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I think it depends what you plan to mainly use the defender for, mine is a daily along side my hilux But I love the fact I can jump in the back, turn on the heater and make a brew, and it’s ideal as a base when we’re in the woods or fishing etc, Plus the kids love parking up somewhere and...

Hi Ian I’m part way through a conversion at the moment, I went for a 1999 td5 110 3dr hardtop, I really fancied a 110 station wagon as I like the looks and practicality as a family vehicle, but for a camper I don’t think you can beat a 3dr hardtop, It gives you a good clear starting point to...

It really is annoying, whenever I see a post of a bmw with “swap for a d2 must be off-road ready”, it makes me want to scream, and most of them will green lane for a few months, cause loads of damage to the tracks not be bothered to maintain there cars so they break. And then go back to being a...

Good afternoon Looking for experience and advice with regards to fitting a diesel heater, I have a 110 hardtop that I’m half way into doing a camper conversion. Ideally I was thinking about installing the heater in one of the external stainless boxes that can be bolted to the chassis or maybe...

Thanks chap, ye I see them on various series and defenders my, they seem quite popular. I like the fact there quite narrow top to bottom

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Good evening Can anyone please tell me what the rear windows are or where to get them, looking to put them in my 110 Thanks

Hi, size wise it is fine with myself and my 8 & 11 year old I don’t like the idea of a lap belt with the gear lever in front so would like to improve on this with a 3 point. The issue iv been advised on with harnesses is they are designed to work in conjunction with a roll cage and helmet with...

Good evening all, has anyone managed to install a 3 point seat belt to a front defender centre seat. I have a belt but can’t think of how or where to mount the top bracket to get it above shoulder height, i thought about a seat belt bar like are installed to wrag tops. I thought I’d had a...

Evening all, I usually use satin hammeright on things like bumpers toe bar etc, but I’m looking to give the door tops and pillars a coat of something, ideally something that a brush can achieve a relatively good finish, will hammeright look and good? Iv read think it’s called par15 gets good...

Cheers fella, really not prepared to be ripped off, you wouldn't think traders would be stupid enough to be using dodgy mot's especially on enthusiast type cars that will be checked over

Morning, ok so things didn't quite go to plan, after speaking with the chap all week who to be fair seems to no his stuff about landrovers I was confident I'd found a good one but after a 5 hour round trip I returned landroverless. The first annoyance was I got there and he was a dealer although...

Had a quick browse through, certainly a long thread! Looks like your doing a good job and learning plenty along the way. Bet your itching to get it back on the road

Cheers pal, have you done a thread on yours. Cant wait to build a standard ish looking clean disco, my previous discos defender have been modified quite heavily with the usual off road mods so be nice to keep this original looking, although it will still get worked

At the weekend chap as its a few hours away

Thanks chaps, to be honest don't no what I'm worrying about just something the wife said about being stranded in the middle of nowhere with two kids, as some of the places we visit in bad weather we can drive well over an hour without passing a soul. Anyway I'm buying it! Cant wait to have a...

Morning all, having sold my disco 300tdi a year or so ago due to it not being practical for kids being a 3dr, for the last year iv been driving a rav4 of all things, iv been anchoring for another disco, iv had plenty of old landys and touch wood always been reliable but but we now do a fair few...

Cheers pal, nighmare only paid £15 for the guards and brackets looks to be £35

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evening all, brought a genuine dog guard the bar type not mesh off eBay but all though happy with it, it turns out the bloke doesn't have all the other pieces brackets etc so all iv got it the guard Anyway wondering if anyone has any genius ideas as to how I could make it work, for what I paid I...