Much cheaper. Van is £250 a year compared to £330 to 460 depending on td4 year. I'm also paying about £330 a year on modified van policy with Flux. All mods covered no hassle. Same mpg etc. Once you put rear seats in it it isn't a commercial anymore, and tbh it's that much work on the preface...

Well in the early mk1s you have the L series 2.0 8v and obviously 2.0 16v td4. Ones basic old school mechanical injection and td4 is more modern common rail injection via a 16v head. Big fan of both engines, I find that it's hard to kill an L series, my wife has racked up 200,000 miles on her...

Where do I start...... https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/new-commercial-van-project.306422/

Thanks mate. Ive gotta a lot of complements about it in last few days now it's back in the road. Few two guys with defenders where parked up and where keen on knowing all about it. Explained the tax and insurance savings over the car version as they where curious about one of their sons who...

Mg zr ones will be the same, any of the the rover 200 based car front seats will swap, doesn't matter 3 door only mind you else they don't have a handle to release frame. Two hours work max.

If your gonna do springs and shocks might as well do the longer springs and shocks that lift the car around 40mm above a standard. Someone will link them soon.

Could be done easily. Make the release side of the nuts towards the tail gate side. Means you have access to it when you swing the arm open and rest of the time it's secure. In fact it could work nicely especially if you have the face of the rim pointing towards the vehicle body, you could in...

At last. Road legal again. Full years commercial certificate from the Dva testing agency in Northern Ireland. Nothing sucks more than being unable to drive your land rover.

No mate I found it on YouTube last year when my dad got his fl2 and I was curious about it myself.

I must admit, the idea of a 5 door eV freelander is a nice idea as a daily.

Thanks mate. Yeah mafless map on my 75. Do a lot of rolling road days and even the worst was 154 bhp when I had a **** poor fuel pump on its way out. They can do maf maps, or as I plan on the new year dual maps on freelander so you can have a standard eco map and then switch to huge power...

The 02 and 03 ones are a disaster, early common rail ones. After 06 they got much better but they got such a bad reputation then (like k series) the dci are scorned. Yet look at the 1.5 dci and 1.9 dci still going strong plus they use the 1.9 dci in the suzuki in the master and as long as it...

Suzuki Grand Vitari. Look towards the 08 or 09 1.9 diesels, renulat engine but bar an egr disaster they go forever. Basically a half way house between a disco as it has selectable gear boxes and a free lander for driving style but with range rover space. Father had one with at tyres and it...

Thermostat, fans, filters and oil would be immediate call, then look towards likes off MAF being badly out of spec. I'd bet its thermostat and MAF gone. I had a 75 auto only did 26 mpg when both had went. After that your into tyres, stiff vcu and worst of all, driving style =o

Turned out nice. Like Wall paper after you paint over it. Few rougher areas where I had to dab the brush on but overall good.

Well thank god its done. What a journey its been to get it to this point since it failed MOT before Christmas. Ironically on only two things, but I guess sometimes you just gotta commit to the end result with a plan in mind. One coat on. 3rd coat on and wet still And that's...

Brush bar fitted at last. James Thomas Brackenbury supplied the brackets and bolts. He's got a shop on ebay currently so thank you very much for them. Unfortunately with me having a v6 bumper, a none v6 slam panel and a slight twist in the brush bar I ended up making a few changes to the...

Will be brush on treatment, curious to see how it turns out. If it goes wrong I don't mind on it a bulk bar.

Finally getting somewhere again, been so busy last few weeks and now finally getting this sorted. Bit of welding needed now for brackets as want stronger than the bolts alone. Then unbolt the lot, refit bumper, drill holes, refit brush bar and slap the paint on her. Can't wait. It's...