What have you done to your Freelander today

mick 1986 said:

Thanks very much for your help mate. I will update later with how I get on.

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K 5ive said:

Agreed, some of them do have many faults but if you own any make of car and hang around with others of the same make and model you will find the same catalogue of faults. Sometimes you will hit lucky and the car will have been looked after and never have any of the faults. If you do suffer any of the faults though most can be fixed and the FL can be an everyday reliable car. Rather like mine. I look at like this, every so often I will have to pay out for something to be fixed this may cost £200 or so but that is very rare. The car is all mine and paid for. I could go out and buy a much newer Disco, Range Rover or Sport however I would be paying out £300+ every month minimum plus the cost of it going wrong every so often on top.
I'll stick with my 53 Freelander that goes wrong every now and then thanks.

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Winu said:

Oh, i see that you talk about me & freebie a little


Always when something goes wrong i remembering those sentence :
The machine has a soul only when it has the most human trait - reliability

Any LR is a very specific car... no matter how old it is. If you would like to live with it, you must learn to accept his flaws. All those little imperfections implemented to each one makes them so perfect .

I got a small engraved plate bolted inside my luggage compartment with words :

"I have a teddy bear. I've had it since the day I was born. One of its arms has fallen off, one of its eyes is missing, his head has come off more times than I can mention. To you it would be worthless junk, but to me it means everything and it's the same story with this car - J.Clarkson

I think there is no better words to describe a connection between man and machine

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mick 1986 said:

What a **** arse about that was!

Lift kit 1
Mick 0

I started today by cutting the inner wing and grinding it down, no joy, it still caught on the track rod end pinch bolt! I went as far as I dare, then tried again, still touching! I then removed it, threw my spanners in the corner, then gave up! About half hour later my spacers turned up so I went out and fitted them and rebuilt the front end!

What a waste of a day!

Anyone want a 1 day old bearmach 50mm lift kit for £110posted? I'm starting a for sale thread!

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DD3 said:

How does its look with the spacers on?

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mick 1986 said:

Has anyone used this guy for his lift kits? How do they attach to the strut mounts?

This is one, ebay item number 230847996601 can't link to it as I'm on my phone.

I'm still after lifting mine, just a lesser lift to make it easier!

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DD3 said:

Bolts to top o strut, same as any spacer.

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mick 1986 said:

Yeah I know that, but how does it bolt to the chassis? You can't get your arm up there to use a normal nut and bolt, so he must supply some way of securing them.

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DD3 said:

Same as what you have just done. Spacers bolt to top of strut, then up thru towers etc.

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Winu said:

For lifting i strongly recommend Spring Kit or CNC prepared "full" spacers
Better safety and less problems than bearmach kit.

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Winu said:

Here you got CNC Spacers - very strong and perfect quality. About 282 GBP

Land Rover Freelander 2" Suspension Lift Kit

In my topic you can see spring kit from Dobinsons for about 250 GBP.

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Winu said:

Here you got CNC Spacers - very strong and perfect quality. About 282 GBP

Land Rover Freelander 2" Suspension Lift Kit

In my topic you can see spring kit from Dobinsons for about 250 GBP.

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mick 1986 said:

What a **** arse about that was!

Lift kit 1
Mick 0

I started today by cutting the inner wing and grinding it down, no joy, it still caught on the track rod end pinch bolt! I went as far as I dare, then tried again, still touching! I then removed it, threw my spanners in the corner, then gave up! About half hour later my spacers turned up so I went out and fitted them and rebuilt the front end!

What a waste of a day!

Anyone want a 1 day old bearmach 50mm lift kit for £110posted? I'm starting a for sale thread!

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Diesel Do said:

Mine was a bearmach 50mm kit. Told you it was a pain in the arse. The quality is good enough mines had a right pasting and is ok. It took me a good few hours to make it all work. Any 50mm kit will be similar in that department!

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mick 1986 said:

That's why I'm looking for a 38/40mm kit now.

I can't see how I can even make it fit. The pinch bolt on the track rod end catches about 4-5mm deep into the chassis rail. I could cut it out and weld it up, but it's wether it would pass the MOT like that, I'm guessing not.

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