well first of all im new to forum so ill start by introducing my self im adam 25 from leeds, always had road bikes but fancied a change so bought an m reg 300tdi 5 door. i picked it up for 850 with loads of tnt but pretty high miles but doesnt bother me drives very well.
the discovery has safari snorkel, tubular bumper, 2" lift with springs and shocks but other than the ****ty green paint its standard.
i plan to do a good bit off off roading and green laning as i live oppposite parkwood 4x4 in tong , leeds and have a load of mates with discos.
iv only had her a couple of week and have been to one day up tong and she was great went through all the deep water no probs climbed most hills on road tyres so i was very please diff lock ect works very well as does the engine having the bosch pump fiddled with so goes much better than standard on boost.
the only problem i found was the towbar hit everything befor catching the diffs so iv removed the brack but need to re attach the towing ball higher up.
unfortunatly all me rear passengers ended up soaked from a wrotten body which didnt phase me all part of the fun so a few days later i set about lift the rear seats and carpet and cleaned em up with a wet vac came up well, then i set about welding up all the holes i found which you can see in the pics below, once i welded it up i coated on the inside with underseal to tidy it up and is now solid and water tight.
so that brings me to my questions. as i want to do more off roading id like a few tips on what i could do to improve the capability of the truck bearing in mind i need to keep it on road for work and the young en.
things i will do obviously are diff guards tank guards steering guards, ill also underseal the underneath and ill fit the diff breather kit.
what else is likely to need a refurb underneath to keep her going strong ?
whats a good set of wheels and tyres for on and off road use id like modular rims 15" with a good mud tyre.
sorry for my bad punctuation and spelling and i look forward to your replies also please move to correct section.
the discovery has safari snorkel, tubular bumper, 2" lift with springs and shocks but other than the ****ty green paint its standard.
i plan to do a good bit off off roading and green laning as i live oppposite parkwood 4x4 in tong , leeds and have a load of mates with discos.
iv only had her a couple of week and have been to one day up tong and she was great went through all the deep water no probs climbed most hills on road tyres so i was very please diff lock ect works very well as does the engine having the bosch pump fiddled with so goes much better than standard on boost.
the only problem i found was the towbar hit everything befor catching the diffs so iv removed the brack but need to re attach the towing ball higher up.
unfortunatly all me rear passengers ended up soaked from a wrotten body which didnt phase me all part of the fun so a few days later i set about lift the rear seats and carpet and cleaned em up with a wet vac came up well, then i set about welding up all the holes i found which you can see in the pics below, once i welded it up i coated on the inside with underseal to tidy it up and is now solid and water tight.
so that brings me to my questions. as i want to do more off roading id like a few tips on what i could do to improve the capability of the truck bearing in mind i need to keep it on road for work and the young en.
things i will do obviously are diff guards tank guards steering guards, ill also underseal the underneath and ill fit the diff breather kit.
what else is likely to need a refurb underneath to keep her going strong ?
whats a good set of wheels and tyres for on and off road use id like modular rims 15" with a good mud tyre.
sorry for my bad punctuation and spelling and i look forward to your replies also please move to correct section.
