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Trouble is, a 300 head physically fits a 200 but everything is in the wrong place - i.e. injectors no longer match the dish in the pistons etc so its not ideal even if people have made it run like that.

I dont know. To be fair, you are one of the few people who speaks with experience or relates the experience of others who have done it rather than an 'ooo, I wouldnt do that' but with no reasons as to why... that you get from others. I havent had good reasons as to why not to use various approaches just people saying dont do it. I would have thought that clean up, open up and build up with TIG then repair the valve seats and skim would be the ultimate solution, cant see why it wont work but I dont have any experience

I carry a short length in the toolbox in the car these days as it seems everything is such poor quality! I cant remember the spec - like Ralph, I think some of mine came from Halfords as I needed it in a rush and have a trade card.

I always get mixed answers on this. I have three spare heads. One non cracked, one I dont know as its still on the spare engine and a third that came off of my 110 having probably done about 250k miles. I took the head off due to HG failure. The head had cracks between a couple of the valves that I dont think were causing a problem but because I had a good refurbed spare on the shelf I stuck that on. Can they be welded up, valves seats done and skimmed and end up with a reliable head? The answers are always for one who says yes, another says no.

He is also on the mig welding forum if you want to ask him for advice - https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/members/doubleboost.22416/#latest-activity

Thats right - they were £249 Euro or something like that for the pair. It was a very good price back then for legal LED lights. It was through this thread on defender 2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic37882.html that I got mine. At around £100 more than the relay kit and crystal lights it was worth it at the time.

I am a bit OCD about light colours. The closer to candle colour end of the spectrum for me the more i like them (so 3000k ish colours or lower). The Trucklites are more like 6000k and it made me like them less (its stupid). The dark spot took a bit of getting used to and like i say, on certain road surface colours, the light colour itself just plays tricks with the eye. Having said that, they are good. Light output is nice. Full beam cut off is very much like the xenons i had on a BMW - so they make a nice light tunnel really. Plug and play. Fairly flat beam (that the MOT station struggled a little to align) with not much of a kick up. Really little need for deflectors when driving in France (although i did try). I think they just took a bit of getting used to. I think I paid sub £400 when Nakatenenga had a deal on in 2015 perhaps. I wouldnt say they were worth the £600 i saw them for on the Masai site recently though vs say relayed crystal wipacs...? I dont think any lights are worth that kind of money though to be honest.

You can make it out here https://www.masai4x4.com/lights/Truck-Lite-7-Inch-Ultra-Bright-LED-Headlights-Headlamps-V2-Long-Life-PAIR-p37952408

Whats the tell tale though? I seem to recall (without looking) that the e mark on my trucklites is an embossed looking thing and i kmow they are legit.

Haha. In the situation I was talking about there was zero risk of getting hit by another car as I was the only car moving. The A30 north of Dartmoor was supposedly shut - you could barely tell it was a road when I was on it, let alone a dual carriageway!

I had this with my Trucklite LEDs. In the beast from the east I had to stop every 20 mins or so when driving in the red zone heavy snow to wipe the lights. It wasnt too bad tbh and hardly common. Some now have elements in tbe lens to heat to avoid this. My Trucklites are not bad. Good light output. Cheaper end of the legal lights available. My only real criticisms are light colour - in some lights (dusk mainly), the light colour makes me think they aren't on but I can see fine. Its a weird thing to explain. The other criticism is there is a 8ft (ish) darker patch in front of the vehicle - its annoying initially as the lights shine beyond it but you dont look there when driving so its irrelevant! I think its the reflector setup and the height of mounting of the units.

I travel the full length when I do so anywhere! Looks like @SPendrey might have the best offer though!

Ah.. i didnt know that. Sorry. So i can get it along the a303 but not until next friday at the earliest. Ross might be more help with your saturday trip?

If it can get dropped off at mine I can do it Mike (as lonf as i can drop it where Fridge works or meet you like with the welder). Mo knows where I live. Might need to be dropped off when I am not there as am all over the show at the moment.

A communication about communication with little to communicate...!! I am just waiting for the post where you write a review of YOUR Grenadier... Any idea when yours will arrive?!

2.8 TGV???

See my post above in the link. I did soundproofing mats - the fake flashing stuff would do, followed by camping mats that I think I bought for £1 a roll in B&Q many years ago, and then the relined headliner. Its worked well.

Here you go - the main link that inspired me. https://www.lrukforums.com/threads/defender-headliner-refurb.147776/

The old links to lanrovernet dont work. I will see if i can find the length of fabric i bought tomorrow.

See if you can find my old post on it Ralph. I detailed it all in there. I will have a look for it.

Wonder if this thread should be split... its well off of the thread title now...

You do love to point out the negatives.... I suspect most of us have a lot of stuff that will fly around like debris in the event of an accident. The speaker in this post looks pretty well secured so would be the least of my worries...

You need to use the 1.4:1 transfer box. The input gear for your overdrive wont match the number of teeth for the other variants out there.

Surely not that hard? My bluetooth speakers power on when you plug them in to charge (so ign on in this case) and connect to the phone automatically. Turn spotify on (as much effort as changing radio station) and off you go....