The bonnet arrived back and I must admit it looks really good if I say so myself 😊.

Whereabouts are you in Ayrshire? Drop me a message and I’ll arrange something with you. I’m going on hols at the end of this week, but would be happy to help if I can.

Managed to pick up my two side frames and other bits from the painter today. Nice to see them with a coat of paint! I also dropped off the bonnet, so hopefully that will be done before I finish up for holidays 😀.

Thanks - will hopefully get it away this week for paint.🙂

Made a bit of progress on the bonnet at last. Been busy with other stuff, so glad to be getting this done. I finished welding the frame to make it solid again. Put a light skim of aluminised filler to tidy up some bits, which is stronger and more resistant to cracking just because bonnets tend...

I think Eurosubframes do them.

😁 It will also let you learn from my mistakes! 🤣

I broke the welder out and got stuck in. I haven’t buffed the welds all the way down as they won’t be seen and it’s not an MOT repair. It just needs to be solid and cosmetically tidy enough 😀. Just got a couple of more pin holes to sort out, tidy it up with a little filler, prime, paint and refit.

After examination, the inner frame was better than I thought it would be, but it’s still a bit frilly!

Moving on to the bonnet, after stripping the paint using paint stripper, there was still a lot of paint residue which needed removing. I used a 120 grit disc on a DA and it came off fairly easy. Unfortunately, the rivets prevented me cleaning all the paint round them and I didn’t want to leave...

Managed to finally spend some time on the Landy today . Thought I would see if I could finish the prep work on the side frames. Did some rubbing down and filling to get them to a reasonable standard. Im going to take them to the painter next week, so wanted to get them done for that 😅

I suspect JLR are focusing only on premium products where the money is, which is a real shame as a Landrover fan 🙁. That’s another factor that the Grenadier will be judged against and compared to JLR products - reliability. Having watched the videos of the design, build and testing of the...

I’m going to be controversial here, but in my opinion, I think the Grenadier is what the new defender should have been. I can’t deny the defender is a top product, but it’s no longer the workhorse the old one was. It shows that JLR are pushing their products further upmarket and further away...

Looking great! Can’t wait to see some vinyl on it now 😀

Great work! It’s a shame to cover it in vinyl 😀

I finally finished off the drivers side sill and post assembly today. I decided to bolt up the rear of the sill rail and fix the front to the bulkhead before welding. I didn’t do that on the other side but i’m confident it will fit fine 🧐😀. The next job is to finish prepping them for paint.

I think, to be honest, that’s probably the way I would go if I was going to do it again, despite the extra cost. I have done it this way to try and save some cash, but the finish would be so much better using pre-fabricated brand new components!

I like your thinking 😂. Sounds good to me!

Many thanks 😊. Quite a satisfying job, and the YRM parts are great, but the challenge will come fitting it up and getting the alignment right 😳

Fantastic work there - no bodgery that I can see!😀