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    Classic Swivel ball Re-Chroming?

    Does anyone know of someone that reconditions slightly pitted swivel balls? Normally I would buy new ones or good condition used, but it’s for one of the first 100 or so 1970 Range Rover classics that I’m restoring and would like to keep it as original as possible. TIA
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    Disco 1 How were the Chassis’s originally painted?

    For anyone wondering the inside of the chassis is coated. Great for corrosion protection. Not so great for me as I’ll have to get the whole chassis dipped to strip it off.
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    Disco 1 How were the Chassis’s originally painted?

    It took me about 3 years of searching to find. I wanted a new chassis but I didn’t want to use one of the reproduction ones that are made out of four different sections instead of the original two piece pressed C-section. No photos of the build yet, I’m just about to start as I’ve finally...
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    Disco 1 How were the Chassis’s originally painted?

    How were the Discovery 1 chassis painted at the factory. Was the inside painted by dipping the Chassis or was it just bare on the inside? I’m in the process of rebuilding my discovery 1 300tdi. I was lucky enough to be able to find a new old stock completely unused original Chassis from a main...
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    Buzzweld 2k epoxy primer mask requirements?

    I am about to spray some buzzweld 2k anticorrosive epoxy primer on to a defender chassis. I have bought new 3m 6059 filters and 3m 5911 particulate filters to go over the filters on my full face mask. Will this be enough protection? first time spraying this epoxy primer. Thanks
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    Disco 1 Galvanised chassis for D1 ...

    Did you end up ordering one from MAER? I am very temped to get a new chassis from them for my D1
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    New defender oil and filter changes

    Bear with me on this. Land Rover recommend oil and filter change is at 21k miles. In my opinion this is crazily high. Because I’m planning on keeping this car forever I am doing 6K oil and filter changes. I have 55 genuine oil filters. (bought incredibly cheaply from a closing down Land Rover...
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    3.6 TDV8 smoke and rough idle help

    I’ve just bought a 2010 L322 3.6 TDV8 It was more of a heart over head purchase. when I turned up to buy everything was great apart from the fact that it had been warmed up and was idling when I turned up. at the time I thought that he was trying to hide something but the car was in great...
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    Land Rover EPC?

    Hello, Does anyone know if you can order parts from Jaguar Land rovers online EPC (electronic parts catalogue)? https://epc.jlr-apps.com/ It’s a subscription based service, if you can order parts from it for the newer land rovers like you can for the older ones on JLR classic’s EPC then The...