My disco 300TDI

fairly new to the forum so though id post some pics and spec of my disco
i have been wanting a disco or defender for a fair few years but never had the space on the drive that all changed and brough this about 4months ago and so far i am totaly hooked on off roading and greenlaning.all my mates seem to come out with me and then go buy one so its all good.











spec is as follows
• 5 inch suspension lift.
• Pro-comp shock
• Full chassis poly bush kit
• Camber correction arms-cranked
• Heavy duty steering arm
• Terrafirma Steering Damper
• Wide angle Props
• 35 x 12.50 mud terrain tyres all round including spare all on black modular rims.
• Safari raised air intake
• Full 6 piece wading kit
• Side running boards
• Detachable tow bar
• Heavy duty rear bumper
• Heavy duty front winch bumper incorporating Abar with 2x 100 watt wipac spot lights. And 2 Heavy Duty Tow points
• T max 11000 winch with wire rope cockpit controlled powered through solenoid. And remote control
• 4x 100 watt roof mounted spot lights through relay with side light facility on cut off switch.
• Full size roof rack, rare non sunroof model so no leaks.
• Rear 100 watt work light through relay.
• Rear half of vehicle windows tinted fronts still clear for legal reasons.
• Hand built storage area, containing high lift jack, 3 x 14 ton strops, jump leads and ground anchor .
• CB and K40 twig
• CD radio sound system with sub bass built into boot, 200 watts.
• Twin batteries are fitted

almost all of which came with it when i got it but a few bits i have added

I want 35s now !

Nice looking machine, where did you mount the sub ?

its all moved on from here the sub is long gone( got fed up of it getting damp and making horrible noise the person who had it before fitted the sub and evidently was a None offroader
il upload some fresh pix in a min

UPDATE




the specs have chanced now too
spec is as follows
• 5 inch suspension lift.
• +5 terrafirma shocks
• Full Bearmach poly bush kit
• Camber correction arms-cranked
• Heavy duty steering arm
• Steering Guard
• Tank Guard
• Terrafirma Steering Damper
• Wide angle Props
• 285/75/16 Insa Turbo Special Tracks on 16x8 - 35 modulars
• Safari raised air intake
• Full 6 piece wading kit
• Rockslider sills
• Treesliders sills
• Detachable tow bar
• Heavy duty rear bumper
• Heavy duty front winch bumper incorporating Abar with 2x 100 watt wipac spot lights. And 2 Heavy Duty Tow points
• Warn 8200 Winch upgraded with Durite solenoid pack and 100ft 11mm plasma rope
• 4x 100 watt roof mounted spot lights through relay with side light facility on cut off switch.
• Full size roof rack, rare non sunroof model so no leaks.
• Rear 100 watt work light through relay.
• Rear half of vehicle windows tinted fronts still clear for legal reasons.
• Hand built storage area in rear
• CB and 4th spring arial(i keep braking them)
• Twin batteries are fitted

the disco has moved on with upgrades and sidegrades(not quite an upgrade but side step) me making my mark on it and doing things right rather than half arsed as i have since found out that the previous owner had done.


in the last two years of owning it i have replaced the front arches as they were rottern added Rockslider sills made from 120x80x6mm box section tree sliders made from 50mmx5mm Gaspipe (free as was reclamed)

rebuilt the rear axel
rebuild the swivels at the front about to do the Cv's

Nice update

Blimey I remember seeing that for sale down the road from me! I was tempted at the time lol. Looks like you've had some fun with it. Nice looking vehicle.

How come you got rid of the 35s?

Yer it's bees used well and truly needs a good clean but every time I clean it I go make it muddy again !!
The285/75/16 insas are 34" ( I measured them and loads of others say so too. and them bfg's were 34.5" so makes 1/4 inch difference in diff hight. Main reason for changing was couldent get them any more as they were mk1 MUDs which were discontinued years ago I begrudge shelling out 160180 for a tyre that's been sat about for years and years

Ohhh fair one
Suppose the insas just arnt as wide tho

yer there is just under 1.5" in it the insas come out at a nats whisker over 11" wide
and the 35s are a shade under 12.5" nice and noisy lo but i dont care about that lol

Yer ive got 265/75/16 insas but want bigger ones lol

only option bigger than what i have is 35" symex,fedima(36.5") silverston(still 34") the fedimas are impossible to get hold of at the mo i wanted them but couldent get them

how have you found your shalft breakage rate?

With insas
Havnt broken a shaft or a diff since ive had it over 8months now

that's some good news about the shafts hope fully i will have similar luck (but might just get my self a spare set if i can

i have been meaning to build the tree sliders for the disco for over a year, when i put on the rock slider sills the intention was to weld on some large sliders as i managed to distroy the steps (in the first picture) off roading against a tree

after managing to salvage some old gas pipe from the place i work which had a nice 5mm wall and aprox 50mm diameter its taken me a year to get the time to make them

here is a pic with no tree sliders only the rock slider sills


one pair of sliders made up(they are the same length honest)


all tacked up and in position


and after a bit of welding on to the box section sills finaly all finished and painted

Ive been meaning to do exactly the same !
I was going to get them bent , but I see you have welded the corners , what angle did you do them 45?

didnt take to long to do them to be fair. just getting the time to do it.

At the outside corners the angles are 22.5 on each piece of tube to make the 45 to run the tube paralell to the body then from the body is 45 giving a nice slant out to the parallel tube and adding up to the 90

then each of the supports are placed at the 1/4 line

Wicked looking disco,do you also have a mini?

thanks the paint work is nicely scratched but it is well taken care of where it matters.

yer i do have a little mini too heck of a difference driving them i tell u that much!!! il post a few picks of the mini up.
i go from 100ish bhp in a 2500kg car(disco)
to the best part of 200bhp (at the wheels) in a 700kg car(mini)

couple of picks of my other toy