Mroffroader's landrover disco

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:15 pm

thought i may aswell make a project/mod thing for it as ive already got a few things on my mind i would like to do, only owned it for 1day and i have already chopped up the front winch mount to make it smaller and more tidy, when money permits i will build a front tube bar with side bars that connect to the rock sliders, this will do for the minute tho.

any way a few pics of it being chopped up and i will finish next weekend, just ran out of time this weekend.....oh yea also ran out of money which isnt unusual for me :oops:

as it was without the winch

the winch

how it was without the spot lights on the bar or the winch, didnt like the spots, and didnt work anyway so there on trademe if you want them

the slightly slimmer model, will post up the finished product next weekend :wink:

thats all for now

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:34 pm

Looking good.

Out of your old nissan, the zook, or the disco, which do you like best?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:39 am

disco....... :thumleft: .......

Post by **mike** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:47 am

turoa wrote:Looking good.

Out of your old nissan, the zook, or the disco, which do you like best?

Ask him that again once he starts replacing broken bits

But welcome to the LR club Mr offroader. Hope youll be as dedicated as the rest of us LR buffoons

Mike

gomulletgo · Post by **gomulletgo** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:50 am

nice safety gear in that pic with the angle grinder mro

the hot metal filings off one of those can melt straight through some nylon/polyester clothes (I found out the hard way with a real mint jersey)

apart from that

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:25 pm

mroffroader wrote:disco....... :thumleft: .......

ahhahahah... ask him that when hes taken it further than his storage yard... hahhaha.. im sure the answer will still be the same tho (judging by the grin on his face when i turned up for a nosey)... :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:27 pm

WACKO wrote:
mroffroader wrote:disco....... :thumleft: .......

ahhahahah... ask him that when hes taken it further than his storage yard... hahhaha.. im sure the answer will still be the same tho (judging by the grin on his face when i turned up for a nosey)...

getting insurance sorted :wink:

.................

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:08 pm

mroffroader wrote:
WACKO wrote:
mroffroader wrote:disco....... :thumleft: .......

ahhahahah... ask him that when hes taken it further than his storage yard... hahhaha.. im sure the answer will still be the same tho (judging by the grin on his face when i turned up for a nosey)...

getting insurance sorted .................

does your insurance cover you offroad aswell? how much is it going to cost you to insure a v8 on your learners and with your age. must be heaps...?

rollypolly · Post by **rollypolly** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:39 pm

you could make a little step to help you get into the big fingggg thing?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:16 pm

na just on 3rd party fire and theft as theres a) no way they would insure me for those reasons wacko and b) if they did insure me it would be like thousands :oops:

jumper · Post by **jumper** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:59 pm

who are you using :?:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:45 am

jumper wrote:who are you using

dont know its on my old mans insurance scheme (he pays)

........but thats about the only thing he pays for

..........i remember when i had the zook all modded (it was only a 1600cc) it was going to cost about $1000 a year just becuase i was so young.......would hate to think what this would cost as its a v8 :oops:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:00 pm

Tell them you have a turbo on it and watch the insurance triple!!!!!

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:30 pm

Jerry wrote:Tell them you have a turbo on it and watch the insurance triple!!!!!

he doesnt need to tell them that, he already has a v8. my v6 paj cost me $1300 for full cover at the start of 04, but i was only 21, it was a v6, that put premiems up, but the biggest factor was the two loss of licences in the previous year... :oops:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:52 pm

i pay $500 for full cover on a 4 litre jeep.. im 23..

keep it up

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:36 pm

I am quite a bit older than 23 and pay about $500 a year for full cover on my 4L V8 Hilux.

Matt.

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:26 pm

I'm a shade over the 25 mark and pay $160ish (from memory) for extended third party on my '86 2 liter surf :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:30 pm

oh ok i may look into this insurance thing because basically im screwed if i like roll it or something :oops:

.......any way some progress finished the bar for the moment (untill i build the bull bar around it when i have some cash :wink:

jamie the master welder :wink:

the finished product (alot smaller and just the nessisties (winch bar,winch and rated tow hook :wink:

)

if you compare to the other photos of the old bar, this is alot closer :!:

4x4boy · Post by **4x4boy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:50 pm

Looking good my friend. Make sure you look after my baby and keep it on its wheels. You should be very impreesed with it when you compare it to your old truck offroad. I miss the old girl already. :cry:

I was paying about $450 a year for full cover through AMI (but I'm 35yr).

4x4boy · Post by **4x4boy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:51 pm

I guess I should change my avatar pic. Can't have the same truck for 2 members eh.

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:55 pm

4x4boy wrote:I guess I should change my avatar pic. Can't have the same truck for 2 members eh.

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:55 pm

4x4boy wrote:Looking good my friend. Make sure you look after my baby and keep it on its wheels. You should be very impreesed with it when you compare it to your old truck offroad. I miss the old girl already. I was paying about $450 a year for full cover through AMI (but I'm 35yr).

dont worry mate i will :!:

.....i love it

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:58 pm

what did you use on the rear to pull off 4x4boy??? was it a pintle? do you still have the pintle?

pouw · Post by **pouw** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 pm

Hey dude, if you mean the hook that was on the back, I think I have it here somewhere. I will track it down and get it to you with the spare key. Cheers

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:15 am

pouw wrote:Hey dude, if you mean the hook that was on the back, I think I have it here somewhere. I will track it down and get it to you with the spare key. Cheers

oh crap thatl be better than spending a hole lot of money on a pintle!!!! that would be much appreciated! thanks

4x4boy · Post by **4x4boy** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:36 am

mroffroader wrote:what did you use on the rear to pull off 4x4boy??? was it a pintle? do you still have the pintle?

John is right, There was a mounting plate in the back of the truck that bolts onto the rear with a rated towhook on it. I had it custom made for the truck. There should also be rated bolts etc there for it. I'm sure John will get them to you. :wink:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:36 pm

Okay I thought i would get this alive a little again. I have gotten rid of 90% of the suzuki just a few little parts lying around. so its onto the diffs in the disco :twisted:

. I have decided that im going to put a nissan safari front diff in it (coming from a member on here) and in the rear turoa is cutting up the rear disco diff and a rear cruiser diff (that cloggy kindly gave me, thanks so much mate!!!) and he is going to weld the centre of the cruiser housing to the rest of the disco housing it will then have some brian howat custom axles and bolt it back in and were away!!!.....well thats the plan anyway :oops:

both turoa and I will keep this thread updated with progress

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:50 pm

jebus....

surely just buyin some std stronger diffs from some kind of rover would be easier? not sure as i'm not a rover boffin...

keep us posted on that mongrel.. :wink:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:24 pm

niblik wrote:jebus....

surely just buyin some std stronger diffs from some kind of rover would be easier? not sure as i'm not a rover boffin...

keep us posted on that mongrel..

Are you questioning my authority? :frighten:

It would require about the same amount of work to put discs on a salisbury, and the front diffs would still suck. The way to get around that would be to graft a salisbury in the front, but a nissan is close to bolting in. See what im getting at :wink:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:28 pm

oh i get it...

i was just thinkin of ease vs $$$$.... thats all... :wink:

Mroffroader's landrover disco

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