What have you done to your Freelander today

[Idledrunk]

Gutted out the entire inside, and cleaned her top to bottom internally. She looks brand new.

Just sat contemplating an EGR blanking kit

 

[Skinny Mike]

New battery fitted , the electrical gremlin search continues. Although I'm having a top laugh playing with my new Icarsoft LR2 diagnostic machine.
Mike

 

[Nodge68]

Completely failed to fit the tow bar
The car has obviously had a small shunt up the back. This has bent the rear crossmember enough to make it impossible to fit all the bolts at the same time
I also found that it should have parking sensors as the ECU, sounder and wiring is all present. I'm guessing whoever fixed rear end damage, didn't bother fitting new sensors. The dash switch has been removed to hide deception.

 

[Lowbank]

Bought some carbon fibre wrap of E**y for another project. However the door handle trim looks naff to me so thought I would have a go.
Before

After

All you need is the wrap, a hairdryer and a sharp Stanley knife and patience

 

[Nodge68]

Finally managed to fit the tow bar. The body was rather bent but after much pushing, levering and jacking, it finally got bolted up.

 

[Alibro]

Bought some carbon fibre wrap of E**y for another project. However the door handle trim looks naff to me so thought I would have a go.
Before
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After
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All you need is the wrap, a hairdryer and a sharp Stanley knife and patience

Looks nice, I bought some carbon wrap but haven't used it yet. Will have to give it a go.

 

[Lowbank]

It was easier than I thought, as you heat it up with a dryer it just stretches allowing you to pull out any creases. Looks better than the original finish. Bonus is if you dont like it you can remove and either go back to orig finish or put another finish on.

 

[Alibro]

It was easier than I thought, as you heat it up with a dryer it just stretches allowing you to pull out any creases. Looks better than the original finish. Bonus is if you dont like it you can remove and either go back to orig finish or put another finish on.

Someone has already had a go at respraying ours but not well so it looks pretty crappy now. Do you need to take off the door card to get that part of the handle off?

 

[Nodge68]

I fancy gloss black for the Champagne coloured trim bits. The door release handles would look better in chrome. I'm sure that the chrome from a Rover could be made to fit.

 

[Lowbank]

nope, big wide lever under the bottom most part and just slowly persuade it to unclip . the upper most bit is the tricky bit but it justs pops off when you get it in the right position.

 

[Rimini-Scott]

Bought some carbon fibre wrap of E**y for another project. However the door handle trim looks naff to me so thought I would have a go.
Before
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After
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All you need is the wrap, a hairdryer and a sharp Stanley knife and patience

 

[Rimini-Scott]

That looks familiar

 

[Nodge68]

I fancy gloss black for the Champagne coloured trim bits. The door release handles would look better in chrome. I'm sure that the chrome from a Rover could be made to fit.

After a bit of a search. It looks like the chrome door release handles from a D2 will fit the Freelander.

 

[Alibro]

nope, big wide lever under the bottom most part and just slowly persuade it to unclip . the upper most bit is the tricky bit but it justs pops off when you get it in the right position.

Thanks, makes the job much easier than I thought then.

 

[Lowbank]

why is it familiar????

 

[Rimini-Scott]

After a bit of a search. It looks like the chrome door release handles from a D2 will fit the Freelander.

Ah do what I did take them off an mgf. they are basically the same but from memory they only rivet in three places. Also they have a bit of metal that sticks up and fouls the plastic door cup, just bend this back and all will be well.

 

[Rimini-Scott]

why is it familiar????

I have done mine along with the sides of the instrument cluster and the trim that runs above the glove box and the fog light and parking sensor switch panel on the drivers side.

 

[Rimini-Scott]

A quick picture.

 

[Nodge68]

Ah do what I did take them off an mgf. they are basically the same but from memory they only rivet in three places. Also they have a bit of metal that sticks up and fouls the plastic door cup, just bend this back and all will be well.

That's worth a look. Mgf parts are generally cheaper than LR parts.

A quick picture.
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Now that looks better. I want to replace to cloth on the door cards with leather, just to add a bit of luxury.

 

[Skinny Mike]

Fitted a replacement TCM for the auto box. Drove it around for ages while it settled down a bit, still not there, needs driving along a nice A road me thinks.
One thing of note, the tcm is labeled with the vin number of the car it's fitted to. Don't know why. Didn't throw any error codes, but it's taking a while to bed in.
Mike