Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Not today but on Sunday spent the day out in Kielder forest helping out on the Kielder 4x4 Safari raising money for The Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.
Cheers Ian
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5th Apr 2016 12:21 pm
nestu
Member Since: 12 Sep 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 392
As always great photos Ian
5th Apr 2016 12:23 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Cheers Alex Cheers Ian
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5th Apr 2016 9:23 pm
Slug
Member Since: 07 Feb 2012
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 346
2nd that - Great photos
Slug
Still lurking, although moved to the dark side: disco5.co.uk
2019 D5 HSE
2019 Baby RR First Edition
5th Apr 2016 9:38 pm
Fleet_Stoker
Member Since: 19 Mar 2016
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 34
Changed all of the interior, number plate and puddle light lamps for LED.
Also went for a ride across my brother-in-laws land just to test the HDC and low range gearbox. Now it's not the Andes, but for someone who is in their first 4x4 and is not hugging the road it was a first.
5th Apr 2016 9:41 pm
VVS210
Member Since: 05 Aug 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 507
Well, actually it was yesterday, but I put a new seat base foam in the drivers seat as mine was a bit 'saggy' at 80k miles.
Bought the base from Dan at Duckworths, got a pair of angled hog ring pliers, a packet of hog rings & a can of heat resistant upholstery glue off 'the bay'. Total outlay about £65.
Discovered that removing the 4 screws under the seat frame on a D4 is perhaps not as easy as on a D3 if the posts I'd read on here are anything to go by...
Rear two screws come out easily from rear passenger footwell. Front ones are a different story, on the outside is a large black plastic module on an angled bracket which makes getting at the screw above it impossible & necessitates removing the bracket to get the module out of the way - something that could easily be done by a double jointed 5 year old with small hands but took me a lot longer... Incidentally for anyone interested this module has FoMoCo on it.
Inside screw is also obscured by a smaller module & whilst I could get a Torx key on it I couldn't get sufficient purchase to undo it - the key kept slipping out and I didn't want to damage the screw head. Ended up removing the bracket with that module on too - it's Volvo by the way!
With seat base out removing the cover was actually very easy, hog rings were cut with side cutters & the heated seat element came off easily with only some cleaning up needed where the foam on the outside bolster had broken down and fell apart rather than simply peeling off.
Seat base all went back together easily enough & I have to say was less hard work than the seat bases in my 90 which I replaced last autumn.
The hard bit was getting the seat base back into the frame, lining up screws you can't see & then putting the brackets & modules back in.
I now have a lovely firm & comfortable seat base but am suffering today from bruised ribs where I was leaning on door sills & sore fingers thanks to all the rough edges on the various seat pressings.
Overall though a very worthwhile bit of maintenace that I'd recomend to anyone thinking their D4 seat is perhaps not as comfortable as it should be.
(sorry, no pics.)D4 - Stornoway Grey
D2 V8 - Zambesi Silver (rust free JDM import 😎)
FL2 - Sd4 HSE
110 Td5 DCPU - Bonatti Grey - sold
FL2 Td4 - Zambesi Silver - sold
D2 Td5 - Epsom Green - sold
F1 Td4 - Giverney Green - sold
90 300 Tdi - White – sold BIG mistake should have kept it!
F1 Td4 - written off by a taxi!
D1 300 Tdi - written off by a Fiesta...
D1 200 Tdi - sold
90 Turbo Diesel - sold
Ser 2a SWB - sold and glad I 'got rid'
Ser 2 SWB - sold but wish I still had it!
18th Apr 2016 10:37 am
idlewis
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 14
Well, technically I've not done anything in my Discovery as I don't pick it up until April 30th, but I've just bought my Disco4.com window sticker to keep me going in the mean time.
Roll-on the 30th so I've got something to stick the sticker too!
22nd Apr 2016 6:17 pm
Jeffers
Member Since: 06 Jan 2012
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 80
Went to the Land Rover show at Stoneleigh. Mainly stuff for Defenders but good to have s look around.
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Jeffers
2012 HSE
Siberian Silver
Cubby Fridge
E Diff
Surround Cameras
And the best gadget heated steering wheel
2009.5 MY HSE (Gone)
Zermatt Silver
Active E Diff
24th Apr 2016 1:55 pm
Brucey
Member Since: 24 Oct 2015
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 137
Fitted my light bar over the weekend, still need to wire it up though
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24th Apr 2016 7:58 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Left for work early yesterday morning, so had a little play at the docks, no boats, nowadays it's home to a wind turbine. There is a large mound of earth that is used as a vantage point to look across the water, it's good fun to drive up.
23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
24th Apr 2016 9:20 pm
Brucey
Member Since: 24 Oct 2015
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 137
Got my 18s and Pirelli ATR fitted today
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26th Apr 2016 11:12 am
Mr.Tom
Member Since: 01 Jun 2014
Location: St Neots
Posts: 1641
Cleaned and polished to get rid of bramble rash. Used autoglym resin polish and then ultra deep gloss liquid wax.
Sill protection - LED internal lights - LED reverse lights - boot liner - Dog Guard - Rock sliders
MY12 D4 HSE - been and gome
MY16 D4 Landmark
1st May 2016 4:12 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2138
Did some green lanes around Surrey (on Friday)
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Current: D4 HSE
Previous: BMW Z4M Coupe
Previous: Land Rover Defender 90 CSW Td5
Previous: Land Rover Discovery Td5 ES
1st May 2016 6:02 pm
quercus
Member Since: 05 Nov 2010
Location: truro
Posts: 59
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3rd May 2016 9:34 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Took it for a run and couldn't resist stopping in at the burger joint at the Tay Bridge. They do a mean bacon & cheeseburger.
Evidence of my greed
23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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