What did you do with your Range Rover today

Datatek · May 23, 2015

So, fitted the new Lemforder track rod and did the tracking this afternoon. Joints are bigger on the new track rod and the gaiters are much better. No idea of the make of the last one as it came with the car, but as it failed so quickly I would guess it's ****part.
Also did the N/S brake calliper, I will recondition the old ones as and when. The replacements are ****part, the castings are much rougher than the original but they look OK, however the the blocks that stop the sliders turning when tightening the bolts are ineffective so a spanner was needed on the slider to hold it.

benthomas · May 23, 2015

Littelwill said:
Photos!!!!

Glady if someone tells me how to upload one, tried too many times before and given up

tomcat59alan · May 23, 2015

benthomas said:
Glady if someone tells me how to upload one, tried too many times before and given up

Failed again

I was in the same boat. Bit hit and miss but scroll down from this reply window and click manage attachments. Click on top browse go to your pictures and click to upload then you will go back to the browse site. If you have a second photo then click the second browse then upload it. When you are finished adding photo's then press upload on the browse site. Think that's how I did it but I'm a computer numpty.

Datatek · May 23, 2015

tomcat59alan said:
Failed again I was in the same boat. Bit hit and miss but scroll down from this reply window and click manage attachments. Click on top browse go to your pictures and click to upload then you will go back to the browse site. If you have a second photo then click the second browse then upload it. When you are finished adding photo's then press upload on the browse site. Think that's how I did it but I'm a computer numpty.

That's how I do it but you have to re-size the pictures or it doesn't work.

PPP38vouge · May 23, 2015

Fitted new rear lower tailgate straps, old ones were rusting out, wired up my wipacs on my A bar, won some 19s on the bay, needed new tyres and it worked out cheaper buying alloys with good tyres than buying tyres alone.

benthomas · May 23, 2015

Wife's hoggin' the laptop, not going to disturb her it's the only peace I get! I'll try again later, can't do it from my phone.

tomcat59alan · May 23, 2015

PPP38vouge said:
Fitted new rear lower tailgate straps, old ones were rusting out, wired up my wipacs on my A bar, won some 19s on the bay, needed new tyres and it worked out cheaper buying alloys with good tyres than buying tyres alone.

Don't think you should Fit 19's on a 38, 16's and 18's only I believe.

bitnix · May 23, 2015

I polished mine. To give you a taster to what I've done here are some pictures.

I have plenty of these type of scratches on the body so I decided to go back up to a flawless body by doing some work.

This is what the scratch looked under the microscope.

After the polish it looked like this.

The kit I used:

Cheap digital microscope.

Just a simple orbital polisher with a sponge (not a dual action yet).

As per compounds I found that Meguiar's Ultimate Compound removed most of the swirls. The G3 and Autoglym Paint Restorer was not up to the job and put marks back in!

The polishing pad was too soft too since its made out of sponge. Next time I will get some cutting foam ones to go over the car some more. The swirls are gone but I want to level the clear coat for that mirror finish.

Hulks · May 23, 2015

Fitting a heavy duty wheel carrier!!! Nightmare getting around a bodged job!!! I'll move the spare from the hallway tomorrow

biketeacherdave · May 23, 2015

bitnix said:
I polished mine. To give you a taster to what I've done here are some pictures.

I have plenty of these type of scratches on the body so I decided to go back up to a flawless body by doing some work.

This is what the scratch looked under the microscope.

After the polish it looked like this.

The kit I used:

Cheap digital microscope.

Just a simple orbital polisher with a sponge (not a dual action yet).

As per compounds I found that Meguiar's Ultimate Compound removed most of the swirls. The G3 and Autoglym Paint Restorer was not up to the job and put marks back in!

The polishing pad was too soft too since its made out of sponge. Next time I will get some cutting foam ones to go over the car some more. The swirls are gone but I want to level the clear coat for that mirror finish.

Same thing I used you need the white pads from tool station the red are for final polishing

benthomas · May 23, 2015

tomcat59alan said:
failed again i was in the same boat. Bit hit and miss but scroll down from this reply window and click manage attachments. Click on top browse go to your pictures and click to upload then you will go back to the browse site. If you have a second photo then click the second browse then upload it. When you are finished adding photo's then press upload on the browse site. Think that's how i did it but i'm a computer numpty.

PPP38vouge · May 24, 2015

tomcat59alan said:
Don't think you should Fit 19's on a 38, 16's and 18's only I believe.

Oh poo,
I will give them a try for a couple of weeks, if ride is no good will go back to my originals and re list the 19s.

ukadamwest · May 24, 2015

have 19's on both the P38's they run fine

tomcat59alan · May 24, 2015

ukadamwest said:
have 19's on both the P38's they run fine

They may well run fine but are they legal?

ukadamwest · May 24, 2015

tomcat59alan said:
They may well run fine but are they legal?

yep

Datatek · May 24, 2015

ukadamwest said:
yep

ONLY 16" & 18" wheels are homologated on the P38.

tomcat59alan · May 24, 2015

Datatek said:
ONLY 16" & 18" wheels are homologated on the P38.

I didn't think I dreamt it, hope you have informed your insurance companies.

StuckAgainSteve · May 24, 2015

We don't have TUV-like type-approval laws in the UK so you can run any sized wheels you like on your car - however it is obviously considered to be a modification and the insurance company must be informed.

Datatek · May 24, 2015

StuckAgainSteve said:
We don't have TUV-like type-approval laws in the UK so you can run any sized wheels you like on your car - however it is obviously considered to be a modification and the insurance company must be informed.

In the event of certain types of accident, it could be argued that incorrect wheels contributed to loss of control.

Datatek · May 24, 2015

Replaced the other front calliper and bled the system. all ready for the MOT in 2 weeks

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