My First Discovery

Drizz said:

good boy. Been there, done all that LOL

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lol yeh i know, just looked thru all the pics lol. did u do away with rear eats when u did the floor?
im wanting to keep mine for now.

I did but theyre back in now

Motors looking good mate, you've certainly had a baptism of fire with that one!

Can I ask what size tyres they are, you seem to need a lot of cutting and trimming to get them to fit even with the 2" lift! I'm assuming they're quite big like 265s?

I've provisionally bought a set of 235s and I'm hoping I can get away with a minimum of arch cutting. My Disco is a three door 300tdi though, so the rear arches should be a lot easier to do as I won't have to worry about back doors! It's also got a home made front bumper that will give a lot more clearance so with any luck ill be ok

Yes 265s, works out to be 32" tall

Hopefully these 235/85s will go on a bit easier then, although they're of a similar height they're narrower so I'm hoping they'll clear the arches at the side and will only require cutting slightly at the front and back of the arches. One of the reasons I looked for a 3 door as I knew I'd be trimming the arches at some point!

Drizz said:

Yes 265s, works out to be 32" tall

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same as me, 265 75 16's on mine, bronco dirt devils

Tried out the Discos roof rack, handy to have:







My mate gave me a set of ladder brackets, so a plan was hatched:







Welded a nut and washer on the end:







Cut the hook parts off and drilled some holes:







Marked and cut my waffle boards:









Tried them for size:







Welded some plate on to stop them dropping:







Drilled a hole and rivetted them in place to stop them spinning:







Cut down the bar and job done:











And as theyre ladder clamps theyre lockable too

Foook its one of them bear trap things

Nice one Dan..... At least I wont have any more muddy boards in the back of my truck now...

Thats my reasoning for it. Plus you can climb out the window onto the bonnet to get them off and lie on the bonnet to place them down if need be

Do you think there will be much mud on Sunday?

I doubt it TBH

Drizz I reckonise that user name and pictures of the discovery from over on audi-sport. I am dsmclark30v on there. you still building the overland defender?

While we're on the subject, i'm CoupeUK from Mig

sam300tdi said:

Drizz I reckonise that user name and pictures of the discovery from over on audi-sport. I am dsmclark30v on there. you still building the overland defender?

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Yes, theres a build thread on here somewhere...

CoupeUK said:

While we're on the subject, i'm CoupeUK from Mig

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Hello!

What a coincedence, I'm Brian Stirrup from Mig... Hello

Also what about defenders with spare wheel carriers on the bonnets with no wheel on it



A few pics from Bures on sunday

It was very dry and the ground was like concrete











































Well after Bures the disco looked like this:







So got steve round to jet wash it and underneath (hence ramps):

Now for sale!

Strops! I'm gonna go and burn the worlds supply of lifting strops! Jai

Eh?