Dorothy Disco Build (PIC HEAVY)

so decided to finally do a write up of my 300tdi, still not finished (are they ever) but shes come a long way and changed alot since i got her.
Bought her back in Nov 2011 with 101k and 1 careful owner from new. (this soon changed) ****none of this is really in any order so sorry****
(few naff fotos as lost a HDD booo)




1st thing was to get rid of the advertisement in the back windows




then the mods began most of which have changed
front tubular winch bumper which laster about 4 months as i didnt like the look




id also painted up some alloys i had reather than the nasty steels.
then had decided to fabricate a roof rack / light bar which worked brilliantly for tree defence aswell which i will be fabricating again for part of roll cage.,



Also needed some chunky tyres for off roading which needed camel cut as they were a tad big for standard






i did try to get along with the tubular bumper by modifying the old bumper ends, (still didnt like it)



Managed to source a low profile front bumper cheaply on the evil bay (where most of my bits come from) and sold the tubular, also picked up a cheap winch from somebody on here which needed some tlc but got it sorted.



there was a stint where i went through bearings fastwer than i go through socks.. so ended up buying all new bearings and shafts etc



Bearings pick the best times to go grr



Time for some rot finding so first to go was the sills



this was to be my 1st ever big welding task with supervision from an uncle whos failry good shall we say




i then decided that the plough on the back had to go, and in doing so found my back bumper to be scrap metal or what was left anyway so abit of tinkering and i made a new one (iv got another since) which will be seen



time for a colour change -




new fuel tank home in the boot




new tank means new filler cap so mocking one up




body lift means i needed to raise the bumpers (Daft foto pic)



so back one i made again






decided to make it easier to weld the rear winch tray in





front light guards fitted, new front winch with synth rope snorkle



after killing both gear box and transfer box i sourced a nice 1.4 ratio box and replaced all the seals etc before fitting



gear box change made easy - engine out also means i can weld up the inner arches, problem being i cant get car out from under engine...so time to improvise




problem then....no engine to move car into garage, so time to o some shunting



only just fits in too :S








most recent is a new suspension set up which includes trailing arms, wide angle props +5" brake lines 15" rear shocks (or 18 cant remember) and 12" front shocks.





against TF medium 2" shock (front)



rear seats are out and tank is getting moved forward and covered incase of a roll over split pipe etc.. and to also allow for rear shock mount to come in.


pikey tw@s broke side sindow to get to sat nav in car which showed the runners were knackeded so these were replaced too



randomly parked at work


so as she stands for now



things still on the list are to sort all the wiring out and put in new guages
finish off the boot with some storage in
roll cage mainly internay with a few extarnal parts to protect the body abit
tree sliders
bead lockers
ARB front and rear (when funds allow)

Love photo build-ups - nice job on the post AND the truck dude!

Sweet, it's come on a fair bit since you swung by for that dog guard

What are the pins through your front bumper called? The ones with the shackles in them? Could do with some my self and have the same front bumper as your self.

Swivel recovery eyes.

EXCELLENT build thread and very nice looking Disco. I particularly like what you've done on the suspension - rose-jointed isn't it?

Very nice indeed!


Dave

Like them ramps mate.where you get them from

Tasty.

Where did you get these?

Bennehboy said:

Swivel recovery eyes.

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Thanks off to buy some now

More work than meets the eye in this build dude!

Should have had a closer look in November but was busy wasting my £35

auf_wiedersehen_pet said:

Tasty.

Where did you get these?

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Anybody? All I can find is these by R and C 4x4 - are they they same company as RAC?

Land Rover Discovery 1 Rear Cranked Trailing Arms Pair | eBay

sorry for late reply not realised anybody had been on my thread, these are from a company called RAC on Facebook, they have done the whole of my suspension set up. think the arms were £300, can get them in most colours you want

The ramps were home made (well the stands were) the ramps are from an ifor trailer.

ther's plenty more to come now, currently making a new fuel tank, made the mounts in rear for cage, moved the winch closer to the back bumper and putting in a new boot floor.

will get some pics up soon

this is their page

https://www.facebook.com/RacParts

Cheers Fella! Posted a Q on their FB page.

No worries..I can possibly help I think I asked almost every question imagineable lol

Paulmitchell1984 said:

No worries..I can possibly help I think I asked almost every question imagineable lol

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The Q is about the price as they don't show on their website. Hoping they aren'y discontinued.

They look mahoosive!! Very substantial. I've seen double rose jointed but they seem much thinner.

Looking forward to more build pictures buddy.

Ye they still do em usually to order..they can do cranked..lengthened..shortened etc..

Because you need super heavy duty rob?

Mr Noisy said:

Because you need super heavy duty rob?

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Totally

Guess them kerbs can be harsh at times, must get a flex on...