So far I am happy with the STT pro's as nice and quiet and seem to have good road manners, but only had them fitted for 2 days, so not much mileage and none off road, but first impressions are good.

Sounds promising, but to be honest, even if they are the same noise level or slightly higher than the bfg a/t's that would be brilliant, as I bought them thinking they would be noisier given they are mud treads.

Plus 2 on the boot ;)

Bfg's were 265/70/16 so I have increased the wall size slightly. Was hard to compare noise as i had tyres on the roof too....and they just need to bed in but i would think so far they are not a lot if anything more noisy than the bfg'd i had fitted, and certainly a lot quieter than other mud...

Well, have been busy working away, and slowly getting there. New bushes fitted to the rear shocks and new wheel bearing fitted at the front. Might need to change the swivel bearing on the passenger side, which is not a job I am looking forward to, as not done that before. Also, as I switched...

Well, after a long time waiting, I finally got myself some new mud tyres. After a lot of deciding I ended up with the Cooper Discoverer STT pro's that have only just been released. First impressions are very good, as nice road maners and actually very quiet - the '2 and 3' pattern they have...

Got a bit more done yesterday, as all the back and body mounts are now welded up and undersealed.... Got the rear bumper and trim back on, and after a lot of swearing got the rear door bolted on (a very hard job when working solo!) , but now have to mess on getting it all aligned on the...

I got one, and too be honest I ended up removing the spring as the steering was too heavy, but I did end up with a relocated damper ;)

Well, the strip down started at the weekend, to see exactly what I have bought. First job, strip down the rear, and take off the smashed back door and bumper.... Once off, wasn't too bad underneath, a few parts that need to be patched and welded, but nothing major, and the rear body mounts...

All done, thanks guys for the help - easy when you know how! It was a c-clip that had over time got a load of crud on it making it look like part of the metal! Also, the barrel comes out without a key, so I can now play around with the barrel to make it work with the keys I have, as per the...

Will it be a problem to get the barrel out on the new handle I got, as I don't have a key for that one??

I don't have access to a trailer to pick it up, sorry, so as it narks me to hell to say - will have to decline....as sounds ideal for parts for this one....

ok, will be extra careful and see how I get on....

Yeah, could be the clip covered in 20 years of crap!!

ok, cool. will try that when I get home, as didn't want to pry and bash it too much in case I messed up the barrel :eek:

Is the C-Clip the part of the barrel that the right arrow is touching - I thought it was part of the barrel, but might have corroded over time to look like part of the barrel, as I couldn't see any other clip????

I will be after all of the rear interior at some point, rear seats, middle seat belts, boot side interiors etc, but that is a while away, but let me know what you have ;) front seats are shot, but will be looking at bucket seats to replace them.

Maybe a glutton for punishment, but have bought another 300 tdi!! I thought I would get a manual version, so I can start to teach my son how to drive – well he is coming up to 10 years old! Found a 1995 ES 300 Tdi manual at a farm. Structure and chassis is great, engine and gearbox spot on -...

Need to some help/advice on how to change the lock barrel on the front drivers door lock of a 1995 300 tdi. Handle was broke on the doer-upper I have got, so managed to get another one and was told you just switch the barrel to keep using the same key….easy!!! Well, after stripping it out, I...

Top man, thank you