SteveG

I noticed a few months ago that Pelican now have a range of remote lighting solutions that extend out of their peli cases. As they are new to this area you might be able to arrange a deal for exposure etc in UK market.. Pelican Remote Lighting Solutions Steve

It doesn't take that much to do that to a standard bumper so damage elsewhere may not be too bad.

I'm sure you'll get some good responses here, but it may be more productive to try a search on the whole forum and have a 10-15min read as there have been a number of good posts on this subject across forums like International, Competitions, tools and fabrication and Defender. Then you can come back armed with some specific questions.... Cheers Steve

What do you mean by 'ability'? Do you mean off-road ability? With your Disco gears, I wouldn't go above a 33" tyre as it will be sluggish on road. AT or MT - MT's will be quite a bit noisier, will wear more on road and you'll have an increased stopping distance in dry and wet. MT's have better traction off road in most uk conditions, so it's up to you on how you want to compromise. So if you choose an MT, it all depends if you want the looks or better traction off road. Problem with 285's is that their increased width over a 255 is that as stated above they won't dig down as well and you'll be rubbing all the time in most ruts. You'll also have less of a turning circle, reducing drivability. So if you want a good off road MT for the uk then the 255/85 16 is probably the best. If you want the fat tyre look then the 285's fit the bill. If you go for AT's then 285's are a perfectly good size.

Tong must get really wet, as whenever I've been to Wellington it's been really wet and slippery. ;) Adrian, there are pics of a couple of wellington events on James, JST's website as it was used in his Adventure 4x4 series last year. Steve

You'd have to go a long way and be missing a few marbles to add £16K of extras to a a £44K HSE D3

mmmmm are we still talking about the Disco3. If you paid £60k for one, you got a bad deal ;) A bit of a leap there smo, Stephen was pointing out that they design and price cars to sell new, nothing more. Believe me, manufacturers are designing/engineering them to be reliable. Not one wants warranty claims. The issue arises with new technology, compromises to meet price points and insufficient testing. It's a fine balance that all car manufacturers aim to get right. may don't succeed. Land Rover live in a competitive world like any other car manufacturer. Cheers Steve

Stephen, contact Rick at Call Rova and mention RangerRovers.net and LR4x4 when you speak/e-mail him. I'm sure he'll be able to help with some further diagnostics or worst case he can repair P38 ecu's. Normally he can send one in exchange to help cut down on your long shipping times. He has a very good reputation. Cheers Steve

seeing as the roof is still on I think that means it still has residential status. So when will we see you on Grand Designs

You could look at running it within vmware Windows emulation. Steve

get a copy of RAVE and then you'll have full wiring diagrams and descriptions, photos & locations of all connectors

I'm with you Si, I think the BFG MT's are ok in these conditions too. They performed as expected. Later in the day I didn't find driving the RR on AT2's radically different. I think it's all a bit subjective. ;) Steve

Don't know active gate, but for Franson's GPSGate you install it, plug in your garmin via USB. GPSGate detects it and adds a COM port to it. You set the Garmin C60cs to NMEA output, and Memory map to NMEA input and the COM port GPS Gate gave you and that's it. IIRC GPSGate will also accept the Garmin output and translate it, but I didn't bother with that. Cheers Steve

you could try electrical contact grease ;) Dielectric electrical contact grease is what you need. Cheers Steve

about 8" of snow at home, and yet just 10 mins up the road towards Cambridge, just about 4" on local lanes there.. Steve

Yes you can, as I have connected my 60cs to laptop via standard usb cable supplied with it. Only one issue is you'll have to buy Franson's GPS gate or similar to get it working. Trust me there is no other way with the 60c/cs/csx GPS Gate works straight away and it works well with Memory Map. Having said that, I recently bought a Holux M1200 bluetooth receiver, as gps technology has moved on and the gps tracking time and reliability of signal in woods etc is much better than 60cs. Also one less wire to atach Cheers Steve

also, remember - no camping gas and no lpg conversions

same connector, but larger than standard lights. Cheers Steve

For MuddyTruckers, I would have thought a laptop based solution with a GPS dongle would be best. Install Memory Map with local O/S maps and aerial photos of area and optionally add X-eng's nav software for quick and easy waypoint entering. If on a budget any cheap laptop/tablet that runs windows XP will do. If you have the budget then a rugged/splashproof one like a toughbook would be good. Especially if the water is deeper than you thought. ;) Then you can have a cheap handheld gps as a back up. Basically the options are... Handheld gps - pros - compact, weatherproof, all in one package, easy to use outside of vehicle too cons - small screen for mapping, slow to enter waypoint, no aerial photos, not all have o/s type mapping Marine type gps pros - large screen, easy waypoint entering, weatherproof cons - not all have o/s, no aerial photos, can be vulnerable to damage, not portable Laptop - pros - good size screen, o/s mapping to 25k, aerial photos, quick waypoint entering/tracking cons - have to source gps dongle & mapping software, not all are weatherproof, vulnerable to damage

As Chris says, most 35" tyres won't fit your boost alloys. Even if they did the turning circle would be awful. You are better off selling the Boosts and buying some new tyre/wheels as a package. Silverline Tyres do a number of packages for 35" tyres with either 16x8 Black or Silver Sport alloys or 15x10 modular steel wheels. Silverline The 35's will be enough on their own to lift you above all the truck cabs, so as suggested keep the height standard and just trim the arches. If you tow a lot, consider that the 35's will increase you gearing by about 20%, so it's going to be sluggish towing any heavy loads. Steve

If they are a standard height heavy duty spring, they should have a shorter length to compensate for higher load rating.

Just out of interest Dave, do you know what the colour codes of the springs are on the 50th. Thanks Steve

They look like compomotive or the australian alloys, I forget their name. Either way that design is made by both in a number of PCD's so you'll need to check this to make sure. IIRC both are rated to 1400KG so would be fine on a 110. Steve

what size tyres are you planning to put on those 35" wheels?? :P

I had this done by overfinch on 1st two p38's I had. They fixed 3 point belt to back of seat and then had a length of seat belt fixed to back of seat that buckled into a regular seatbelt receiver that was bolted into roof. This extra belt was to enable the seat mounting to cope with weight of adults/older children using centre seatbelt. Here's a pic. Don't worry about the belts to both sides, they were for the extra seats in boot, that were out when this pic was taken...