Recent content by Fatrover

I’d ave gone t’pub.

In the end, Michael at Eurosubframes sorted me out with the subframe, arms and bolts. He reckons we might need a different rear anti roll bar but we will see when we go to fit it. Once it’s done I’ll update here with the part nos. Etc relevant to our VIN and model.

Thanks, will do that 👍👍

Yes indeed, we were a long time in the canaries, the rover in my profile picture came from Tenerife, we lived on Fuerteventura. Happy days !

I lived in Spain for years before brexit forced us back , it was easier to get stuff sent to Spain than it is to get it here in rural Scotland……

Thanks for the comprehensive replies, very much appreciated.

I did see that ad but they don’t post to the highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☹️

Ours has a manual hand brake and the later VIN …..mystery deepens

Ours is a TD4

I can’t figure it out either! Very grateful for your help so far

Yes, suspension links. I can find kits for earlier VIN but not for later ones like ours, so I need to source the sub frame and arms separately, ….it seems that there are two different sub frames depending upon the VIN, ours is the later one apparently. The link below explains…...

Hi folks, my Dads got a 2012 Freelander 2 td4 GS, which needs a new subframe. It’s a later VIN model and I’ve managed to acquire the sub frame ok, now I need to source the arms. My question is, are the arms specific to the later sub frame or are they common across the model years. VIN a attached...

Put original wheels and factory spec tyres on it and it’ll work the way it was designed to 👍

I got mine from here, use em for most of my spares https://www.paddockspares.com/

Mine had Spanish navy boat paint on it was kind of flat Matt stuff made a great key for when I painted it green . I initially put the navy paint on it when I lived in Spain thought it would be harder wearing. Anyway it’s worked out fine.