murphyboy
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Give them a call Paul
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Will do Paul as soon as I can, here's a link cheaper direct
www.safari-equip.co.uk/
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Just a post to sing the praises of safari equip of Bradford, bought their galvanised rear wheel carrier for my defender and must say it's a quality bit of kit, Tom an employee there and the boss himself came out to show me the correct way to fit it after I arrived there out of the blue scratching my head with it partly bolted on and stressing about not being able to fathom out how to get one of the brackets to line up correctly.
After an offer of a cup of tea and their sound advice on the correct fitting procedure I realised what a numpty I had been, got home and fit it with ease.
Thank you Safari equip.
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thanks for the replies guys. the boss of the place that fit it as said he will inspect it, i'll see what he says.
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2.5 300 tdi and one silencer i think without looking at it, don't fancy going out now it's dark and p....ing it down plus got to get up for an early shift int morning.
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Hi
It's not money motivated , the guy who said it's not good advised me to go back to the firm that custom made and fit it, he didn't try to get any business from me.
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Went to a tyre fitters today which also supplies custom made exhausts, and to cut a long story short on noticing my exhaust they said it 's a terrible job, he went on to say it was totally the wrong diameter for a 2.5 tdi. he said it's only 50mm tapering to 45 mm and it must be choking my engine effecting power and fuel consumption and it's small wonder has not knackered the turbo, he as advised me to go back to them which i have now arranged with the original fitter to do, i won't mention which company fit it till i her what they have to say, but they are national.
The exhaust has not just been fitted it was fitted 5 years ago, but the doubt has been put in my head about it now and it wasn't cheap.
Any thoughts on this.
Thanks
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I too had a shock when I got my renewal quote from NFU, phoned around some companies and got sick and tired talking to people who didn't have a clue about landrovers and especially any mods on them, so phoned NFU to discuss my high quote and managed to get it down by a substantial amount, so am staying with them.
So my advice would be don't ignore your quote speak to them and negotiate.
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Hi Old hand
The alloys are preditor and not zu's, i had it in my head they were ZU's for some reason.
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Nice work! Think your alloys are Predators though, aren't they?
No they are ZU
Cheers
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Hi Murphyboy,
Good progress! Its given me a bit of encouragement to push on with my project, Its been a long winter and I still feel like I havent come out of hibernation yet.
I do like your alloys, what are they?
And I see you have a nice Quattro as well.
Cheers
G
Hi Gruntus,
Thanks ,three days an job done, would like to say did it myself, but i would struggle changing brake pads ah ah. alloys are ZU alloys
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Thanks for sharing, like mentioned your old chassis looks like a good one!
All done chassis in bodywork on, started swap 9/3/10 finished 12/3/10, plus mot, thats what i call pretty quick.
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Ok have now opened a photobucket account for the photo's heres the link hope it works.
photo's are not in order but
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Nice progress!
The chassis doesn't look that rotten in the picture though, or am I wrong?
No don't think it is that rotten, but thought i would change it now while i can just afford it, cos who knows when it eventually rotted i might not have the money then.
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Or creat a photobucket account to store your photo's & then just link them from there to your reply here.then you can shove in as many photo's as you want.
or create a album in the members vehicles forum & post up about your creation in there.
Hi
I will try create an album cos last 2 photo's didn't show ?
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Need to do it in seperate replies, or make your pictures smaller.
There is a size limit on uploads within a post.
Thanks
Here's 2 more
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Hi
Thought someone other than me might find some photo's of my chassis swap in progress interesting, it was started yesterday.
Oh bugger will only let me download 2 photo's.
Can anyone advise how i get the rest of them on this thread.
Regards
murphyboy
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Hi people,
Anyone going to the Land rover rally at the Halifax piece hall on the 4th oct.
I,ve not been to one there , due to the fact i,ve always had work commitments each time it's been held,but i,ve heard it's a great free day out. It starts at 9.oo am, no need to book just turn up with your vehicle, and have a great day viewing the great selection of Landrovers there and chatting to other enthusiasts
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