twinter82 · Mar 1, 2015

I managed a bit of tinkering today before watching England embarrass themselves in Ireland.

I picked up a replacement set of seats from paddocks that are for the series III but fit straight into the military seat frames. Frames came out, wire brush on the drill and a coat of hammerite had them looking like new, and seats fitted. Looks a lot better now than ripped originals, plus I now have head rests! Much softer than radio dexion.

One nice and easy job was fitting the diff guards - gentle persuasion with a rubber mallet seated them nicely.

One more decal added next to the tyre pressure stencil..

And then the final job was fitting the pick axe head mount to the front bumper.

I know that the standard front mount is on top of the wing, but this mount does also have a military pedigree as seen here:

elan23 · Mar 2, 2015

I like the grill on the pinkie, picky of mine (hopefully).

twinter82 · Mar 2, 2015

elan23 said:
I like the grill on the pinkie, picky of mine (hopefully).

Nice! Headlights are unusual, is the surround something you added?

lucifus · Mar 2, 2015

twinter82 said:
Nice! Headlights are unusual, is the surround something you added?

They look like series parts.

elan23 · Mar 2, 2015

Had 2 series headlight finishers that I slapped some green on and used them to hide the rusty rims, all the bits line up so why not. I think they kinda work.......in the eyes of the beholder.

flat · Mar 2, 2015

Wicked nice looking.

I too am thinking of changing my rock hard springs for softer ones!

Here is mine, had it a couple years now.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/00kk53-my-soft-top-12v-gs-tul-90-so-soft-top-90-then-218221.html

twinter82 · Mar 2, 2015

elan23 said:
Had 2 series headlight finishers that I slapped some green on and used them to hide the rusty rims, all the bits line up so why not. I think they kinda work.......in the eyes of the beholder.

I think they look good! I was just curious as not seen them before.

twinter82 · Mar 2, 2015

flat said:
Wicked nice looking.

I too am thinking of changing my rock hard springs for softer ones!

Here is mine, had it a couple years now.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/00kk53-my-soft-top-12v-gs-tul-90-so-soft-top-90-then-218221.html

Thanks!

Yeah I get why the MOD have extra HD springs given the amount of radio kit, bodies, ammo etc to be carted around - but now she's retired it's a bit much...

twinter82 · Mar 4, 2015

£100 worth of bearmach standard 90 springs and a set of exmoor trim front rubber sound deadening mats ordered... let's see what difference these make to comfort levels!

flat · Mar 5, 2015

Will be interested to see what you think of the springs

Huddy84 · Mar 5, 2015

I've been thinking of getting standard ones when these run out. Back end literally bounces over speed bumps. What mats you bought? My one over gearbox disintegrated.

twinter82 · Mar 5, 2015

Huddy84 said:
I've been thinking of getting standard ones when these run out. Back end literally bounces over speed bumps. What mats you bought? My one over gearbox disintegrated.

I went for these from exmoor trim:

Matting : LT77 Moulded Matting System £330.00+vat

Hope it does the job for the price!!

flat · Mar 6, 2015

Fark that's expensive! Will just stick with my nothing lol

NormanLaw · Mar 6, 2015

I think that's looking really smart; where can I get the wing vent covers?
Pic of The Beauty and the Beast (Except the brown one isn't a beauty!!)

twinter82 · Mar 6, 2015

NormanLaw said:
I think that's looking really smart; where can I get the wing vent covers?
Pic of The Beauty and the Beast (Except the brown one isn't a beauty!!)

Thanks! The beast looks good too. Was very tempted by that style steering guard too. Is it effective?

The vent on the side is from a land rover wolf, the cover over the heater is a military snow cowl - both obtained through fleabay. The Wolf ones don't come up that often though unfortunately.

twinter82 · Mar 6, 2015

flat said:
Fark that's expensive! Will just stick with my nothing lol

Tell me about it... I had a little cry of panic when reaching for the credit card - then remembered why I went for paperless statements and told the wife I'd cancelled the account

Huddy84 · Mar 7, 2015

That is expensive for the sound proofing. I've sprayed the external side of the bulkhead and gear tunnel with POR15 rubberised paint. May also stick some general rubber matting over it. I also worry about trapping water under mats promoting rust.

NormanLaw · Mar 7, 2015

twinter82 said:
Thanks! The beast looks good too. Was very tempted by that style steering guard too. Is it effective?

The vent on the side is from a land rover wolf, the cover over the heater is a military snow cowl - both obtained through fleabay. The Wolf ones don't come up that often though unfortunately.

The steering guard is a military one, just cheaper and easier to fit.
Got a vent cover off fleabay, thanks.

nobber · Mar 7, 2015

My soundproofing amounts to nothing.

flat · Mar 7, 2015

That's exactly how mine is, I don't find it that bad and noisy to be honest

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