Mr Noisy said:
Tee hee, no! :D

As it stands, I've got a pair of bucket seats rolling around the workshop at the minute, they need GRP repairs and a bit of a stitch up on the covers, then I am looking at trying them.

Tell the truth I'm a bit 50/50 about the idea, the standard seats do seem to do the job well, no bad back on long runs, and they are easy for in/out.

Either way buckets need repairing then fit or sell.
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Im after a set of bucket seats if your thinking of selling them.

Mr Noisy said:
I'm working on finding the correct wires to speed the tickover up when I turn the winch on. One handy feature of electronic engine control :)
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Also i like this idea, just not sure on what controlls the speed of the engine other than my size 11 boot!
 
Bucket seats sound a good idea however like you I am unsure if they provide a better solution than standard. After all if it was 90% off road then it would be an easy choice.

Winch wire I cant help you with - Sorry

Lighting - Well I have thought about built in lights around the vehicle for night driving. There are plenty of small LED style lights that can be set into panels, sills, bumpers etc. As for inside the vehicle I was thinking along similar lines to x-lites but make my own. At least inside they wont get wet and shaken to bits so much.
 
On the subject of bucket seats I replaced my well worn Discovery seats for a pair of reclining MK1 Impreza WRX seats and the difference was fantastic.
Not only did I not get thrown around offroading and greenlaning there also very comfortable. Used to drive the truck for half a day and get a bad back but recently did a 4 day tour of Wales, about 700 miles and felt fine.

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In the end I split the subframes and welded the bottom of the Land Rover frames to the top of the Subaru ones.
Then I cut the seat belt mounts off and welded them on to the side of the subframes. End the end I fitted the passenger seat to the drivers side and vice verser as the bolster was in much better nick.
 
Co-Pang-Yang said:
In the end I split the subframes and welded the bottom of the Land Rover frames to the top of the Subaru ones.
Then I cut the seat belt mounts off and welded them on to the side of the subframes. End the end I fitted the passenger seat to the drivers side and vice verser as the bolster was in much better nick.
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It passed the mot fine like that?
 
Yep, no issues whatsoever mate. Seat bolts into original holes in the floor and has full adjustment forwards and backwards. Welded the frames together with an 1" and a half of weld in all 4 corners and 4" along the seatbelt mount. Survived some hefty abuse off road for 6 months with no signs of damage at all.
 
Good evening readers :)

So, at the weekend I bought a winch, a Warn winch at that :D

I paid £45 for it including solenoids and wander lead, but it has a broken driveshaft and is missing its crossbars.

Seeing as I recently fully rebuilt my own winch and repaired the worn parts to as new spec, I was looking for broken winches as I know they are easy to repair.

This one will be no problem, so I'm hoping to use it on mine and sell my superwinch.

I have to admit the vast difference in quality of the internals is immediately evident. The design is identical, just much better engineering.

Has taken about an hour in the parts washer to get to this stage, more pics to follow!

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Cheers! :D
 
I like your style man. Fom the motor it doesn't look like an 8274. Although if it is then I am going to be upset and will burn an ephagy of you.

Have you found the winches easy to repair?
 
GreenHornet said:
I like your style man. Fom the motor it doesn't look like an 8274. Although if it is then I am going to be upset and will burn an ephagy of you.

Have you found the winches easy to repair?
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Lol, no its not an 8274! It's either an M6000 or M8000, no idea and only difference is gear ratio so will just have to try it on mine and see if it's strong enough.

I can't afford even a broken 8274, they sell for £400 when advertised as 'broken and in need if full rebuild' :( :(

I will have one eventually though, when the right one comes along.

Yes they are easy to repair to be honest, ok ok this is my second one, but my super winch needed the brake mechanism welding up and regrinding to replace worn away metal, and this one has simply snapped an 8mm hex shaft, which won't be difficult to sort out (Allen key probably)

I shouldn't give all my secrets away though... :cool:

Cheers.
 
Lol,

I have noticed you have a recovery shackle to your rear bumper. I have seen some locally but they aren't really great. Where did yours come from? Also if you had to have something added or changed to your rear bumper, what would it be?

Looking for additional input as I build mine.
 
Ive answered that Q in the other thread, don't two-time me!! :D

My bumper is great apart from something I did not expect would be the case but now I see it was inevitable really; the ends of the side sections would wobble up and down about 15mm.

I expected the whole thing to be super solid, it nearly is. They are ultra strong in the horizontal plane, if you nudge those slider tubes into something they will push the car over sideways, it the leverage of the far ends against the few bolts at the rear makes the far ends wobble a little.

I have drilled the 'far ends' and bolted them through the quarter, hidden inside the arch extension. This takes the wobble out and it is now solid.

I am very careful when dropping off a ledge to let it down lightly on the brakes.

As above the bumper will protect the car when driving down a gulley no problem, but it cannot take huge forces vertically, ie when dropping off a ledge onto the 'far ends'.

The rear end of the bumper as per factory style is not a problem, will very happily take big knocks.

I did try to think of a way to chassis brace it, but it's 18" away and I'd have no means on triangulation so it simply wouldn't work.

If it was braced to a roll cage it would be unmoveable. Otherwise I have no complaints :)
 
Sorry to two time. Will stay here for a while until I'm bored lol.

I have plans to brace to the chassis as I suspected exactly what you're telling me.i feel that a lot of damage that people receive whilst out and about is due to poor driving technique. Too gun hoe when a little forethought would make a lot of difference. I have been off roading now for four years and the only damage I have received is when I have had a don't give a **** attitude. With the Hornet I plan on going anywhere but at my pace.

I am designing my bumper to fit in the twobr holes,mthe chassis bumper holes and back to t he chassis. Should be strong enough I hope. Lol
 
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