1. sharkey964

    Raptorising my 6x4 Landy

    I sprayed my 90 with Raptor last year,used origional black on the roof & chequer plate plus the wheelarch extensions. I painted the roll cage in Black Raptor using a close cell foam roller. The rest of the bodywork,I did withe the tintable raptor & L/R Alpine White. After a year of use I have...
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    Off to the pyranees 18th of april !!!

    You won't be going over the high routes,Smugglers pass,for example.As Mike said,theres still a lot of snow above 1000m. This is web cam footage of the Val D' Aran. https://www.skiinfo.fr/pyrenees-catalanes/espot-esqui/webcams.html Marc
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    Corsica

    Yes.....All of them!!!! We didn't plan any of the camp sites in advance,just arrived at our destination each night,googled camp sites in the area & picked one! They were all good in my opinion.But so long a s there is a hot shower thats all I need,as I'm set up for wild camping. I'm planning to...
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    Corny post time - Happy New Year....

    Yeah,just another day!!!! Bonne annee. Happy new year. :)
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    Problem balancing 265 75 16 wheels, should I get rid?

    I'd also agree with bankz5152,check your swivel bearings. Marc
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    Morocco Easter 2018

    I'll be coming Mike.even if I'm on my own.....Co driver yet to be confirmed. Marc
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    Steering box drop arm seal replacement.

    Ok,it turned out the circlip wasn't seated properly. When the 2 seals were fitted,the blue one and the black rubber metalcoverd one,there wasn't much room to fit the circlip,I could only just see the groove. Anyhoooow;I got it in eventualy last night. So,we'll see how it goes. Thanks for all...
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    Steering box drop arm seal replacement.

    I dont know,I'm re doing it later this eve,will updade later. Thanks Marc
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    Steering box drop arm seal replacement.

    Yes,for sure James.
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    Steering box drop arm seal replacement.

    OK,guys. Last weekend I replaced the seals on the drop arm steering box of my mates 300tdi. An interesting job,to say the least. Anyhoooow. I was reversing it into the garage yesterday to change the cam belt.& the steering box seal blew out.I had somehow pushed the C clip & the seal...
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    Bottom door section

    Do you mean the polythene cover?? No,binned it. I did replace the door bottoms,door skins & hinges though. Marc
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    Bottom door section

    Thats a good one.LOL. I've just replaced mine,& they were like lace curtains. :mad: Marc
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    Puma remap

    I have always had my Td5's & Puma remapped by Alive.Not the cheapest.But. Very good service,Gary realy know's what he is doing. I had a stage 2 done on my 2007 2.4 Puma,including full width intercooler.& EGR blanked off.You can get a fault code flagging up when doing this,so Gary re-writes the...
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    Land Rover 90 rear disc replacement

    Good tip,that Paul.:cool:
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    Raptor

    Yeah,just straigtforward single pack celly. You use a schultz gun to spray it.In fact U-pol sell a specific gun for the job,which my mate has.I compared it to my Clark schultz gun I got a few years back from Machinemart,& it's virtualy the same,with no diference in the paint finish. Marc
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    Raptor

    Raptor is a 2 pack coating consisting ofa base product,that comes in either black or translucent,or tintable as they call it. The black,you just add the hardener.The tintable you add 10% of what ever colour paint you want + the hardener,et voila.You have coloured Raptor. You can use any celulose...
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    Raptor

    Yup.;)
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    Which ATB front diff?

    I have Ashcroft's fitted front & rear. Absolutely can't fault them,plus as others have said,great company to deal with & very knowledgable. Marc
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    Raptor

    Here are a couple of close up pics I took,I don't know if you can see the finish,as I don't have a brilliant camera. Marc
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    Raptor

    They don't do it in white.They do black,or tintable,which is sort of traslucent & you colour it to your choice by adding 10% paint. Marc