p38 Upgrade to L322 Front

garioch43 said:

Simple conversion. Trade the P38 in for an L322. They are going for a song at the moment.

Talking from experience, the L322 is much more refined and drives so much better than the P38.

IMHO.

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I'm tending to agree......which if you'd asked me 6 months ago, I'd say upgrade the lights and grille etc.

Even the wife had a look at the Discovery 3 on Monday when the car went in for repair....I think both of us realise its good money after bad sprucing it up to make it look like something it isnt.

supermans_1 said:

yea thats right but 2000 and under are alot better as they dont hit the higher tax band

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Doesn't apply any more... The Chancellor binned it in the PreBudget Report...

Will only now hit those with cars registered after 2006.....

well not every one opinion is the same i like my p38 and would never put thousands of pounds extra to it just to get a early l322 which have so many problems, i know of three people that have them and have all had to have there auto boxes changed and cost thousands to have done 1 blokes has been in the garage for 9 months so far as he can just not afford to get it replaced so i think i will stick to my p38 that drives like a dream and has had no problems really apart from the ones i knew about when i brought it and i carnt stand the look of discoverys any way not my sort of 4x4 i must admit

Hi superman, when you said it was a piece of p*ss is it just a case of old lights out and new lights in? Or is that too good to be true? Andy243?

no
rtfm

supermans_1 said:

i like my p38

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Don't get me wrong, I love my P38 too, its just that I'm very conscious of what money I've spent and willign to spend on it when I coudl just save up that money and put it towards the real thing.

I didnt think I'd say that, because I have been very vocal about Range Over and doign up the car to make it look like an L322.

But in recent months I have had a change of heart, both the wife and I cant justify the money with twins on the way to make the car look prettier but not gain anything else from doing so, thats to say it doesnt make it newer or more reliable which after the issues we've had since its purchase are numerous and expensive.

supermans_1 have you started on your bumper? i thought you had to fibreglass the ends as they didnt look stright.http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/members/supermans_1.html

supermans_1 said:

i have done the lights on mine my self piece off p*** really with all the xeons high and low beam working ,will be looking at the bumper this weekend as i have one lying around,and i do know one thing is that the ends will need fiberglassing as they are the wrong shape and dip down will need to carry on straight pics off mine on the other thread

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Hi mate where did you get the front grill from as I believe it has to be 40mm smaller BTW I have sent you a PM

cheers

Just upgraded mine...




beautiful innit!

Very sad

3.5disco said:

Just upgraded mine...

beautiful innit!

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aint that , just downgraded mine , ?

DJ_B4L said:

supermans_1 have you started on your bumper? i thought you had to fibreglass the ends as they didnt look stright.

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bumper wouldnt fit far to wide

mad murphy said:

Hi mate where did you get the front grill from as I believe it has to be 40mm smaller BTW I have sent you a PM

cheers

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ebay mate has been made specially for the p38 fit with no cutting at all

have since upgraded it with 22" rims on it now and looks even better now

hi could you please tell me where i can buy the square wiring plug that fits in the back of the l322 headlight
regards ducer

supermans_1 said:

i have done the lights on mine my self piece off p*** really with all the xeons high and low beam working ,will be looking at the bumper this weekend as i have one lying around,and i do know one thing is that the ends will need fiberglassing as they are the wrong shape and dip down will need to carry on straight pics off mine on the other thread

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hi mate im wanting to do my p38 headlights to the l322 is they a plug you can buy that goes on to your wires and then plugs into the back of the light as ive got the lights but it seems to be a big plug in the back and on my p38 its a little sqaure fitting
can you help

I have a P38 HSE that I want to look like a 2door CSK Mk 1 Range Rover with cloth seats, round sealed beam headlamps, cloth sagging headlining, a rotted upper tailgate , coil springs and a distributor powered ignition system. Can any one advise me.:behindsofa:

Can you fit frontera parts to a P38? I want the classic looks with the Landrover reliabilty

Now your takin the p**s!!!!!:hysterically_laughi

can you fit 6v beetle headlamps into a p38 as they look the dogs and never ever fill up with water

Of course, and fit 130watt bulbs in them.
At least an air cooled VW engine doesn't suffer the plague of overheating problems that the high tech. all singing & dancing £50K plus pride of Britain does:beer2::beer2::beer2::beer2: