Member Since: 14 Mar 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 287
Ordered the scuttle also thanks for the useful info and link.
Over Easter completed...
Heated wheel retro fit.
Black stealth side steps (Amazon)
Full led swaps inc dual filament front DRL/ sidelight (non signature facelift)
Mud guards
Apple car play (last weekend actually)
20” black wheels taken from a D5
On way..
New battery
Pondering...
Led DRL fogs (powerful U.K.)
Roof rails full length
Seat retrofit with arm rests and heat......
First car I’ve ever seen with leather seats and no heating!
I don’t mind as it’s another mod I can do!
A mod a week until I have nothing to improve or add.
5th Apr 2021 7:55 am
CIO
Member Since: 06 Mar 2018
Location: Bahrain
Posts: 109
Apple Carplay? Now I'm intrigued. What did you install to get that?
100% recommend seats with arm rests. I can't imagine not having them to be honest. of your "pondering" list I'd be putting them at the top. Chris
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2016 D4 Landmark in the UK. 2014 LR4 SE in Bahrain.
5th Apr 2021 9:26 am
s60r
Member Since: 14 Mar 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 287
Yes! I will definitely be doing the seats.... Mine is/was a commercial D4 so the spec is all over the place! No seat heaters but has the 600w "premium" sound upgrade! lol.
Important thing was the history and how its been looked after... I can add everything myself so it will shortly be the best spec'd commercial out there!.....(well... one of them anyway!
Works well... car play does dissolve your phone battery though.... I use mine wirelessly but I may just plug it in on longer days in the van.A mod a week until I have nothing to improve or add.
5th Apr 2021 10:36 am
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1062
Apple Car Play is good but that definitely looks like a tin of paint
Aah fixed it "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
5th Apr 2021 10:40 am
s60r
Member Since: 14 Mar 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 287
Lol...
Thought I had edited that in time!!
Guess not! Lol...iPads!!
Sorry! All sorted now I hope?!
CheersA mod a week until I have nothing to improve or add.
5th Apr 2021 10:54 am
CIO
Member Since: 06 Mar 2018
Location: Bahrain
Posts: 109
Looks spot on. Dunno if theres already a thread on this, but it not I think your carplay setup needs it's own with details of what's included in the kit, installation etc.. Chris
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2016 D4 Landmark in the UK. 2014 LR4 SE in Bahrain.
5th Apr 2021 10:59 am
s60r
Member Since: 14 Mar 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 287
New Battery EK950 Exide... 125 quid from Amazon (Tayna)
Coded to car with the Smarttool OBD reader (now have start/stop working!)
New windscreen (was cracked) sad as it was the original but it saves cleaning the old one!
New lower scuttle that sits below the windscreen as it had gone white/grey....thanks to those who left the details ........looks brand new now.
A mod a week until I have nothing to improve or add.
9th Apr 2021 2:08 pm
juarodri
Member Since: 25 Jul 2016
Location: Argentina
Posts: 16
Not to everyone's taste I know but the Raptor gives me more protection
1978 Series 3 88 Military Green (Gone)
1983 110 V8 Masai Red (Gone)
1997 Discovery 1 XS Cobalt Blue (Gone)
1999 Defender 110 TD5 Safari Epsom Green (Gone)
2001 Freelander Sport Buckingham Blue (Gone)
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark Yulong White "Larry" (Written off)
2015 Discovery 4 HSE Luxury Corris Grey "Sol"
17th Apr 2021 11:49 am
s60r
Member Since: 14 Mar 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 287
Added HSE heated electric seats with armrests to my commercial D4.
Sooooo much more comfy and supportive than the standard pseudo leather/pvc seats supplied on the commercial. Electric seats all working on plug and play....(with adding of my seat belt pre tensioners).
I will add the heated console tomorrow and see if that works with the seats without extra cabling and then sort the memory function.....
very much enjoyed adding stuff to the D4 so far....A mod a week until I have nothing to improve or add.
17th Apr 2021 10:29 pm
knife121
Member Since: 05 Feb 2021
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 30
Managed to get the tree sliders installed and now trying to justify the prospeed roof rack to swmbo…2015 HSE Lux
8th May 2021 2:10 pm
CIO
Member Since: 06 Mar 2018
Location: Bahrain
Posts: 109
Last weekend I replaced the upper coolant pipe(s) after spotting a leak in the old one. Decided to replace / flush the coolant at the same time and in the course of bleeding the system, the bleed screw disintegrated (presumably due to age) which treated me to a nice fountain of hot coolant and made the car undrivable
Ordered the genuine part which consists of a pipe, bracket and the bleed screw and chickened out of fitting it today, as the access from above the engine was way too fiddly and I cant imagine being able to do it without a lift. Swapped the worlds most expensive plastic screw over and after several attempts at bleeding the system I think we're good to go. The wife refuses to believe it (after all the faffing last weekend), so it looks like I'll be doing a test drive on my lonesome tomorrow.
If I'm still struggling I'm going to buy a proper compressor and a vacuum coolant changing thing-a-me-bob.
Bit of googling suggests the BMW bleed screw fits so I've ordered variations in plastic and brass to avoid being caught out again.
On Monday I finally got hold of a set of 5 BFG KO2's and had them fitted to my compomotives. The wheels / tyres are currently stacked up outside the front door - I had to take the wifes car to get them fitted due to the coolant issues above - hopefully I can get them fitted tomorrow.Chris
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2016 D4 Landmark in the UK. 2014 LR4 SE in Bahrain.
8th May 2021 5:31 pm
CIO
Member Since: 06 Mar 2018
Location: Bahrain
Posts: 109
Coolant system definitely bled ok as the temperatures are fine and stable now as seen on the dashboard and through the IIDTool live values.
Wheels fitted. Took a fair bit of struggling to get the spare back into position and that was after letting all the air out - tyre size is 265/65R18 - so a bit bigger than standard.
Now the aircon is donald ducked again. Outside temperatures of 37 / 38 today and the aircon is blowing hot air. IIDTool live values show the evaporator getting down to 14 degrees minimum and then climbing back to ambient. switching the aircon off for a while then turning it back on again causes the pressure to rise and the evaporator start to cool before pressure drops again and the evaporator starts to warm up. I spent a small fortune with the dealer trying to get the aircon sorted last year so to say i'm unhappy is an understatement. I'll get it booked in soonish.
Aircon is an absolute necessity over here as daytime temps can be in the 40's and in a few months, minimum nightly temps will be 36 / 37 degrees. Chris
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2016 D4 Landmark in the UK. 2014 LR4 SE in Bahrain.
9th May 2021 5:23 pm
Peter H
Member Since: 07 Apr 2021
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 5
Exciting day replacing the tailgate larch as cable broke ! Put a new microswitch in at the same, ordered from Amazon on Saturday and got same day delivery, saved chasing round. Followed the instructions on other posts, 🙂🍺
9th May 2021 5:56 pm
400-ascona
Member Since: 05 Apr 2019
Location: Derby
Posts: 20
Used it for what it does best, moving the family and their various hobbies around the country!
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