Badger110
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I’ve been told to tell you that I’m not allowed to tell you what colour it is until the chief colour picker has said I can
but some of you are right 😁
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10 hours ago, RedLineMike said:
@Badger110 have you considered a M57 6hp 6 speed auto conversion?
It is something that has piqued my interest.
@LiamC thread is very interesting although he’s run a manual, I think more reading is due on the auto box ecu set up though
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The clues to the colour is somewhere in the thread since I talked about it.
Other than the monsters inc reference, it does feature on a Bowler Bulldog too...I reckon that was a subconscious decision too
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1 hour ago, Stellaghost said:
Your both joining greenpeace and wandering to far off lands in your Rainbow ( coloured )warrior to fight lost causes regards Stephen
We spent lockdown learning how to tie die our clothes and make flip flops from old tyres so who knows 😂
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1 hour ago, landroversforever said:Maybe a each of the colours we suggest will be on a different panel?
Like this?
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There’s some interesting guess’s
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I’ve been told to tell you the colour features in Monsters Inc.
Quite a lot apparently.
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Pink panthers or pinkies as we called them.
No it's not that colour although one of my choices was Libyan Sand, however as we're going to be abroad for years at a time in areas that might be a little hostile or trigger happy, I figured I'd stay away from anything that could look military!
We've done 4 doors and just got in and decided to do the front of the truck tomorrow as I can get that into the workshop out of the weather.-
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33 minutes ago, landroversforever said:
hi-vis pink for sure!
You’re not far off
not my choice I might add!
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The doors arrived safely and were unpacked and marvelled at and then the missus looks at me and says
' I've had an idea '
We were never happy with the original Landy colour, it's a bit boring if I'm honest and so we ventured down to the local paint shop to look for a new idea.
And we found it
And now the workshop has been turned into a spray shop and I'm wondering why I put myself through this sort of thing when I've got a list as long as my arm to do already
The colour?
Unlike Binky, I won't make you wait 9 months to find out-
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1 hour ago, Chicken Drumstick said:
But we don’t know it will be £50k. Where are you getting the price from?
On a similar note. What can you buy today for £29k that would be either comparable to a Defender or a Grenadier?
Remember the Grenadier is coming with a punchy motor. Not some wheezy Transit engine. And is looking to me much higher spec than a Defender ever was too.
If you go on the Toyota website and price up a Land Cruiser Commercial I think you might be surprised at the price. Or likewise something like a Wildtrack Ford Ranger.
At the beginning of the video, around £40k for a commercial variant ( +Vat ) and £45k ( he didn’t say it was +Vat but i can’t see it not being ). These are speculated figures at the moment based on current trends
I figured it would be a base price of about £30k which puts it in a price range for an average joe like me to consider, but I don’t produce cars and only go on what I see available .
As Deep said, it’s a bespoke vehicle and I see an interesting idea here but it’s being priced outside my means and as someone who would love to carry on using a defender/ grenadier type vehicle, I don’t think I’d be alone in being put off by the base price.
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14 minutes ago, deep said:
Elsewhere, we are back to price discussions. I just don't understand how people think a specialised, almost bespoke vehicle like a Grenadier isn't going to be considerably more expensive than a stamped-out clone from a mega factory. That's not being realistic.
A 110 from the factory in basic form was costing £29k at the end of the run, a Grenadier is costing £50k, that's alot more for something that maybe bespoke, but hasn't reinvented the wheel don't you think?
It'll be great i'm sure, but there's not many people who can afford such a vehicle which if i'm honest, doesn't do much that plenty of other vehicles in this market do already.
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Well that's me off the list of potential buyers
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I don't understand why you would want 2 spare wheels when it's a simple operation to change a wheel on the roadside/bush and just carry spare tyres.
A single spare wheel is good to get you out of a carp situation, but once stopped, tyre changing is a simple operation with basic tools.
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3 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
Someone's been busy with the self-tappers:
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/818792151/overview/
I love under ' Exterior ' it just says tow hitch
You have to listen to the video to get the real deal
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With the right heat output you can mould plastic to bend to your will
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2nd hand market is touch n go.
I was lucky with my Alu top doors as i bought a pair for £450 but the NS bottom part was damaged and i had to replace it, but there are the alu tops only at £450 a piece recently on Ebay.
Those that want them know their worth, those that sell them, also seem to know their worth but now and then you'll find someone selling them who has no idea, but not very often.
