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amazing, those arches are just huge!! what tyres will be needed to fill them?

Mini Update The mail man delivered the few parts i need to hopefully (fingers crossed) wrap up the front end welding wise and start assembling all the new bits on to the defender. Suspension Seat was bought to replace the rotting one on the drivers side, which to be fair wasn't in that bad...

Thread Update Friday: After work i had a few hours of light which i made good use of by starting to dismantle the drivers side suspension ready for when i put the new set on, this side is largely the same as the passenger as in the turrets are colanders and the springs are rusting just as...

perfect thanks guys

Evening all I am building the front end up on my landy and have replaced the turrets with nice new terrafirma tubular ones. The question i am wondering before i assemble it is, is it worth protecting the turrets with a form of paint or leaving them as is? Thanks Chris

I like it mate, was thinking of something like this myself. I would paint the rest of the chequered panels on the body as well

putting a few conkers around keeps them away!! still havent had a spider in mine

Thread Update This weekends playing was a bit hit or miss due to the crap weather so i only managed to get half of what i would like to have got done. Saturday's task was to finish the cambelt off so i could seal the casing back up and not worry about things getting in there. My new seals...

Once the welding is finished and out the way ill be going over the chassis from front to back giving it a check over and paint, i know there is a few other areas that need attention soon but thanks for the heads up kwakerman :) I have purchased some terrafirma tubular turrets to replace the...

Mini Update: Got home from work tonight to find a nice little surprise waiting for me. Mine were starting to crack and once again seeing as the front end is in pieces i thought it was best to replace these as well. Just waiting on the crankshaft seal to arrive so i can patch that part of the...

Thread Update: After i finished work on saturday i decided to do the cambelt change while there was some sun light and no rain around. Being my first cambelt change i was a bit cautious/apprehensive about doing it but with the verbal guidance from the old man during it wasn't to bad. Started...

I am currently making a bumper at work to house a winch but yeah ill be fitting extra lights and a few other gadgets around the thing. Uprated it is then, thanks for the help kwakerman

Just been out and around the landy kicking tyres and generally wasting time thinking of new ideas to play around with. I thought i would make a start on removing a few things before the big "cambelt change day" and noticed the alternator wasnt spinning freely as it should and while all the...

Over the past few weeks its been like christmas/birthday/easter and my bar mitzvah all rolled into one (plus having a bit of spare cash) hopefully it shall continue. I have ordered and received the following: - 2'' terrafirma pro sport kit - Terrafirma turrets and securing rings - Snow cowl -...

thanks for the advice kwakerman :) that plus a few other goodies i have bought over the past few weeks will be tomorrows thread update.

Thanks, it helps being a fabricator when owning a landy lol. I just read through what i wrote and it makes me sound like a 7yr old who's just come back from summer holidays and has to tell the class what he did over the 6 weeks :)

Hi All I bought a nice fresh mot'd rotten defender about 3 months ago as a play toy and general pull apart and fix play toy. So here is build continuous build thread and general mucking about with it. I started of wanting to fix the rotten bumper by welding new plates on it for now until...

Hi All I have had a bit of a read through of the silicone hose threads and all the information seems to be about the sucking/expanding of the originals. The info i require before going out to buy a set of rad and intercooler ones is: There are a few aftermarket sets on ebay for a...

^^ thats the joys of owning a vehicle that bolts together ^^

If i was in your situation ( which i kind of am ) i would spend a bit of money and by a welding machine, just need to look on a welding forum if your clueless about what machine to get for your money and enjoy learning a skilled art plus i saves you £'s throughout your landys life luckily for...