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Offline Wolfie_

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« on: September 05, 2007, 21:16:37 »
After I sold my last rrc I have had several offroader but the yearning for a rangie has been there niggling at the back of my head so I bought one off ebay without viewing and was a bit of a dog but was fitted with LPG so bought a second that was in much better condition



Pretty standard at the moment except I have fitted a Guardian winch bumper



plans are

Mud tyres
body lift
suspension lift
Winch

At the moment I am in the middle of swaping the lpg kit over but things are hard to do when you dont have the vehicle.My dad has managed to blow the engine on his shogun and has been using my rangie while he gets his fixed and has come to like it, I may have trouble getting it back
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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2007, 12:31:16 »
Cool 8)   welcome to the posh end of the club :D

What size tyres are you thinking of, how big a lift?.

Winch, don't bother yet, I rarely use mine.  Buy a Hi-Lift for now and use that.
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2007, 13:19:25 »
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Ha ha ha I thought Jap craps were totally bullet proof according to the press  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Well I think they are but I have Isuzu and Nissan engines mmmmmmmm :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2007, 18:11:16 »
Excellent, looks very nice. Why are there so many brown range rovers out there? (think mine was brown before it was sprayed!)

Could you post a few more pics of that bumper. Interested to see how tight it fits?

Nick
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2007, 19:51:17 »
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Cool 8)   welcome to the posh end of the club :D

What size tyres are you thinking of, how big a lift?.

Winch, don't bother yet, I rarely use mine.  Buy a Hi-Lift for now and use that.


Im looking at a 2" suspension lift using HD springs and spacers + a 2" (3 at the most) body lift

Already have a hi lift which I will find somewhere to mount.

Tyres? not sure yet I ran 33s on my last rangie but not convinced yet if I want to go that big.It will depend on money at the the time of buying them

This is my old rangie and would like to get somewhere back to where it was when I sold it

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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2007, 19:54:19 »
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Excellent, looks very nice. Why are there so many brown range rovers out there? (think mine was brown before it was sprayed!)

Could you post a few more pics of that bumper. Interested to see how tight it fits?

Nick


Looks brown in the picture but it is cassis red (burgandy to you and me)

Ill take some photos of the bumper over the weekend for you!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2007, 22:44:29 »
When quering cassis on a french menu the answer was blackcurrent.


One of the advantages of the RRC off road was how soft sprung they were compared to everything else. Rather than fitting HD springs, a RRC can be lifted 1.5" approx without making them unnecisserily stiff by fitting rear springs on the front (works best on a V8 ) and changing the rears to red/whites strip springs which are cheaper than yellow/blue/orange/etc. HD springs. I actually fitted LHD rears to the front of my V8 which lifted it even more (+2" ish) as I was planning on a winch at the time.

The one advantage of fitting HD lift springs is if you removed the Bodge hydromate SLU they red/whites or similare are rearly too soft for towing or even driving with the car full loaded.
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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2007, 11:52:27 »
Must admit most of my changes have come from advice of this forum (a lot from Range Rover Blues)
Gone for a 1.5 inch lift OME and fitted BFG MT's 235/85Rx16. No clashes and no other mods needed. Tyres great on road and unbelievable off. ZU Alloys  from Scorpion
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« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2007, 17:27:41 »
I am surprised you managed to fit 235/85 in without cuttingthe body work. Springs must be very stiff. Admittedly mine are on the large size but i've had to cut the arches and they still rub on serious articulation.

Looks nice though, like those rims and you can't tell me that ones glorified red aswell!

Wolfie - pics would be great thanks

Nick
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2007, 21:41:44 »
Pics as promised





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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2007, 22:12:36 »
come on wolfie,get it sorted so you can come play with the jap cr@p lot,

and try and show us how it shouldnt be done :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:




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« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2007, 13:06:41 »
Thank you kindly

Like that, looks very smart, wonder if i can stretch my budget alittle!

Nick
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