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Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

grafty99 wrote:
110 is having a full re spray, white lettering on the tyres and colour coded roof

How much is the respray setting you parents back? Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2018 6:06pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

grafty99 wrote:
As it's Thursday (just) I thought I'd upload a throwback Thursday pic. This is about a week after I finished the defender. So fresh looking

Click image to enlarge

That's not finished

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2018 6:07pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

Procta wrote:
grafty99 wrote:
110 is having a full re spray, white lettering on the tyres and colour coded roof

How much is the respray setting you parents back?

I like what you did there

As for the defender, it's never finished

2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

26th Jan 2018 7:58pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

Respray cost I would imagine will be similar to mine at about £2,000

26th Jan 2018 7:59pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

How many times was yours painted? My dads has been re done in the past. But not that well sadly, his is a darker colour than mine. But my dads made things worse, by jabbing at filled holes with screw drivers and weak areas causing most of the bottom panels, where the seat box bolts on to disappear,

So the rear tub will need a rebuild or a replacement. Not to mention the damage he has done with the lift jack

My mum spends money trying to tidy it up etc, dad does the opposite

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2018 8:14pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

Mine was all original paint before the respray and was taken right back before the respray. It's all been high build primed, base coated then had 4 coats of lacquer.

There is nothing worse than a poorly executed paint job as it can be very time consuming to put right

Best thing to do it tackle it panel at a time

26th Jan 2018 9:52pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

its getting some where decent too, That are willing to do the work properly, where I live grafty, Most of the garages have a really bad rep sadly for not doing stuff properly. Id take mine to my local coach works as they deal with insurance right offs etc. Sounds like you have more paint on it now than it did when it left land rover! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2018 10:32pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

Yeah it's hard to find a decent paint shop.

I think landrover would have made the amount of paint on my defender stretch to 3

26th Jan 2018 10:38pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

My place will do their best to get away on just putting the least amount on that they can get away with on their parts!
Just to save paint and money! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2018 10:46pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

time to find somewhere better

26th Jan 2018 11:16pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

Finally today (nearly 3 weeks after changing the coolant) I managed to get the last bit of air out of the coolant system on my defender. It was being VERY stubborn!

Symptoms were no heat from heaters at anything below 2k rpm. (Also false over heat displayed on dash once) no matter how much I tried the heater matrix kept holding onto some air.

Today I took the output hose off the heater matrix whilst it was running and managed to get the rest of the air out so I now get toasty air at tickover

Also a quick clean

Click image to enlarge 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

3rd Feb 2018 7:06pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 4945

My rover metro grafty was a right bitch for bleeding! I think I will have to do the hose pipe trick with the 300 when I come to change the rad. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

3rd Feb 2018 10:06pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10530

Glad you got to the bottom of your problem there grafty

Is that quick wash you did so Procta thinks you have done the white lettering

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

3rd Feb 2018 10:22pm

ibexman

Member Since: 13 Dec 2008
Location: kent
Posts: 2876

I thought it was a respray

3rd Feb 2018 10:45pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4784

No mask respray, just wipe off the headlights and windows!

Forget the white letters, go for white all over

If changing the radiator I would also see if you can find an in line bleed screw to mount in the output hose of the heater. Good for future coolant changes too.

When I install the webasto I shall be doing exactly that

4th Feb 2018 12:15am

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