http://www.landroversonly.com/forums Discuss auto accessories such as winches, roof racks, lights, shocks, car stereos, navigation, etc etc... en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:49:27 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.landroversonly.com/forums http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/installing-superwinch-arb-44729/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:25:44 GMT hey I just bought a Superwinch EP 9 and a new ARB winch bumper. I know you have the modify the bumper slightly to get this winch to fit the ARB and was wondering if anyone else had done this and if they had any photos. thanks hey I just bought a Superwinch EP 9 and a new ARB winch bumper. I know you have the modify the bumper slightly to get this winch to fit the ARB and was wondering if anyone else had done this and if they had any photos. thanks ]]> Accessories roverbear http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/installing-superwinch-arb-44729/ http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/edm-other-parts-thread-44670/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:11:33 GMT I started out my automotive career interested in Honda and Acura vehicles. I have grown to enjoy researching and searching for European Domestic Market parts and Japanese Domestic Market parts that are not available here in the United states. What are the parts that you have seen or installed on... I started out my automotive career interested in Honda and Acura vehicles. I have grown to enjoy researching and searching for European Domestic Market parts and Japanese Domestic Market parts that are not available here in the United states.

What are the parts that you have seen or installed on your rig or other rigs that could be considered rare or only available across a pond?

I have a 1999 Discovery II that I would like to start researching parts that are not available here in the states.

Hopefully this thread can provide some interesting results if I am headed in the right direction!

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Peace! ]]> Accessories blubryyum http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/edm-other-parts-thread-44670/ http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/hella-stumped-44448/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:50:03 GMT My tabs used for mounting the lights recently snapped off, I'm guessing from the Hella 4000s being big and heavy in combination with my rack and tabs being aluminum. I unplugged my lights and stored them in the garage while Rover Racks fabricated some bolt-on light tabs, which look pretty good. I ground off the remaining sections of the tabs, bolt on the lights, plug them in, and only one of them works - the pencil beam which is the third one over from the beginning of the wiring.

I immediately think it is a grounding or fuse issue, so I check all of the fuses and the ground wire. All look in order, and were never touched anyways. I tested all of the plugs, and they're all getting juice. Now I'm thinking I may have to grind some of the powdercoat off of my rack and off of the insides of the bolt-on tabs, but don't want to before I hear suggestions on what it could be. The tabs look too good to start grinding on.

I've also thought of corrosion in the plugs from being unused for two months, but then if the tester is getting a reading, the lights should be getting juice too.

Any suggestions? ]]> Accessories DiscoNation http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/hella-stumped-44448/ http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/my-first-attempt-metal-fab-rover-old-school-style-moron-style-44442/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:35:25 GMT Ok, well a few years ago my Rover decided to meet a deer jumping across the road going 90mph. While my bumper managed to absorb 95% of the blow, the rear end of the dear busted out my passenger headlight and the plastic piece just under headlight. It also cracked grill along passenger side and... Ok, well a few years ago my Rover decided to meet a deer jumping across the road going 90mph. While my bumper managed to absorb 95% of the blow, the rear end of the dear busted out my passenger headlight and the plastic piece just under headlight. It also cracked grill along passenger side and around bottom. 95% of grille unaffected (which I will get to in a few). Accessing the damage and what to do I started thinking. Why go buy a new grill and these other pieces for $100's of dollars when you know the second something touches them they will just crack again (give it a deer at 90 is more than a touch, my entire right side of bumper did litteraly shatter tapping another car going less than a 1mph (was at stop sign and talking and vehicle was creeping and didnt realize it till a small tap, got out and looked and looked like someone had shot it buck shot from a 12 guage 3 or 4 times.) As you can tell, I am not a fan of Land Rover's cheap ass plastic front ends. So i decide I will not replace another piece with plastic ever. So I get an idea for the grill. Since 90+% of the grille (none in center of grill) was damaged, I will just have my metal fab guy bend me some pipe and cut the grill to fit inside of it. So when I had my new bumper made I told him idea and he made me one real fast. So I knew what I was doing with that section but still had no idea what I would do with sections under headlights. Reason grill is not done yet is pipe was about 1 or 2" long so needing to cut out some of the center and weld it back up (will be finished with it by weekend as well I hope).

Well a few months ago I go out to my fathers shop one day and realize I forgot the key to gate so I had to drive around and come in through the back. When I get out and start walking up to shop I notice something and immediately get an idea. Sticking out of the dirt was some old angle iron. It was pretty bent up but there was some sections that were still straight. There was about 10-15ft sticking out of dirt so I walk over and pick it up to take into shop. Yea not a chance lol there has to be at least another 10-15ft barried who knows how deep so I go in and get hack saw and start cutting out straight pieces. I take a piece that I cut and place it under headlight and it FITS LIKE A GLOVE. It goes under the lights and once mounted will sit about 1/4" above bumper if that. Now I know what I want to do but have no clue about metal work. I work concrete not metal lol.

Few weeks later I see that angle iron at the shop and it hits me. I go grab one my plastic pieces that I saved and start measuring angles. So, this is how I did this lol no laughing. I measured from the end of piece (the part thats up around the turn signal) and measured the distance from the end to where it started to curve. Then I looked at how much it curved at that point. If you look at a factory piece it will go somewhat straight for a few inches then has a slight curve then straights back out a few inches before the big curve. So once I found my first curve, I mark the center where I want the bend to occur. From there I draw a line at a 90 d angle straight across. Then I decide I need to cut so much and angle the cut back down to the center line where I want the bend to happen. Virtually a V will be cut out of the top piece. I used a hack saw for all these cuts. Next I would move the angle iron in the vice grips so that the bend point was just sticking out of vice. I would heat it up a little using a torch then grapped rubber mallet and started hitting it until the V closed up as much as possible. By the time I finished the first one, I actually knew in my head at time how man degrees ever inch at the top of the V would give me. As you can tell from pic, second one bottom one, had much cleaner cuts. You can tell this by the inside edge of iron, not the bent side. Though the bend marks are at exact same points and angles you can see difference on inside edge (this part is under headlight so really doesnt matter;) From there I needed to fill the cracks from all the cutting. I didnt want to break out the welder so I decided to keep it easy. I got some magnum weld (tube cold weld stuff) Simply put I just pushed down into the cracks and gave it a few days to cure then grinded down the hold thing to get rid of the dust. I also used a wirewheel on a drill to get down in the deep spots of rust then smoothed it back out with grinder





Should be done and have them mounted by friday. ]]> Accessories Phlawed http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/my-first-attempt-metal-fab-rover-old-school-style-moron-style-44442/ http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/roof-ventilators-44310/ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:51:23 GMT Hi Guys, Any ideas on where I can get 4 only roof ventilators, of the type installed to Series Land Rover hard tops, or indeed, any ventilator that would suit. They need to have the capacity, to be closed in the event of dusty conditions. Many Thanks, Norm. Hi Guys,

Any ideas on where I can get 4 only roof ventilators, of the type installed to Series Land Rover hard tops, or indeed, any ventilator that would suit. They need to have the capacity, to be closed in the event of dusty conditions.

Many Thanks, Norm. ]]> Accessories normbourne http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/roof-ventilators-44310/ http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/hard-case-5th-wheel-44172/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:40:23 GMT Anyone know a site or have a line on a hard case for the 5th wheel/spare for a 2001 Discovery SE. I found one online before but dont remember the site. I am looking for one similar to the one on Merc. G500's. I have seen them for discovery's but Just dont remember where.

Thanks ]]> Accessories Cldeanq74 http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/f3/hard-case-5th-wheel-44172/