Recent content by dag019

I know you have painted the outside of the chassis but I would still cover the external with a chassis wax as well. I like dinitrol personally as it actually "dries" rather than remaining wet like waxoil.

Keep the rectangular fog lights, looks better on an older defender in my opinion. I got my RDX ones from bolt on bits on ebay. They definitely do the clear lenses (I am also not a fan of them, keep it original looking) so there may well be smoked versions.

Other than indicators all the others are just direct replacement plug and play. I fitted RDX LED side, rear and fog lights to mine during the rebuild. I left the indicators as standard due to the endless threads of people fitting LEDS and them not working.

I looked into this when I was trying to persuade the wife she wanted one but she was adamant they were too big. A 90 has the same footprint (length and width) as a golf. And no one thinks a golf is a large car! In a 90 you can carry passengers, luggage, the dog etc. but you can only choose one...

Replace the stock windscreen washer with these: LINK Best mod I have done on mine hands down!

Another vote for the cheapest ATF you can get your hands on. Its nothing special.

Same here. Replacements are cheap And easy to come by. And you can always modify it with a large hammer again!

I was referring to compression, you can get some very powerful electric air compressors these days with developments in motor technology.

I would expect these days for something as small as a land rover you could use an air tank and an electric compressor. You can get some very good electric hydraulic setups now, don't see why this wouldn't be the same. the real question still remains why!

Why are you fitting airbags? If it is to replace the leaf springs with and airbag suspension then I bow out have have nothing to add. If it is to act as "helper" suspensions to increase the carrying capacity then that is not how suspension works and you probably need a new set of springs rather...

They are indeed JCB brake pads so are nice and easy to get replacements for. I was probably going to go with a diy trial and error approach by just cutting around with brake pad out of some some stainless i have and adding additional ones until I get to a thickness that works.

Fresh coat of paint is all it needs rather than replacing. You can see my wing here during the rebuild. It is less noticeable in person than it is in this photograph. But is a long way from straight! I would say similar with the back. Just straighten as best as you can and give a coat of paint...

Could not agree more. I have had the conversation with friends that I don't know what came first the land rover or the things I do in my free time, but they compliment each other, and if I had a normal plastic car with carpets, within 6 months the thing would be absolutely destroyed, falling...

Plus if it already has a couple of dents in it you will be less precious about taking offroad, rubbing it into the hedge to get past the lorry, etc, and generally using it to throw things in and on and use and enjoy.

The issue is there is to much movement in the caliper rather than the the lever being in the wrong place. For example (numbers made up for demonstration) I need the lever to move 45 degrees to clamp but the 6 click on the handbrake only gives you 30 degrees of lever movement, so the first 15...