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All of the upper body panels other than the bulkhead (firewall, part the dash/pedals mounts to) is aluminium. the bulkhead and chassis are steel and will rust. The bubbling is likely to be oxidisation which creates white powder and does eventually rot through the panel similar to rust. this is...

It depends what sort of overlanding you plan on doing, where you plan on going, and if you are going to use the vehicle for anything else. What you need for heading to the extreme north is very different to heading down through Africa. If you vehicle is a daily drive you need things that can...

If that is the case why are so many of them so easily stolen? Local land rover specialist said current JLR are one of the easiest cars available to steal and recommended the extra precautions hence it falling to me to find out more.

The mother in law has just bought a disco 5 to replace her early disco 4 and is now worried about security on it as several land rover have been stolen form her village recently in car key burglaries. I know this will have been asked before but I am looking for security recommendations to give...

Could you not just increase the adjustment either by adding additional threads down the rod or making a longer rod if it needs to go the other way? From what you have said the latch mechanism works as it should

I would always suggest second hand for a roof rack, they are far more expensive than they should be and prices have gone up for the second hand ones as well. However, I would really ask yourself if you need one. If you are planning on camping and sleeping in/on the vehicle then you need one, if...

One thing I found is if the bulb was loose in the holder due to poor tolerances a couple of well place matchstick would solve the issue.

This was also my experience before swapping to LED. I treated them as disposable and when a bulb blew replaced the whole unit for fractionally more than just new bulb! Fog lights were the worst for it and required a good strip and clean before every MOT! The wipac ones were slightly better but...

I believe these work by varying the resistance to earth, so it may be worth checking and cleaning the rear earth connectors onto the sender etc. and potentially the dash earths as well although do not think the gauge earths through the dash end. If you have tried two senders already i doubt the...

I looks to me like it should all disconnect. The reverse light should just be on a bullet connector. You are aware that the black rubber tubes are just a Lucas double female bullet connecter that the wire on each side will pull out of (carefully) revealing the male bullet on the end of each...

Depending on where you actually need the feed you may be better taking it off the switch on the gearbox. But it depends if it picks it up at the camera or the screen end.

I dont think you will find Land Rover made wheels to fit what you are looking for. The steel options were either the standard or Hd version. And the alloys were not for “commercial” use. Special vehicles used modular wheels for the power company vehicles. Which is why that’s what chose for mine...

Unfortunately without sitting and meticulously researching the offset of each different style of wheel i don’t think there is any other way of doing it. I run 8” width modular steels on my 110 that with a quick google look to have an offset of +25. I run 265/75 bfg at’s with no issues. But I...

Fitting 18" wheels fall into this category, just poor taste and judgement being displayed to even consider such a choice! On a more serious and practical note it also means that you will either get a larger diameter wheel tyre combo overall (potentially back to the rubbing issues) or need to...

If you are paying to have the work done I would not bother personally. As said above you at least double the labour maybe more if the floor needs to come up as well. Unless your clutch is showing sings of being on the way out, or the seal is leaking I wouldn't bother. you can also do a clutch...

Is it definitely not salvageable? Your situation is not the same as mine but when I had the engine fire (thread LINK) the insurance tick box wrote it off as a cat B (can only be broken for parts by an authorised dealer) but with a couple of letters from some independent land rover specialists I...

Couple of more extreme suggestions that go in the opposite direction of what lots of others do with there vehicles. If you revert back to the series/military style doors you gain about 100mm of additional width each side in cabin space. You loose some of the unnecessary "mod cons" people like...

I have driven down to and around Morocco twice which includes the 1500miles trip to Algeciras to get the ferry. I did this in my 200tdi 110, so yours will be far more comfortable at motorway speeds than mine was as a starting point. I would follow the advice of the above who are more...

You would be amazed what a lick of paint can do. The drivers wing I fitted during my rebuild after the fire (original melted) was very much a farmers wing and I knocked the dents out as best as I could and then painted it and fitted. It look worse in the pictures than in reality, is definitely...

I have done a few wings, It depends on the finish you are going for as to if it is worth the effort. In a show room truck then it is not work the effort as unless you have some serious skills, you will be riveting back together all the spotwelds you have drilled out. it also depends how far you...