foolish plans, or good ideas? :-)

well hallo there all you pretty people!
newby raff here, new to landys and new to freelanders.
i have an 02 plate td4 manual, got it around april-ish and got a little bit ripped off by the seller.
i've already had to replace both fuel pumps, and now it looks like 2nd gear synchro's gone so i need a new gearbox.
on the bright side though, i bought roof rails, roof bars and a bike rack for it and it looks spiffing! :-D
have got some plans for what to do to it once it's sound mechanicaly, so thought i'd run them past you fine peeps first here goes...
.upgrade the 15" wheels and road tyres to 16" with bfg 225 75r16's
.2" lift kit
.waterproof as much of the electronics as possible and home build a snorkel
.chequer plating (i've not seen it on a freelander yet but think it'd look the dogs danglies)...
so, what does every one think? be as critical as you like

welcome raff, your ideas sound good

Where would you put chequer plate on a Freelander?

Davidspect said:

Where would you put chequer plate on a Freelander?

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over its badges...

wherever i can fit them, but i was thinking pretty much the same places i've seen them on defenders... on the bonnet, along the side, may take a bit of shaping but that wouldn't be to difficult

The point of a plate on a curved surface would be what?

May know a bit about that

Davidspect said:

The point of a plate on a curved surface would be what?

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You can get chequer plate sill protectors. Shaped of course.

You can get rock sliders!!!

They are considerably more expensive though. And they may not be to everyones taste. I'd love a set but I need to save my pennies.

i quite like the look of that

i just found the pic


i shunt imagine there is a Freelander under the body kit

Freelaner said:

i just found the pic


i shunt imagine there is a Freelander under the body kit

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Just the headlights!

Diesel Do said:

Just the headlights!

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and bumper!

Maybe the middle bit? It's bolted together

if i had the money to make my freebie look like that, i'd just save up (a lot) more and by a wildcat
question, would it be a better idea to get a bonnet pod with 4 spots, or roof mounted lights? the only place i've seen a pod is on mm4x4, not seen anywhere that does light bars for freebies yet, though not had a long look through the forum so may be a link on here...

Davidspect said:

Where would you put chequer plate on a Freelander?

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1spin said:

over its badges...

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BOOM

:hysterically_laughi

hey, if i want to drive a brick with low fuel economy, i'll just jump in one of the defenders on camp
( i say that, but if wouldn't mind a 90 as well as my freebie )

I've got lights on my roof rack, it's a 3dr so I get quite a bit of light coming in through the sunroof. I need to have a play and adjust them. Shouldn't be to much of a problem with a 5dr if that's what you have. You could make a bar quite easily, you'd just need a crossbar for the roof bars and attach the lights to that.