Recent content by Thon

Thanks for the photos - mine came with a bedliner so I haven't yet checked underneath. I made the assumption that the existing tie-down brackets were the only ones available but they're not really in particularly handy locations. Once the filthy weather has finished here i'll get underneath it...

Great work - thanks for detailing it so well. I've recently bought a 2018 Utah over here in the UK and am intending to do something similar in the pick-up bed (also have a canopy fitted). One question I have is how did you secure the drawer unit - maybe I missed it but I couldn't see how they...

7.50 x 16s are pretty small in comparison, so there's never any clearance problems - lock-stops are always best adjusted for maximum lock whichever wheel / tyre combo you use. For example I also run General Grabber AT 265/75 x 16 on Evo Corse (Terrafirma Dakar) rims, which needed the stops...

I've been using 7.50 x 16 XZLs on my 110 on and off for 3 years. They're fairly noisy but not deafeningly so, grip surprisingly well on road and in the wet (if you consider they are heavily off road biased) and seem to wear reasonably well. I recently went on an extreme off-road day in the...

Nice looking truck. I had a couple of 200 Tdi 110 SW a decade or so ago and really enjoyed the engine / gearbox combo. Watching your progress with interest.

New Evo Corse rims and Safety Devices roll cage fitted:

Spent several years on and off working for a Land Rover specialist independent so had a chance to sample the goods before buying. Not all of my purchase and sale experiences were sensible or of my own volition but here it is: - Ex-Military 109 SIII, sold when changed job and acquired works car...

What happens if the original chassis is grit blasted and galvanised? It doesn't seem to make sense that a different coating would make it ineligible? As far as a replacement galvanised chassis is concerned, it would be stamped with the original VIN so would be virtually indistinguishable from an...

The Salisbury axle was specified for it's greater load rating and stronger diff if I remember correctly what I was told when I was working on them. Will the D1 axle be up to the job?

I don't know if it's the "best place to live" but i'm happy with where I am. I live in an area of the UK called Salisbury Plain. A large chunk of it is a military training area which has been owned by the Ministry of Defence for over a century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain...

If I were in your position I would definitely not take it to Australia. It's way too much aggro and grief, if it was anything like importing into Canada which I did. It always costs more than you expect and if you're only going for a short time the D3 can survive that happily, plus it will be...

That's a helluva timescale no matter what type of truck you're having built! Seriously though, if there's anything I can do to help (being at least in the correct country) then please PM me. I have quite a lot of experience in TDI and N/A Diesel Defenders and 90/110s (now on my 5th) and have...

I've heard a lot of this recently, which I think is a product of the import eligibility rules and a local surge in demand due to the production of Defenders ending. I feel only shame when I hear that foreign buyers are being ripped-off when there are so many decent workshops and traders here...

New (to me) Defender Picked this up on Saturday. It's 8 years old with 27K miles on it, and stock apart from a tracking device (Defenders are theft targets here at the moment). Not planning massive mods with it this year but the intention is to make it suitable for trans-European camping trips...

If you ever manage to bend a genuine Wolf rim then you will have bigger troubles than just a bent wheel. They are called "Wolf" because they were fitted to the military XD Wolf Defenders and they are a super-strong steel rim. They weigh an absolute ton. The first time I loaded one on the back...