underneath is the return?? Thanks in advance, Tim