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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3786   
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Nice Yorkshire morning.
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21st Aug 2022 12:13pm |
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| Timbo Member Since: 15 Jun 2021 Location: west mids Posts: 136  
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Hi Co1 I read this from start to finish and had to smile to myself when you said very early on "Thats all my upgrades done"
 Page 31 now and still counting! Lovely 90 buddy but needs a bigger engine  Citroen 2CV. (Written off)
66 Ford Mustang (Sold) Land Rover Defender 110 Hard top 300 tdi (Sold and subsequently written off) And a few BMW's before seeing the light |
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9th Sep 2022 8:33pm |
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| Timbo Member Since: 15 Jun 2021 Location: west mids Posts: 136
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I'm a sucker for the V8 sound (and grunt) I too considered the M57 BM engine but I think petrol V8 is the way to go personally which is why I did just that! The straight 6 is a lovely engine and the sound is great too but V8 trumps it as far as I'm concerned. Roll cage is also a wise addition, I don't have one but I can see the benefit. I lost count of the upgrades I have done but the base vehicle, while great, needs to be adjusted to to suit each persons needs. Mine is getting ever closer but still needs a few tweaks. I don't think we'll ever be totally finished will we  Citroen 2CV. (Written off)
66 Ford Mustang (Sold) Land Rover Defender 110 Hard top 300 tdi (Sold and subsequently written off) And a few BMW's before seeing the light |
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10th Sep 2022 8:38pm |
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| Screbble Member Since: 26 Apr 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2347 
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Great art is never finished 👍
Just think how bored you’d be if you weren’t fettling. Cracking thread Co1  |
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11th Sep 2022 8:29am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3786
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Cheers gents. No chance of being bored!!
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11th Sep 2022 11:05am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3786
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Gratuitous front end shot from this morning. Still not sure about the twisted grille, keep thinking a body coloured standard grille would look better and hide the AC condenser more. What does the collective think?
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24th Sep 2022 11:54am |
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| Screbble Member Since: 26 Apr 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2347
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Take your point about better camouflaging the AC condenser but the grill looks great in my opinion and fits well with the light surrounds 👍
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24th Sep 2022 1:25pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3786
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I know what you mean and I can’t bear drilling holes back into the grille surrounds after filling and painting them. I’ll break out the black radiator paint for the condenser again. The last coat has barely lasted a year mind, any brands out there that anyone has used that last longer?
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24th Sep 2022 3:28pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11327
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I've tried all sorts of combinations of grills and headlight surrounds, including a mesh one, and always come back to the standard grill. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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24th Sep 2022 7:25pm |
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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 781 
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Hmmmm
It's very much a personal choice (obvs.) but I have never managed to like the whole wide open mesh/visible fan/rad aesthetic. It almost looks as though something is missing?. Rgds. Chris |
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24th Sep 2022 7:31pm |
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| mcma1 Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 2947 
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You can still refit a standard grille and lights surrounds after filling the holes etc. no need to drill new holes
Andy
2014 Fuji 110 SW LS3 https://www.defender2.net/forum/post751233.html#751233 2014 Corris 110 SW http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40056.html My old Xtech 90 build.. http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic15681.html LS3 V8 build... http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic49051.html |
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25th Sep 2022 8:45pm |
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