The Subtle, Must Have Mods

[matthew2riches]

My friend has just bought a disco 300tdi 1997 P reg. I egged him on and he eventually got one

He'll be wanting to come laning and off-roading with us lot in Suffolk & Essex. He is now setting it up for off-roading.

I helped him cut his bumper off today. Ended up completely removing it and he'll be replacing with a HD version. I also told him to ditch the sidesteps so off they came

He then told me to stop He wants some subtle mods so it doesn't look a big beast. Still got to be a daily car

So...... what are the subtle mods to make them better :doh:

Mods I suggested to him were.......

HD bumper
Remove sidesteps to add sliders
New exhaust (straight through mid section with rear box)
De-egr
De-cat
Remove towbar
Add jates at rear
Diff guards
Spots on lightbar
Wading kit
Safari snorkel

Anything I've missed??

 

[Fatboy11]

All terrain or mud tyres ?

 

[Dewin]

Mods I suggested to him were.......


HD bumper
Remove sidesteps to add sliders
New exhaust (straight through mid section with rear box)
De-egr
De-cat
Remove towbar
Add jates at rear
Diff guards
Spots on lightbar
Wading kit
Safari snorkel

Anything I've missed??

Decent tyres should be his 1st mod I reckon

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

a full service

 

[Dewin]

a full service

Surely the OP's mate would have done that the minute he got the LR? .... but you never know, they might prefer adding bling than making sure it's a mechanically sound motor.

 

[juiceyv8]

AA membership.

 

[ratty]

a full service

Wot he said ^^^^^^^^^.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

everning Ratts - yu been busy?

 

[ratty]

everning Ratts - yu been busy?

Evening MHM.

I wasn't overly busy yesterday but had to rush home, get changed quick and then leg it down to Weymouth for a certain persons engagement party. I got home at 1am and then started work at 6am with a trip over to your neck of the woods with a transit Luton van. If we'd had some more staff on I woulda given you a shout and dropped over to say Hi. I've been busy all day. I've not done a huge amount of jobs but they've all bee awkward ones. I'm waiting for a load of youtube videos to go up after spending 30-40 mins today assisting one of our guys in loading up a jag that had lost control and wiped a couple of parked cars out in the town centre. There must've been about 50 people their all with their camera phones out.:doh:

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

yeah - yu might have noticed - we dint make it - Daftlett couldnt get a babysitter, I have gone down with yet another haed cold and Pikey dint contact me. I did wish the poor sod good luck tho .

yu down yo wiring yet or coming up next Sunday?

 

[ratty]

yeah - yu might have noticed - we dint make it - Daftlett couldnt get a babysitter, I have gone down with yet another haed cold and Pikey dint contact me. I did wish the poor sod good luck tho .

yu down yo wiring yet or coming up next Sunday?

I lost the feed to the o/s/r side light so on friday I thought that I'd sort that out and then do the wire you sent me and then would wire the heated seats up properly. I found a wire that had cut through on the trailerboard wiring. Unfortunately it was for the N/S/R light so wasn't right. I rekon the wire has rubbed somewhere on top of the chassis and will be a bitch to get at. I thought I'd use the break in the trailerboard wiring as a temporary supply for the lost rear light feed. Due to strong winds, lack of flux, awkward as hell loacation etc I ran out of bloody solder before I got finished. I'm waiting until I get paid on tuesday and then will get some more solder and some more flux and have another crack at it.

 

[ratty]

yeah - yu might have noticed - we dint make it - Daftlett couldnt get a babysitter, I have gone down with yet another haed cold and Pikey dint contact me. I did wish the poor sod good luck tho .

yu down yo wiring yet or coming up next Sunday?

I won't be able to make sunday unfortunately.

We did notice you were AWOL yesterday.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

"I'm waiting until I get paid on tuesday and then will get some more solder and some more flux and have another crack at it."

yu mean yu dont use rosin cored solder?

hang on - theres only about 5 wires go to the back - cant be that difficult?

 

[ratty]

"I'm waiting until I get paid on tuesday and then will get some more solder and some more flux and have another crack at it."

yu mean yu dont use rosin cored solder?

hang on - theres only about 5 wires go to the back - cant be that difficult?

I use flux too if I need to clean the wiring up first.

I was led on my back soldering directly above my face with a gas soldering iron. There wasn't a lot of room for both hands, the soldering iron and the solder.

5? there's about 30 on mine.

 

[matthew2riches]

I changed the filters for him already.

It has a set of Insa tyres on already. Previous owner had them put on for the bad weather just recently. Still got the knobbles on

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

in that case - wading kit and yu are ready to rumble - the rest is bling.

 

[biolandy]

I lost the feed to the o/s/r side light so on friday I thought that I'd sort that out and then do the wire you sent me and then would wire the heated seats up properly. I found a wire that had cut through on the trailerboard wiring. Unfortunately it was for the N/S/R light so wasn't right. I rekon the wire has rubbed somewhere on top of the chassis and will be a bitch to get at. I thought I'd use the break in the trailerboard wiring as a temporary supply for the lost rear light feed. Due to strong winds, lack of flux, awkward as hell loacation etc I ran out of bloody solder before I got finished. I'm waiting until I get paid on tuesday and then will get some more solder and some more flux and have another crack at it.

Pm me your address and I'll put some in the post for you,3 metres of 1mm dia rosin cored electrical solder-this is tin/lead though so not rosh compliant,but proper solder-let me know if you want it

 

[ratty]

Pm me your address and I'll put some in the post for you,3 metres of 1mm dia rosin cored electrical solder-this is tin/lead though so not rosh compliant,but proper solder-let me know if you want it

Cheers.