my d1 200tdi project

jimbo87 · Nov 12, 2011

redhand said:
I int keen on the rotating beacons either but they are the only emergency lights that are legal on non emergency vehicles and even then they have to be removed when not been used in an emergency.

Most contractors I see have them fixed on permanently :s benefit with these is you don't really notice them (and the front ones will be barely noticible once mounted properly in the grill)

Pikey · Nov 12, 2011

You might find this interesting.

Blue Light Use

Oh and if ya lights are cheap chinese imports then they won't be type approved and therefore illegal. I know for 99% of peeps who fit em that won't mean ****! But there's always an arsey plod who hasn't met his quota that month and needs to find something to do you for so he can meet his revenue raising target..

jimbo87 · Nov 12, 2011

i can guarantee that they won't be used outside of those regulations as I'm very conscious of the Road Traffic Regs! they do have an adjustable flasher meaning they flash within the guidelines too

Mr Noisy · Nov 12, 2011

You have to be careful that you don't get totally bogged down with regulations.

Nobody is going to bat an eyelid about those led lights mate.

If you're unlucky itll be one off. I wouldn't sweat it.

What about all the squillions of RAC, AA, recovery trucks, and general pickup trucks etc that have orange LEDs fitted?

GRATCH · Nov 12, 2011

jimbo87 said:
started fitting the LED beacons yesterday, first two are installed in the grill, and working, controller is located in the map pocket above drivers sunvisor, with live feed from the interior light permanent 12v and neg feed from the interior light, wires run down the pillar and through bulkhead (had to be extended using 4ohm speaker cable) rear lights will be mounted on the gutter rail either side of tailgate, and wires run behind trim/under headlining. Just got to drill the rear pillars to feed the wires through and clamp the leds to the gutter rail. then I've two more for the light bar when it happens

Am I the only one with concerns about this?
Do you know the local fire brigade well?

Sean · Nov 12, 2011

GRATCH said:
Am I the only one with concerns about this?

yer, should have been 2.5 T&E

jimbo87 · Nov 14, 2011

This could end up being laid up for the winter now

my mate who was using it & living with me insured it, he's now moved back to his house after a month of being separated, and he reckons he can't afford to insure it anymore, and I can't afford the 95 per month on a policy at this point before christmas and an impending 2nd property purchase, plus I've already got a £40 per month policy on my laguna runabout

jimbo87 · Nov 15, 2011

Quite possibly thinking of selling up, I've no-where to store it, apart from mums driveway at the bottom of her garden, and I'm quite concerned about the thieving pikey scum that patrol the back lane there, and her drive is literally a pull in off the lane

jimbo87 · Nov 20, 2011

Well I now have somewhere to store it from next weekend, My Uncles yard

plus I've a donor vehicle for my headlamps, grill, & gearbox as I've bought my grandfathers 300tdi to break, due to failing the MOT & requiring lots of work!

If anyone's interested, I'll have a 300tdi engine complete, with about 40-50k on it since its rebuild! plus anything else you may want!

Mr Noisy · Nov 21, 2011

Does the steering box leak? And is it available?

Thanks.

jimbo87 · Nov 22, 2011

It may well be available depending on what happens.

300tdi has people interested, looks clean as a whistle outside, and I'm thinking should the body not be rusty, swapping the shell on to my 200s chassis as my 200 is suffering from tin worm. I'd then have a very very clean 200series, with the refined interior of a 300

and my sunroof & alpines wouldn't leak :lol: this is the twin manual sunroof model, and is bronze, with matching interior. Mines a mish mash of blues lol.

Sir DD of Cumbria · Nov 22, 2011

Mr Noisy said:
Does the steering box leak? And is it available?

Thanks.

Surely thats a trick question :lol:

Mr Noisy · Nov 22, 2011

Not all of them leak!!

jimbo87 · Nov 24, 2011

Going to sell the 200 I think and keep the 300

I've a mate whose going to weld the chassis for me.

Sir DD of Cumbria · Nov 24, 2011

Are you breaking it or selling complete?

jimbo87 · Nov 24, 2011

Selling it complete, bar a few bits on the body it's in good condition and should pass the next MOT end of august 2012

jimbo87 · Nov 28, 2011

Well just changed the passenger side doors on it, and what a pain in the derrière! (ass for those that cant translate :lol

The guy that took them off unbolted the hinges, and of course the plates drop then inside the door, front ones not too bad, rear ones are a night mare!

Also realised the difference between a 200 & 300 doors....... The electrical connections

so I've had to re loom one door and re create 200 connections to the car on the front door. now I've got a CL problem - all doors lock, rear 2 don't unlock :doh:

Mr Noisy · Nov 28, 2011

Rear door locks are very stiff cos they have a few linkages so the locks struggle at the best if the time. I've just had a mare and have had to settle for 'central unlocking'

jimbo87 · Nov 28, 2011

Mmm they were both fine. 1 side hasn't been touched, only thought is that it could be a broken wire? I've had to bodge a few connections as ran out of connectors, so they are twist n taped. But that shouldn't affect the door that hasn't been touched? It's both rear doors, boots fine. It's really strange?!

jimbo87 · Nov 28, 2011

Anyway, pics with roof light bar on

It's home made btw

bit of box section and 2 adjustable roof bar clamps

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