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 Colour match ? Expedition trailer . |
MichaelE
 19th Apr 2021 1:14pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 9 · Views: 3870 · Subject: Colour match ? Expedition trailer . |
Or you could repaint the 110 to match the trailer  |
| Unusual 1961 2a |
MichaelE
14th Apr 2021 7:25pm
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Forum: eBay & Bargain Spots · Replies: 16 · Views: 5309 · Subject: Unusual 1961 2a |
| The year 1997 has some relevance. I can't quote word for word off the top of my head what it is, although I read it somewhere recently, but it's something to do with changes made before 1997 are accep ... |
| Uproar 4x4 Stealth Rock Sliders. |
MichaelE
12th Apr 2021 6:09pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 16 · Views: 5764 · Subject: Uproar 4x4 Stealth Rock Sliders. |
True Defender owner logic, bodge new shiny parts into a rusty crusty chassis... 
Oy! My tubes aren't crusty. It's internal patina. |
| Uproar 4x4 Stealth Rock Sliders. |
MichaelE
11th Apr 2021 9:40pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 16 · Views: 5764 · Subject: Uproar 4x4 Stealth Rock Sliders. |
| Be aware of one potential fitting problem. Most of these rock sliders have a tube at the rear which slides in to the rear outrigger tube. I have Uproar Hurricanes and I had a mother of a job getting t ... |
| Best new door cards 110 Defender |
MichaelE
6th Apr 2021 11:48am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4011 · Subject: Best new door cards 110 Defender |
| There may be something in that. Out of the 2 SP cards for the front doors, the one I had most trouble fitting was to an SP replacement galvanised door. The other non-SP door was a lesser problem but ... |
| Are Caranex still in business? |
MichaelE
4th Apr 2021 12:38pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 9 · Views: 7724 · Subject: Are Caranex still in business? |
| I've got a Caranex that I've used a few times. It's ok but on my own it takes a while to put it up. Maybe half an hour. First time I used it I made the serious error of not having done a practice ere ... |
| Best new door cards 110 Defender |
MichaelE
4th Apr 2021 11:52am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4011 · Subject: Best new door cards 110 Defender |
Thanks, they seem to list a genuine one and non genuine. Which did you buy?
Thanks
Non genuine. But even the genuine ones that I have on my other Defender are a pig to get to stay on and at some ... |
| Best new door cards 110 Defender |
MichaelE
3rd Apr 2021 1:19pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4011 · Subject: Best new door cards 110 Defender |
| I bought a front door pair from SP last summer. They're well made and look good. But........ fitting them was a different story. I gave up trying to attach them and keep them attached with the standa ... |
| Door bottom paint protection - Helicopter tape? |
MichaelE
28th Mar 2021 1:19pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 6 · Views: 2509 · Subject: Door bottom paint protection - Helicopter tape? |
| Sometimes with Defenders/Series you have to get creative with application and make things fit. Don't let it tell you what you're getting. You tell it what it's going to do. If holes need to be enlarge ... |
| LED and Hid bulbs and the MOT |
MichaelE
25th Mar 2021 12:47pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 29 · Views: 10507 · Subject: LED and Hid bulbs and the MOT |
| Fitting replacement LED/HID bulbs in to a standard light unit that originally took normal filament bulbs is a fail. Fitting complete new all-in-one LED units is ok [assuming they are correctly identif ... |
| Chequer Plate Alternatives |
MichaelE
25th Mar 2021 12:59am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 13 · Views: 5766 · Subject: Chequer Plate Alternatives |
| UpRoar 4x4 do something different. I have them, not wanting chequer. Not cheap. The right side has a semi circle where the aerial hole is. I decided against having an aerial there when I did my my res ... |
| Trailer |
MichaelE
23rd Mar 2021 12:06pm
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Forum: Expedition & Overland · Replies: 13 · Views: 5610 · Subject: Trailer |
https://www.defender2.net/gallery/albums/userpics/12711/normal_E2EB1E78-029B-4A93-B875-AF405D1525D9.jpeg
Swmbo tends to set the led lights to pink  [/quote]
Hmmmm.........that looks like a ... |
| Some help needed or pointing in the right direction.. |
MichaelE
20th Mar 2021 11:49am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 14 · Views: 3550 · Subject: Some help needed or pointing in the right direction.. |
| And thank you for letting us know. It all adds to the font of knowledge. Or pit. Deep, dark, bottomless pit........ |
| Some help needed or pointing in the right direction.. |
MichaelE
19th Mar 2021 1:11am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 14 · Views: 3550 · Subject: Some help needed or pointing in the right direction.. |
| As already mentioned, check the cable from gearbox to battery -ve. Don't just look at it and yank it to see if it's tight. Remove, clean, refit. I had 6 weeks of misery trying to fix a similar fault - ... |
| Doors for open-air summer driving. |
MichaelE
28th Feb 2021 12:51pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 16 · Views: 4911 · Subject: Doors for open-air summer driving. |
| I've got door bottoms so rotten all I have to do is wind the windows down and I'm pretty much there |
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