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For others in the same boat, perhaps the knowledgeable amongst us would take a peek and see what you think. It's a bit of money. How does it compare to buying and replacing everything you mentioned? item 115511977833

I have seen on ebay ECUs for the TD4 advertised as having IMMO Delete. Does that actually work with the freelander? If it did, it would solve your problem.

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From time to time I thought about cup holders, I have the rectangular tray thingy. I eventually concluded that the tray is a better option for me. I've made my own cupholder in the driver's door pocket by pushing in a plastic pottle. Not exactly...

Hi I originally wanted to post the question about the dashboard fittings. I found this photo of an original 3-door interior that has a very tidy and useful storage area where the crap cup holders are on mine. Are there different centre...

Painted the calipers Blue while they were off... 🤷‍♂️

As shared, but a link is here; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234968274920 Mine are still bedding in so will report back.

Took wife's 2005 FL1 for MOT today. Passed with no advisories !!

eBay item 234968274920 We've all got them! They had a £10 discount token when I bought mine.

Ebc pads yellow And the M tec discs They aren’t exactly quite when you brake 🤨

Discs and pads done today in between a day at the beach. How's that @andyfreelandy...

I saw people sell them for 700eur in worse shape and not offering so many parts, thought i might push my luck

Well, that's ok then... Same product, same problems! I think, if I was shopping for new discs again, I might have spent an extra penny and got the EBC version... But I can live with these. Mine had a sqeak on first take-up for quite a while --...

Maybe it's something I wouldn't spend more than £200 on. I think I'd be better off persuing my secret alternative plan than spending the price of two spare vehicles on the folding roof! But someone with loads'o cash may want it.

@andyfreelandy How are you getting on with these? Mine are bedded in now and they work well. Do yours give some pedal vibration and noise when braking hard from a respectable speed? Only when pushing the pedal hard.

How much would you like for that?

Replaced the dodgey seatbelt for the Driver position Cut down the cage and re-fitted it

If that doesn’t work for you you could try this:

If you have black smoke, fuel flow is unlikely to be the problem. You don't have enough air flow for the amount of fuel.

Could be turbo. Check all the vaccum hoses, replace the turbo control solenoid. Made mine ALOT better, my symptoms not as severe as yours but I had the black smoke under heavy load, that's gone now.

Given the diameter of the discs vs the diameter of the wheel and the weight of the vehicle, they seem rather under-specified. The 2001 mini, for instance (he says, looking outside for an example) is several hundred kilos lighter, with smaller...

Although, if I was given strong evidence that mine are the wrong way around, I really wouldn't be bothered to take them off and refit them.

Well there's only one way to know which way around is better now... Line up on the start line...!

I can't believe you've fitted the very same ebay special discs as mine this week. I've had grooved and dimpled discs on another car and, while you can hear the sound they make, it isn't irritating and the brakes feel more "immediate." Which I...

I'm saying Renault 5 (turbo?)!

I have EBC discs on a mini and EBC specify to do it this way...so I did it the same with these cheap ones on the freelander. I should have paid the extra £30 for the EBCs so the orientation would be irrefutable!

I was under the impression the grooves were designed to vent stuff out, not draw it in! I don't know why they have holes.

I fitted new front calipers, discs and pads today. The old sliders were solid and corrosion was merrily working away between the pad friction material and backing plate, giving occasional problems. All done proper now!

I replaced the TD4 turbo boost solenoid. The person who wrote the original sticky post about it taking 15-20 minutes was writing in 2011 and his vehicle can have been at most 10 years old. Mine is 19 years old and it was no fun crawling around in...

Just incase anyone else has this issue in the future. I took off the plastic piece that was blocking one of the line which would normally be the turbo filter. I attached a hose and the filter and reattached the other hoses to the vacuum pump...