What have you done to your Freelander today

over last week ive changed all bushes on the car,front ,back and anti roll ,fitted uprated ones ,fitted new ball joints ,

been a good week or so ,sure ive saved my self £££££££ doing it my self £130 in total ,

sure the garage would of charged me more than that in labour alone lol

griff2 said:

over last week ive changed all bushes on the car,front ,back and anti roll ,fitted uprated ones ,fitted new ball joints ,



been a good week or so ,sure ive saved my self £££££££ doing it my self £130 in total ,



sure the garage would of charged me more than that in labour alone lol

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Does it feel a lot different?

it now feels like a totaly dif car !!!

it feels so much better and strangly responsive on the steering (new ball joints lol)

the car feels so much stiffer and better ,and every single creak , knock that there was has gone its like a new car , well nearly lol

and at that price well well well worth my time to do

Sold it last week.

Made it a single seater so that I could carry enough wood to build Noah a new Ark!

Slowly falling out of love with it though...

Just got to the stage of no longer trusting it mainly due to reading all the premature failures and defects posted on this forum. At 114k miles, average of 25 mpg around town and £280 RFL decided that this was the right time to get rid, my days of sitting by the roadside waiting for recovery have long since gone, hopefully.

Refitted prop with new bearings, washed and vacuumed it, put back seats back in after needing a van last weekend, went for test drive to check all ok! And it is!

Checked fuel consumption as well. Got 31.4 mpg out of it on a 500 mile round trip up to Easington.

I got a bit of mud on mine!
It was a big puddle but I was brave!

SES88 said:

Made it a single seater so that I could carry enough wood to build Noah a new Ark!

Slowly falling out of love with it though...

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Why? What's up Simon?

Oh....and if you sell up, fancy part exing your seats.

drove 200 miles ,when parked up after a spotless drive was like a new car i noticed my back number plate had falen off :-( i woundered why some bloke i had seen in my rear view mirror was shaking his hands at me pmsl prob hit him !!!!

Vertuas said:

Stripped out the facia to swap the heater matrix.

Found an ADR5 tracking device hidden behind the dash. Had the Hippo 8 years and never knew a thing about it!

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hiya

may i ask how easy was it getting the dash out as im putting another non marked dash and also will be replacing the heater matrix and carpets at the same time

was just wondering when input the dash back do the rubber foam strips around the vents go in easy or is it a pig

thks again and hope u didnt mind me asking

gary

griff2 said:

it now feels like a totaly dif car !!!

it feels so much better and strangly responsive on the steering (new ball joints lol)

the car feels so much stiffer and better ,and every single creak , knock that there was has gone its like a new car , well nearly lol

and at that price well well well worth my time to do

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Did you do it just with trolley jack / axle stands?

weirdbeardmt said:

Did you do it just with trolley jack / axle stands?

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yes ,plus blow tourch ,hammer and drift

was not a big job to be honest first one or 2 bushes took a while to do but once i figured out the easest way to get them out was very easy , to rebush the items i just used a long threaded screw and a few washers

gstuart said:

hiya



may i ask how easy was it getting the dash out as im putting another non marked dash and also will be replacing the heater matrix and carpets at the same time



was just wondering when input the dash back do the rubber foam strips around the vents go in easy or is it a pig



thks again and hope u didnt mind me asking



gary

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My pre facelift went in easy. There's a pic on here somewhere showing where all the bolts are, that was the hardest bit for me!

Kizzeh said:

My pre facelift went in easy. There's a pic on here somewhere showing where all the bolts are, that was the hardest bit for me!

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thks buddy

have spent the evening in trying to find interior pics, ie dashboard, panels etc so can give me abit of an idea

also trying to think of bits i may need before i get to the point of no return and the hippo is then off the road

just also been looking at what bulbs i need as im going to replace all the interior ones for leds, but just seeing what bulb etc goes where

thks again and will see if i can find the pics

gary

Had four new Kendra tyres put on mine today (don't go off road, only at Point to Points), £250.00 all in.

Got a puncture the other day, luckily I had a couple of spare 16" tyres kicking around.
They have been rattling around in my boot all week as I haven't had time to get to a friendly tyre fitter untill today. Opened the boot and something wasn't right but I couldn't put my finger on it.....

Untill I realised I have 17" wheels on this one. Doh!

Got to try and find some reasonable priced part worns now, no easy feet when you have to be fussy about the tyre make!

finished rear subframe mount repair
very ugly welding under the thick coat of hammerite but no more creaking around corners, trough street holes and speed bumps, fixed!!!

Got replacement VCU/bearings fitted today, drives well thankfully!, already done a battery change and sorted out interior lights this week and doing a service tomorrow.

broke it bloody tail gate handle came off in my hand