Sp4x4 do the galvanised framed alu tops for £92+VAT which if you're looking for something that'll last, it's not a bad compromise
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4 hours ago, sgo70 said:
Man do I feel your pain. I started mine on December 22. I have my son every other week so I don't touch it when he's with me so I do take breaks but basically been a month of work. I've added a LOT of options to mine and I find if I make a break down list of what I need to do then cross it off as I do it it really helps mentally. You can see your progress even though you feel like you're not getting anywhere. I can finally see an end now, but having to figure things out along the way really takes it toll so I try to have some easy jobs to do along the way. You'll get through it.
I gotta say I really hated fishing the wires for the door jamb switches haha. 30 relays and just under 50 fuses later........gotta test it all out and then clean it up, I never want to touch this again!
Sean
The thing is, you can be properly proud of what you have achieved.
Well done fella
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I have indeed
The Puma doors are heavy and full of electric window stuff and quite frankly, not what i wanted.
I sold the 4 doors to a chap on Def2 who was building up a 130 and bought a pair of front military split doors will alu tops.
The 2nd row were abit more difficult to source as i wanted sliding windows and lift up handles and as far as i could tell, LR only produced these ' safari ' style 1 piece doors in a limited time frame on the S3? I could be wrong, but they are pretty difficult to get hold of.
I found a pair of aftermarket doors which were one piece, slidey windows and lift up handles and were, to put it mildly, carp.
The Os door doesn't follow the contour of the truck so there's a 15mm gap at the lock and the NS door frame is 10mm out along the top so standard glass wont fit! I had to get some perspex made up to fit in which in hindsight isn't the end of the world as it saves on weight
Then along came an original NS safari door from Paddocks, old stock which i bought with another aftermarket door, which actually fitted but looked like it has been used as a sledge at a gravel quarry. ( on my videos you can see i have a light coloured 2nd row door )
Spending too much money i'd had enough of carp lock locations on the doors which means the strikers are spaced out by nearly 10mm, gaps, leaks and all sorts on the aftermarket OS door and bought the SP4x4 versions which i am assured will fit with no issues.
I also paid extra for the cappings to continue the line from the front doors onto the rear doors and then down the rear panels.
Now i have 2 sets of 2nd row doors, one set which will give you a laugh should you try and fit them, the second set will fit but will require some TLC and of course my shiny new set from SP4x4
I just need to work out the colour of the door i currently have as i've fallen in love with it
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I'm a little excited as my new doors arrive tomorrow.
After months of buying useless aftermarkek bodge jobs to save some pennies, i sold the family tortoise and bought some shiny Sp4x4 Series split doors for the defender and they're here tomorrow!Woot!
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I use Bosch Pro tools and have owned just about every cordless tool they do.
The grinders are fine for longtime use, i've not had a heat issue with them even cutting/chasing concrete with the chase adapter.
The only issue i've had with one was the trigger, but Bosch are renowned for trigger failures in their drills, jigsaw and grinders ( cordless )
The battery will run flat before the tool has an issue with heavy use however if i know i'm doing any real heavy work with it, i'll use the plug in unless power isn't an option or i'm being lazy
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10 hours ago, elbekko said:
I've found there's a massive difference between good and crappy screwdrivers. Just how well they fit in the screw and grip it etc.
That was my point, Wera tips are pretty indestructible and fit European Screw heads very well with good grip and no wear outside of normal use.
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Nope..i don't see the point...$21 for a screwdriver?
My Wera cost £55 for a set and that was because they have interchangeable shafts...a screwdriver is a screwdriver...after the hardened tip it's all just bells n whistles!
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Although i've got 2.4 i had a look at mine and at the 2.2 routing.
As said, the pipe that is routed and looks kinked doesn't look like it's in the correct place.
It possibly should be the one that has been left open.
If you look at this diagram, number 12 is what it should look like coming from that t piece.
I'm not 100% sure about the barb, it looks like it comes from the oil cooler ( barb on top of the oil filter housing on mine ) but there are some connections on these engines that are used in production but then non useable once they leave the production line...possibly used to test the system?
Either way, those pipes will contain coolant.
Defender 110, a Bedford cf and a utility truck walk into a bar...
in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects
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In the words of the 2 coolest movie stars...
There are 106
miles to Chicagominutes to till bath time,we have afull tank of gasa bottle of vodka, half a packet ofcigaretteshob nobs, it's dark and we're wearingsunglasseshats n coats.Time to start throwing some paint about!
yes the ground outside the workshop is sloped so the Landy sits at an odd angle