fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Looks neat. Pulled the wheel's off MrsF's car and painted the calipers and suspension component's with aqua steel. Turned any bear metal black and just coats the painted stuff clear.
Car D.I.Y.
- Thread starter Drago
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Looks neat. Pulled the wheel's off MrsF's car and painted the calipers and suspension component's with aqua steel. Turned any bear metal black and just coats the painted stuff clear.
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Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Aye, 19 inch wheels with 255 section tyres - they weight a flipping ton! The mighty 336mm discs outweigh the typical manhole cover. No wonder no one has died while travelling in an xc90 - anything in their way such as orphans, nuns, Bradley Fighting vehicles, etc, just get swatted casually aside in an avalanche of steel and cast iron!
Volvo pads with Lockheed-Delphi almunised discs so they won't corrode so quickly. The old discs weren't that worn but the edges were starting to look like a puff pastry. Calipers were wire brushed, Rust-Killed and black smooth Hammerite was applied. My back is killing me from the herculean effort involved - no wonder Volvo dealers charge so much! Next week will be a service, but I need to let my back recover first.
Volvo pads with Lockheed-Delphi almunised discs so they won't corrode so quickly. The old discs weren't that worn but the edges were starting to look like a puff pastry. Calipers were wire brushed, Rust-Killed and black smooth Hammerite was applied. My back is killing me from the herculean effort involved - no wonder Volvo dealers charge so much! Next week will be a service, but I need to let my back recover first.
- Location
- Egham
No car DIY for me this week, just the £600 bill from VW for the cambelt on my T5
Wouldn't mind but I'm changing it soon.
Wouldn't mind but I'm changing it soon.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I'll buy the T5 for £600 and a turnip ? 👅
- Location
- Egham
Why not. Sorry but a few pennies shy, about 3000000 of them, give or take change
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Range Rovers had an tapered alignment tool, for a few years in the last years of the 'classic' (or Series 1, as I term it)
It used to be heavy work with the 110's
Initially 7.50 x 16 (a crossply sizing, but applied to a radial tyre...), but I changed to 235/85 x 16
Getting one off the bonnet took some doing!!
(till it went inside, when I had the white Hard-Top
Seen here, on Pendine Sands - when you could drive on there)
These tyres were fun to change (9.00 x 16, & a 6-stud rim)
A friend had one - not this one
Great fun to drive, but 'bar-grips' are scary on a wet-road)
My last Landie had the rear-door mount
I was going to fit a swing-away, but on taking the trim panel off, it had a lot of strengthening added by previous owner
Oh! & I altered the lighting, to something more visible than a poor quality candle
Top = tail/brake
Lower = tail/2 x fog
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Not only is everything heavy on a proper Landie, the chances are its corroded into position as well!Range Rovers had an tapered alignment tool, for a few years in the last years of the 'classic' (or Series 1, as I term it)
It used to be heavy work with the 110's
Initially 7.50 x 16 (a crossply sizing, but applied to a radial tyre...), but I changed to 235/85 x 16
Getting one off the bonnet took some doing!!
(till it went inside, when I had the white Hard-Top
Seen here, on Pendine Sands - when you could drive on there)
View attachment 540043
These tyres were fun to change (9.00 x 16, & a 6-stud rim)
A friend had one - not this one
Great fun to drive, but 'bar-grips' are scary on a wet-road)
View attachment 540044
My last Landie had the rear-door mount
I was going to fit a swing-away, but on taking the trim panel off, it had a lot of strengthening added by previous owner
Oh! & I altered the lighting, to something more visible than a poor quality candle
Top = tail/brake
Lower = tail/2 x fog
View attachment 540045
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
So true, and anyone who says they don't rust/corrode, never owned one!!😊
The first Range Rover I owned was I think a P Reg, rack and pinion steering if I remember correctly, a friend of mine had a nice business making tailgates for them to replace the very rusty one's.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Sorry, it'd have been a steering box & 'drag-links'
Like this, with the bow changing the direction of input-to-output
Yes, tailgates were an issue, with rot
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Cleaned the XC90 within an inch if its life today. Still had some energy left so I ceramic coated the paint. By christ, that's a workout!
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
You tiled it?
You did not waste your time, I can often tell when doing a dent if it has a coating or not as I have to concentrate harder using the knock down on a slippery surface. Now when you wash it before you dry it use a very cheap aerosol polish, Poundland style a very few squirts here and there when the car is damp makes it leather off far easier and leaves a just waxed feel to it. Do not give that tip away as only the clever guys know it.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Screenie knows his car bodywork - if he says it's a good thing, then that's good enough for me.
