The speakers have arrived and are installed and sound pretty good, even over the 2.25 purrr!

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Here is one I took today when having a clean up!!

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Today I got around to putting some new seals on the tail gate,

As you can see the old ones were passed it!

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I also decided to paint the defender hinges to match the body -I had previously painted them gloss black

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Looks much better I think

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Snaps from my Sunday drive:

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Car looks excellent, well done. How dare you post these beautiful images when it is persistenting down with very cold rain here in Ireland :mad:. I had to look for ages to see where your registration plate was:confused:. I'm sure that a new, much larger one, would make it look a little less like a wrapper of a chocolate bar:D

Looks very good, love the colour. :p
 
What's a DA polisher? And, will it improve the look of my defender if it ever comes back from the garage :rolleyes:

DA = Dual Action - ie it spins in a circle and oscillates too - depends on the condition of your paint, they can do wonders in the right hands!

tim
 
Fair play for taking the plunge and emigrating!! Would love to do the same but I have several reasons to stay that are stronger than the reasons to go ( mostly the mrs doesn't want to!!!!!)
Anyway, the landy definitely looks better with the green hinges!! Keep up the great work - Your landy is amazing and I love seeing the pics!!
Rich
 
That's a tough call!
I personally like the arches to be slightly more filled but on the other hand it sorta seems wrong on your landy with it being so original and just about perfect!! On the third hand (!!!) it isn't like it's a permanent non reversible mod so you may as well try it and see how you feel.
Not sure if I read / heard that spacers were a no no over there though so may be worth checking the legalities on that first.........
Wolf rims with 235/70 16's on would probably look good if spacers can't be used but if you do that, please paint them the same colour as your wheels now!!!!!!
Rich
 
Here is an idea of how it would look
(I personally like it!!)
 

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Wolf wheels will stick out slightly more. This is my landy on std 6" rims and 7.50 tyres.
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And this is with 6.5" wolf rims and 235 85 16 bfg's.
Alternatively, if you go for modular rims, you can get them in zero offset which will put them even further out (but not sure that they would suit your landy)
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Actually the pics don't show the difference that well but there definitely is a positive improvement to how it looks !!
 
So here goes a a little project I've had in mind for some time, I am going to deck out the back of my SWB in teak, and build in a storage box too....


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Ply for the main deck cut and laying out the timber

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edge trim selected and cut

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Going through cutting each of the deck strips to length

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Main floor area laid out once all timbers were cut to length


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Ply base for the right side cut out and In place

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Laying out the timber for the right side


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Still along way to go! ....
 
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