freelander front conversion Interesting

adam01 said:

Hi all

i have a 2000 year freelander as you are well-aware off , and am thinking of sometime this year in doing IE: a front conversion to a 2005 front ~ has anyone done this and is it a straight forward job do the front headlights and front bumper go in place exactly the same as the older model with the less impressive look of them horrible black bumper hear is a picture of mine and a picture of the freelander i want mine to look like when completed

Adam

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Its not hard to do. The parts will cost you, not much change out of £1k after colour coding spray. You simply undo the bolts and brackets from the main chassis and bolt in the newer versions. The FL1 chassis is the same throughout the range. I have converted a commercial to seated version.

wigleytuff said:

this sure as hell gonna be a bastard to do. You're looking at long hours, months and months in the body shop, cutting, welding, grinding, filling, priming, flatting, spraying and polishing. Then the structure will always be weak, and you might need to get SVA for the conversion from a 3 door to a 5 door.........

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What do you mean??? He only asked about the bumpers not 3dr to 5dr?

Cat's Eyes said:

That's the FL that was converted.............I'll find the yahoo addy eventually.........I may have to make a phone call So you may have to wait till 2moro.

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Whats that thing on his roof?? He has even done serious modding of the roof bars (4 sets of them) it must be a tent or hairdresser shop.

Does look better than the 2005 models though, without that thing on the roof.

LR1796 said:

Whats that thing on his roof?? He has even done serious modding of the roof bars (4 sets of them) it must be a tent or hairdresser shop.

Does look better than the 2005 models though, without that thing on the roof.

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He sleeps in it!!!! LOL!!! It's like a coffin

Cat's Eyes said:

He sleeps in it!!!! LOL!!! It's like a coffin

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LMAO

Its mad, why do such a good job on the bumper revamp then stick that thing on top to lose all street cred.

Buy a proper tent you moron! Its not like there are any BIG CATS that will eat you during the night, except Cats eyes of course

LR1796 said:

LMAO

Its mad, why do such a good job on the bumper revamp then stick that thing on top to lose all street cred

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He don't drive around with it on. It closes down like one of those roof box thingys.

Re: "What do you mean??? He only asked about the bumpers not 3dr to 5dr?" The original post had a picture of his 3 door, and he was saying he wanted to make it look the same as the other picture, which whilst having an updated front end, was a 5 door. I replied with my tongue firmly in my cheek that it would be tricky to change from a 3 door to a 5 door. Then with perfect comic timing, he then edited his orginal post and changed the picture to a different one which wasn't 5 door, with the net result no-one has a f**kin clue what I was going on about.

wigleytuff said:

Re: "What do you mean??? He only asked about the bumpers not 3dr to 5dr?" The original post had a picture of his 3 door, and he was saying he wanted to make it look the same as the other picture, which whilst having an updated front end, was a 5 door. I replied with my tongue firmly in my cheek that it would be tricky to change from a 3 door to a 5 door. Then with perfect comic timing, he then edited his orginal post and changed the picture to a different one which wasn't 5 door, with the net result no-one has a f**kin clue what I was going on about.

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that'll explain it then

LR1796 said:

LMAO


Buy a proper tent you moron! Its not like there are any BIG CATS that will eat you during the night, except Cats eyes of course

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Ya cheeky git I'm a veggie ah don't eat any meat

Cat's Eyes said:

Ya cheeky git I'm a veggie ah don't eat any meat

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He he!

Did you get in contact with the guy who owns the modded FL?
Would be interesting to see how he attached the extra roof bars to the hard top.

Hi
i have just done the conversion, very straightforward, costs less than 500 with the parts from ebay, inc painting.Originally looked at article in freelander magazine and a few innacuracies, but still straightforward. Will do an article on this, in this thread if you want, or contact me direct
thanks
stuart

Stuarts the man said:

Hi
i have just done the conversion, very straightforward, costs less than 500 with the parts from ebay, inc painting.Originally looked at article in freelander magazine and a few innacuracies, but still straightforward. Will do an article on this, in this thread if you want, or contact me direct
thanks
Stuart

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Hi Stuart

an article sounds excellent would love to see how you did it as i want to do mine this summer , and have been looking on eBay for parts and seem easy anoth and cheap to get. let me know asap

Cheers Stuart

Adam

wigleytuff said:

no-one has a f**kin clue what I was going on about.

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No change there then................... That fits in well on this forum..



Just so everyone knows what I'm going on about, that's a joke..........