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18th Oct 2019 12:08 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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18th Oct 2019 12:17 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Chosenview wrote:
The sills I started this post with are now unrecognisable. 1 completely rebuilt and 1 in progress. My indi says not to post his name as he does not want to do another one 😄
Once that is done you will not know it is not factory
Smiled at the does not want to do another comment!
18th Oct 2019 12:51 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6754
Latest LRM had, in the sponsored by Britpart section, many pages of pictures of someone’s D3 getting a compete remake of the sills. Massive rusting inside.
7th Mar 2020 7:23 pm
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
Location: Either cashpoint or garage...
Posts: 293
That might have been my sons (well technically it’s still mine as I keep paying to keep it going....). it went to a good vehicle restorer the UK in December for sill repair. I was told it was the subject of a photo record for a Land Rover mag article.
The horror of use, abuse and tree sliders
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MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
7th Mar 2020 9:41 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6754
Stiff, yup, it’s “yours”.
The three first pictures that you posted were also in LRM April 2020. I think the following three pictures (or similar) will be part of the next issue as the repairs will be completed then. Pages 134-138.
7th Mar 2020 10:04 pm
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
Location: Either cashpoint or garage...
Posts: 293
I’ve got a couple dozen photos of the work. The two guys that worked on it did a fantastic job.MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
7th Mar 2020 10:25 pm
pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
Posts: 1929
Aren't there lots of posts on here about getting shot of the side steps? In the US they're fitted as standard after a certain MY.
I've always pulled them off my cars or, if buying new, never had them fitted.PAGODA
7th Mar 2020 10:37 pm
pwheeldon
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 1505
Hardware wrote:
did someone mention rust due to side steps ? I'll do a proper write-up in next day or two but here's a taster ...
Dean,
Did you get your sills done? If so where and how much? Im gonna need mine doing and figured anywhere you went is doable from over here.
Cheers PaulDiscovery 4 GS 2009 Auto Stornoway Grey
Discovery 3 s 2005 Auto Bonatti Grey Gone
Discovery 3 SE 2005 Manual Zambezi Silver Gone
Range Rover Sport HSE 2006 Black
Aston Martin DB7 VV
29th Jul 2020 7:50 pm
SteveNorman
Member Since: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1146
Britpart are doing the outer sill repair panels
Part numbers
DA1941 for the right side
DA1942 for the left side.
29th Jul 2020 8:27 pm
pwheeldon
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: West Yorks
Posts: 1505
Cheers just found them from your part numbers. Thank you!Discovery 4 GS 2009 Auto Stornoway Grey
Discovery 3 s 2005 Auto Bonatti Grey Gone
Discovery 3 SE 2005 Manual Zambezi Silver Gone
Range Rover Sport HSE 2006 Black
Aston Martin DB7 VV
29th Jul 2020 8:44 pm
FordsonE27N
Member Since: 28 May 2020
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 8
I thought I might contribute to this topic. After introducing our new Disco 3 (BV06BVX) TDV6 S (man) with the funny coloured interior to this forum back in April, I have steadily been working through the jobs. i.e. timing belt, oil pump, service, all oils, compressor service, replacement air reservoir and brake pads.
Taxed it from the 1st June, and have been loving the driving experience, so I thought I might move into preventative maintenance, to include painting and waxoyling the underside. Also the rear arch rubbers were looking pretty grotty, and the metalwork beneath them not much better, so I knew attention was required sooner rather than later. I started on the nearside. Stripped off the plastic sill trim and removed wheelarch liners which were full of mud. Lots of scraping, wire brushing and tapping along the whole sill and wheelarch area did not result in any holes so I kurursted, painted and waxoyled. I wasn't so lucky on the offside. Flaky rust soon turned into holes at the back of the sill and in the wheelarch meaning I had to dust off the grinder and welder. I steadily worked through the repair over a couple of weeks of evenings with a pleasing result at the end. Whilst there isn't any complex shapes, there are quite a few layers, all of which needed peeling back, new sections being fabricated as appropriate then piecing it all back together
Heart starting to sink
Starting to dissect it
inner wheelarch cut back to sound metal
drilling out spotwelds and getting ready to cut the end of the sill off
Inner arch patch fabricated and buttwelded in. Lap joint above is original I think.
inner sections repaired and primed
Inner arch seam sealed and painted black
Castellations reproduced underneath
Outer sill ground up and painted in primer
Job done, sprayed with aerosol from ebay stock colour, LR buckingham blue, which matched better than I thought it would.
Still, what did i expect for £1500, 14 years old, 180K miles and absolutely no history! After 1300 miles I think we are getting along fine.
I think I got off quite lightly. Its amazing how these cars hide the rust.. All you could see before I started was a bit of bubbling at the bottom of the arch above the plastic sill trim, but then from past experience I already knew If I could see it on the outside, things would be a whole lot worse when I started looking properly.
So that is everything between the wheels done, next job is to clean and paint everything from the back axle backwards, in the hope that it wont turn to dust any time soon.
Adrian.
3rd Aug 2020 12:41 am
pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
Posts: 1929
Very regular car wash with under body spray wash is a decent preventative measure and IMHO a better long term solution than treating the chassis with waxoyl etc. My 14YO SE has survived the ridiculous winters in NY and New Jersey where they throw salt around with gay abandon without any rust.
(I make my wife take the thing through the wash maybe twice or three times a week in the winter. Here we can pay monthly for unlimited car washes and in the winter it makes sense. It's about 25 quid for as many washes as you like per month - seems good value to me ).PAGODA
3rd Aug 2020 1:10 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2463
Great job
I had to look twice at your pictures the second one from the bottom looks like you sprayed over the rust, but the paint is so shiny its relecting the gravel below.
3rd Aug 2020 5:16 am
pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
Posts: 1929
That is a great job.
Do folks think that the side steps actually make rusting worse? I've never fitted them on that basis.PAGODA
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