Disco 2 Lockdown Job List help
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Not without some body dollys and an assistant ...
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That's a decent job - well done ...
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Headlining out remove glass, hammer & dolly heat gun might help or a slide hammer.
Or use a gallon of filler & mig weld the hole.
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Did you weld in a patch ??
No! Mesh and filler!
Aha thanks all - impressive work @Badger688! Think all that is a bit beyond my skills though, might have to wait for a body shop...
Any recommendations for one near near Bracknell/Ascot/Camberley? I've also got an issue with my winch bumper - it's slightly bent, and the powder coating started coming off not long after I bought it (not that impressed really) so need to find somewhere that could straighten and strip it? And potentially weld an A-bar onto it too?
Cheers,
Stephen
Any recommendations for one near near Bracknell/Ascot/Camberley? I've also got an issue with my winch bumper - it's slightly bent, and the powder coating started coming off not long after I bought it (not that impressed really) so need to find somewhere that could straighten and strip it? And potentially weld an A-bar onto it too?
Cheers,
Stephen
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You are an owner of a Land Rover Discovery Td5!!!!
There is nothing on, under or inside that chunk of glorious British steel (and ally) that you can not fix yourself mate!
There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum! There is also links to info on almost anything you can put your hands or fingers too!
There is also the "Garage" of Google?
The cinema of "YouTube" with free tea or Coffee! (Sandwiches are extra
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Yes! There are experts on here! Thankfully, but I would say that 98% of us are not!
My background is killing people! And teaching others to kill others but most days I'm trying to kill myself by dangling 100-500+ feet in the air on a piece of string fixing other people's mistakes!!!!! The only time I ever touched a Landrover! Was when in the army! I broke it! The REME fixed it!
Now I have my own! I have/will learn how it goes together to fix
At the moment! As with the rest of the country! You have the time to fix what needs fixing! Make a mistake! Do it again??
Hope that helps!!
There is nothing on, under or inside that chunk of glorious British steel (and ally) that you can not fix yourself mate!
There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum! There is also links to info on almost anything you can put your hands or fingers too!
There is also the "Garage" of Google?
The cinema of "YouTube" with free tea or Coffee! (Sandwiches are extra
).Yes! There are experts on here! Thankfully, but I would say that 98% of us are not!
My background is killing people! And teaching others to kill others
but most days I'm trying to kill myself by dangling 100-500+ feet in the air on a piece of string fixing other people's mistakes!!!!! The only time I ever touched a Landrover! Was when in the army! I broke it! The REME fixed it!Now I have my own! I have/will learn how it goes together to fix
At the moment! As with the rest of the country! You have the time to fix what needs fixing! Make a mistake! Do it again??
Hope that helps!!
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Right. Looks like you hit something, or something hit you. Causing secondary damage to the nearside front. If it was me i'd remove it to get a better idea of what is bent and how to fix it. I get the feeling the damage is more at the attachment point(s). If this is the case. you need to fix both the point(s) on the car and the points) on the bumper, then trial fit to make sure it's going to fit again. Also, with the bumper off, you can repair the secondary damage.
As for the finish, power coating. Yugh! Too often it is a joke. It might look good when first done but it doesn't take to abrasion well and often harbours rust underneath.
I'd be tempted to abrade it all off with a sanding disc fitted to an angle-grinder, and using a brush on the same tool for the hard to reach bits. Followed up with rust treatment and good quality finishing like Bilthammer.
Did you buy the car like that?
Also watch the law on A bars, Plenty on here about them, but if you have a winch bumper why do you want A bars?
Sorry should have been clearer - the main bend is how I bought it, I got it discounted because it had been dropped during shipping and bent. I tried to straighten it, but couldn’t get it to budge at all - think it’s 3mm steel? The other minor dent is from an incident with a tree at a pay and play site! Hence needing to find somewhere that could do it, I think it would need some hefty equipment or something.
Yeah really not impressed with powder coating. No the bumper was fitted by me. I want to get it straightened first, then I’ll probably spray it with Raptor, same as the roof - seems to be hold up fairly well and is nice and tough.
Maybe a bar is the wrong word - the bit to fix spot lights to?
Yeah really not impressed with powder coating. No the bumper was fitted by me. I want to get it straightened first, then I’ll probably spray it with Raptor, same as the roof - seems to be hold up fairly well and is nice and tough.
Maybe a bar is the wrong word - the bit to fix spot lights to?
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Right, that's a bit clearer!
Have you actually taken it off to see how bad the damage is and what is actually damaged behind the bumper?
If the demage cannot easily be pressed out by hand then there a re inventive ways of doing it, it you do not have a press to hand, as many of us don't! You could try cutting some sizeable bits of wood to shape and then using a hydraulic jack and the chassis rails or other hefty parts of the Landy to make up a press, protecting everything and being very careful. so you in effect jack the vehicle up with the bumper between the jack and it, spreading the load around the jacking point. Or maybe you could heat it on the bent area and metal bash it.
If you decide to paint it, fine but I'd advise doing the whole bumper as mentioned above.
as for where to fit the lights, you could indeed fit an A bar, modern ones are plastic, or you could fab up one of your own and bolt it to the bumper or you fit a roof bar and mount them there, although I understand they tend to give a lot of air resistance. I personally don't bother. I find the lights adequate for my needs and if I needed better I'd probably find a way or mounting them on the grill or the bumper.
Best of luck with it all!
Have you actually taken it off to see how bad the damage is and what is actually damaged behind the bumper?
If the demage cannot easily be pressed out by hand then there a re inventive ways of doing it, it you do not have a press to hand, as many of us don't! You could try cutting some sizeable bits of wood to shape and then using a hydraulic jack and the chassis rails or other hefty parts of the Landy to make up a press, protecting everything and being very careful. so you in effect jack the vehicle up with the bumper between the jack and it, spreading the load around the jacking point. Or maybe you could heat it on the bent area and metal bash it.
If you decide to paint it, fine but I'd advise doing the whole bumper as mentioned above.
as for where to fit the lights, you could indeed fit an A bar, modern ones are plastic, or you could fab up one of your own and bolt it to the bumper or you fit a roof bar and mount them there, although I understand they tend to give a lot of air resistance. I personally don't bother. I find the lights adequate for my needs and if I needed better I'd probably find a way or mounting them on the grill or the bumper.
Best of luck with it all!
