POST UP YOUR ROVERS

Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Location: GQSLUG

mickrangie wrote:

Bourbon wrote:

some picks of my 113 landy,ls2 6 L ,4080e fully manulized gq transfer h260 gu rear diff air locker gu front ,four bucket seates , hydro asist steer

Too bad about the tray...... Confused

Any update pictures on this truck that people know of?

looks that goods, wanna see how it finished up (if finished)

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: gold coast as of 2009

gali 40mm springs standard everything maxi rear and a cheap angle grinder...200tdi

Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Location: MINCHINBURY

Here is my D2 99 its a V8

it has a 5 inch lift which was to be 4 however Dobinson got that wrong the spring rates are 280 rear 220 front
Bilstein 7100 shocks 12 inch traveling front and rear
and a whole heap of Rovertym gear like lower shock mount cross member spacers Ive retained the springs front and rear top and bottom
Lockers front and rear and a bull bar
next is some flares and new steel rims and tyres 34-35 not sure yet but wider to make up the track
sliders and rear bar will be fabricated once I buy a welder

Still need to work on the links for ACE and other bits and peices for it to flex better

a work in progress

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Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Rowville Melbourne

Looks good Rovernit..its good to see a nice looking Disco that hasnt been destroyed by over modifying.

Looks like the Rear end needs some work as it aint flexing stuff all.
280lbs is way to stiff but i think i read somewhere you were looking at changing rear springs?

Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Location: MINCHINBURY

At the moment is all up travel 8 inch up 4 inch down its not the spring rate Slunnie here has much harder springs there some where and some how binding that ive yet to clear it could be ACE links that need looking
into

in that pic the front drive shaft was binding up to I dont know if there was something in that, thats limiting flex

oh well I get to that

Last week I placed 16mm plate and shim under the spring seat thats leveled things up it also created a better ride not sure why

alot of work yet to be done

Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Location: Toowoomba

Hi just bought my first Rangie, probably seen it recently on ebay.
Drive it 600km or so home no dramas, had patrols and zooks before, but must say this is nicer to drive and got some reasonable economy on hwy.
Pretty shit around town though. 87 model, 5 speed, bit of a roughie cosmetically.

Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: tweed heads

r0880 wrote:

Hi just bought my first Rangie, probably seen it recently on ebay.
Drive it 600km or so home no dramas, had patrols and zooks before, but must say this is nicer to drive and got some reasonable economy on hwy.
Pretty shit around town though. 87 model, 5 speed, bit of a roughie cosmetically.

theres no turning back now you are going to love it

GOOD ON YA MATE and welcome to an exclusive club

rules are if you see anthor landie give us a wave as we will to you

see you out there

dan

Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Location: OLD South Wales

Hi Just wanted to say hello from Wales, Land of sheep and real rugby teams Laughing

Got some pics below of my dya to day Disco 1 and my old Disco thats been chopped about a bit. Currently putting a set of GQ Patrol axles under her after running out of rover diffs (broke 4 already Confused

). Hope there is plenty of advice on here with regard to this conversion

Some nice looking trucks down there. Me likey

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Joined: 03 Nov 2006

Here's my rangie its 1988 with 3.5efi its got a small lift,31 inch tyres, Lf 240 blitz, uniden uhf and arb bar work it just survied a 2000k fishing trip through some rough tracks but it loved it just crusied there and back.

Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Location: Cymru

Another Hello from Wales!

Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne

nice work on ya 90 steve. how much tube have ya got hiding underthe front?

Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Location: Cymru

shakes wrote:

nice work on ya 90 steve. how much tube have ya got hiding underthe front?

Thanks, It has all the usual stuff but also Hydro assist steering which is awesome. Theres about this much tube hiing under the front!

Its changed Quite a bit again since those pic's. Now has a center winch for the real tech' sites, Gigglepin long trailing arms, and its about to have a re think on the front. I really like the defender front end but the bumper is going and the winch will be mounted straight between the frame rails with maybe a little alteration to the front part of the wing. Also the front axles going to move forward (possibly full hydro steering so i can do this) and when Ive decided what to use I'm gona change the axles for something stronger.

Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: brisvagas

sweeeeeet 90 steve,

when mine grows up it'll be something like yours!! Twisted Evil

Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: brisvagas

does your r'cage tie into the firewall or just to the top of your sliders? or the outrigger? just wondering on the lateral strength if it drops that far before being fixed to something? mine ties into the firewall just under the wing top all the way down to the bottom, but i've heard some people not like this idea too?

going to steal your front 'scrub bar' idea too, but slightly mod it to stick out further! saw your post on pirate and looks like a couple of people use this idea as you can have flat panels that are easy to replace rather then trying to find whole new fenders.

http://www.youtube.com/user/stirlsilver · Joined: 08 May 2008 Location: Melbourne

Alright... Not a monster... but this is my landie:
1981 Series 3 Stage 1. Has a 3.5L V8 running 12:1CR on LPG.
Front Maxi Locker & 33"x12.5" Baja Claws.

My members thread: http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic140443.php

This is me stading there waiting to be pulled out... Couldn't go forwards OR backwards

Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Location: Brisbane

You've done a great job restoring that stage 1 it looks good what gear box are you running behind that 3.5L?

here are a few vids of myself and DEF90 havin a bit of a play

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: gold coast as of 2009

I WANT TO MOVE BACK TO BRIS SO I CAN GO WHEELING WITH YOU GUYS

Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: St Helena, Melbourne.

So far -

98 TDI auto

2" toughdog springs
Koni shocks
Factory alloys with Cooper HT 235/70/16's for street
D1 steel rims with 265/75/16 Dunlop MT2's for offroad
TJM alloy with winch cradle
Warn M8000 winch
GME TX3400 UHF
Hp Ipaq PDA with gps mouse, Ozi Ex for mapping and TomTom V6 for street navigation.
Safari snorkle
Pirahna DB100 dual batt controller
Supercharge 670 CCA main batt, original batt as aux (whatever it is)
Aftermarket cruise control

Still to do-
Replace steering damper
Fit the IPF spotties and upgrade loom i got last year
Wire in power points in rear cargo area
Mount air compressor
Make a storage system
Build new rear bar

Joined: 28 Sep 2004

Some recent pics of my Disco.

2" Pedders springs
Bilstien shocks
dual batteries
31" all terrains
GME UHF
DVD for the rear passengers
home made storage system
WAECO for the beer

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:38 pm

RRisco UTE -
Was A Rangie ute but i fitted the shell to a TDI chassis for the diesel engine and then the dash and then the panels so i guess it's a disco ute with a rangie roof....

Added extras...

Snorkel
flipped disco rims and 33" road tyres
flipped disco rims with internal beedlock and 35" Simex rubber
2 x dual batt systems for 3 batts
driving lights
tray lights
UHF
maxis axles all round
rear maxi lokka
elec air comp with 9L tank
laptop with BT gps for nav
140L fuel tank
diff guards front and rear
4.11 diffs
Custom interior
all engineered! (apart from 35" tyres)
XXL LRA Disco Flares
LRA long travel kit
Bilstein long travel shocks
2" body lift
2" spring lift
Custom Warn High Mount Winch
Plasma Rope
RRC ARB Bullbar lifted to suit 2" body lift
madman EMS

Mick

Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Location: Newcastle, Australia

Mickrangie

I asked the same question on your build up thread:

"How much of the Disco grill did you have to cut out to get the RRC bullbar and winch to fit? Do you have any close up pics of the grill I can look at?

I have a RRC ARB winch bar and Warn XD9000 winch that I'm going to put on the front of my 98 tdi Disco and am wondering before I do, what type of surgery on the grill will need doing.

Very nice build up by the way. If I didn't have three tin lids, I'd contemplate doing the same thing. "

Cheers

Goldey

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: gold coast as of 2009

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Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: brisvagas

nice flex defmac, does it have more up travel in the front?

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: gold coast as of 2009

it does but until i get the swivel housing done and some haultech bushes its a bit stif as i have castor corrected bushes in the front

Joined: 20 May 2008 Location: Armadale WA

This is my D2
Tough Dog suspension
265/75/16s MTRs
Qt Diff Sliders
Custom BBar
Lightforce 170s

Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: brisvagas

nice disco bud, not sure about the front bar though

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:26 pm

def90 wrote:

nice disco bud, not sure about the front bar though

Is that a front bar i thought he didn't stop and collected a cow gate Laughing

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: gold coast as of 2009

Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: brisvagas

mickrangie wrote:

def90 wrote:

nice disco bud, not sure about the front bar though

Is that a front bar i thought he didn't stop and collected a cow gate Laughing

i was trying to be discreet Wink

defmac you fender looks too tidy!! you thinknig of sliders? or no rocks in NQ?

Joined: 20 May 2008 Location: Armadale WA

Im changing the front bar soon even though itd knock a cow into next week
Its not really what i first wanted
The new one will be much better Twisted Evil