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Thanks DG. The Bearded Dragon
4th May 2009 7:57 am
Gareth Site Moderator
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Yes, cut down Land Rover Expo. Easy to do, you can unbolt most of it. The uprights are held together by some countersunk allen screws, and there are a few pop rivets to drill out.
If you do remove the upper section, you will find a large gap between the rails at the back, I used a section of the top rail cut down to size, to fill the gap. I also modified the plastic end caps at the rear to look neater.
I did all this in the vain hope that it would no longer trash the fuel consumption, and might even quieten it down at speed, but no, its still noisy and takes about 2mpg off.
4th May 2009 8:06 am
Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
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Thanks Gareth for the good and not-so-good news.
The D3 is so quiet that I'm trying to minimise noise due to a roofrack.
Best Wishes,
PeterThe Bearded Dragon
5th May 2009 12:10 am
sowr
Member Since: 07 Feb 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Is it true that custom plates cost more cars in the UK? What's that all about?2006 LR3 SE-7 Zermatt Silver
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Easy money for the scum holding on to power governmentI know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
7th May 2009 7:32 am
Gareth Site Moderator
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Saw the Gareth-mobile up close tonight - still looking good - got me thinking about putting the bits back on mine...
Oh and I can confidently say they ought to film Saturday Kitchen from Gareth's house next week - stunning job G - how were the lamb chops? Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
14th May 2009 10:05 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Very very tasty thx
Go on, put your bits back - you know you want to. At least you will stand out from the shopping trolleys in Tesco's car park
14th May 2009 10:23 pm
ronp
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err, is it just me?
The e-mailed notification of the last post came through disco3.com, as normal
But the thread has opened up on disco4.com with a pic of the D4 at top.
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