Big.Mike

Try replacing the relay, fortunately I've not had this on my Defender. I have similar on other cars. I've found that if you replace something in a "system" like this then the next weakest component fails... Cheers, Mike

worryingly someone spent a lot of time making those...

Yes, heat will make them reshape, gently warm them making sure not to focus on one spot... ABS ( which is what mine are made from) has a bit of a memory so it should reform. cheers, mike

It just looks wrong!

My guess would be that it acts like a spoked wheel, the hub is hanging rather than being pushed up from below. because the combs are under tension this tearing is unlikely to happen.

magnetorheological fluid is a bit heavier than you'd think!

I think the whole concept of tyres need throwing out of the window and starting again, blank sheet. Trouble is liability, we've had technology for self driving cars for a couple of years now, they won't allow any changes to the norm as the first accident would be blamed on the new tech.

Magnetorheological fluid is horrendous stuff, got some on my shirt once and it wouldn't come off for ages, then went through an airport scanner in that shirt and it went nuts. It took me ages to 1. think why it was going nuts and 2. tell them why my shirt was slightly magnetic. I wouldn't want to fill a tyre with it!

My take in these is that tyres, as they stand, are simply the most vulnerable part of any vehicle. Anything that moves us away from a bladder of air has got to be of interest. Also this is a first off of the technology, I can see that once this is adopted by the general populous all sorts of modifications would be possible to improve it.

http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/non-pneumatic_tires_finally_hit_the_commercial_sector_will_polaris_roll_over_the_competition_25948.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%29&utm_content=Netvibes

"Looks" about right, considering you've only got one pivot point and it's supported well below the centre of gravity! These things always look bigger on the desk than they do installed!

Nothing say manly man like pink suspension turrets...

Perhaps buy older. For 10k you could buy a 300tdi and have anything you'd care to mention changed... I'd also say you might be looking in the wrong place, eBay is expensive (generally) and Autotrader seems like it's only trade now. Ta, Mike

yeah, but what is it?

After seeing this image on the BBC website, I wonder, how many lives have been saved by Land Rover over the years? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24940632

This might help: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=83722

Erm, two zeros at least, they spend £billions on "Platforms" now, which is why the new Defender will have to be: 1. Built on the current Discovery/RR platform. 2. Built on a Tata platform. (Tata Safari anyone?) 3. Built on a 3rd party platform (really unlikely) 4. Built on the current Chassis in a far off land where passing you driving test means driving forwards 100 metres and backwards 100 meters and never ever sold to the likes of you and me. If you want a "new" Defender as we know it after 2015 it'll have to be an Ibex, which wouldn't actually be that bad a world: I like this BTW thanks Plumber: Cheers, Mike

Plans like this will have commercial value, so they are going to be unobtainable, Exmoor trim certainly aren't going to offer them around!

If you can't find anything (I suspect you won't be able to) then I've used cardboard to make up a template then trim round that... Not ideal and a lot of work. Sorry.

Cos it looks like a space ship!

http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/an_exclusive_behind-the-scenes_look_at_the_firefly_an_ultra-compact_camping_trailer_inspired_by_space_travel_25773.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

I like this.

the red seats make it worth every penny! lol

Must have really light steering, the centre of gravity of the bucket is way beyond the back wheels! Oh and £13K?

impossible to say, it depends on to much I'd rather see a disco v defender