Thread: just starting out with defender 110

the first and probably last photo youd take of your deefer with rodeos and pajeros is in the carpark of the fast food joint when you all meet up.

The rest will be taken by others and will predominately be you deefer in the forground, with a snatch strap or tow rope and the paj/rodeo in the background on the other end of the line.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

the first and probably last photo youd take of your deefer with rodeos and pajeros is in the carpark of the fast food joint when you all meet up.

The rest will be taken by others and will predominately be you deefer in the forground, with a snatch strap or tow rope and the paj/rodeo in the background on the other end of the line.

Quite right - the Defy will eat the jappers once the going gets interesting. Welcome redneck.woman91 - and remember to wave!

G'day and welcome, you certainly won't have any problems keeping up with your friends even with a bog standard defender & there probably isn't much you need to do to it until you get out there and work out what you feel it needs. Enjoy it, we are all looking forward to the pictures.

Hey, I wonder if it was you I waved to last time I went through Peats Ridge... I seem to recall that the only wave I got on that trip was from a red-P defender.

It was back at the end of March, but if it was you, you'd probably remember, something to do with having a big orange canoe up on the roof and six more in tow!

Anyway, sounds like you've got hold of a good'un.

haha yes mate i do remember you! ive always been taught to wave at other landys. When i used to drive a hilux i kept forgetting and would wave at landy owners, damn i used to get some funny looks!
I think i am the only p plate defender driver up this way anyway, if there are others i havent seen them!

I took her for a run yesterday up a short local bush track, pretty steep with a heck of a lot of puddles! she did pretty well on the way up, except for when we hit the steepest section where she struggled a little bit even in low range. I think it was probably due to the all terrain tyres and the steel box which is still loaded up with my swag and other camping gear.

Ill be putting up some pics of her a bit later today, along with my small *cough* shopping list, would love to know what people think!

hello again,
just putting some pics of the offender up - do not ask how she got this name...my dad does not even know!
I have only owned her for a month or so, and Ive already got a shopping list! (granted half of it is things dad and i have wanted to do with her for a few years but never had the time)
*winch bar and winch - havent decided which make yet, but dad was leaning towards a terrafirma tubular winch bar and tigerz 12000lb electric winch)
*Recovery kit
*bash plate and diff guard - (this is a priority as when im driving up our dirt road to home i almost smash the diff coming out of the creek if i go at the wrong angle)
*UHF and aerial, probably will get a VHF as well as that is what my friends all have in their 4wds and when we go bush we usually stick to VHF to talk to one another.
*Dual battery system to join the coleman fridge I got for my 18th
*CD player and speakers
*Spotties - I have inherited a set of IPF 800 spotties from our old Disco, I will have to get somebody else to install these for me though.
*New rims and mud tyres, dad was going to go for either Maxxis bighorns or Mickey Thompson MTZs, with sunrasia rims. I have seen both perform on a Pajero and a Rodeo, and we have Bighorns on our 80 series cruiser (yes my parents crossed to the dark side). They seem to go really well, especially the Bighorns, but havent seen them on any landys so Im not sure.
*A Defender tub tray, in decent nick for a decent price - if anyone hears of one, let me know!

Dad and I are doing a full service on her soon, and the New radiator out of our Disco will be going in, along with new brake pads. She's also coming up for a new serpentine belt, vacuum pump and battery.

PS:In the side on photos u will probably notice the large dent in the Steel box's door. That was courtesy of dad leaving the door up and drving out of the shed just before I took ownership - i wasnt very happy!

Black sunnies and Bighorns look awesome

not that im biased

haha just slightly biased. how do u find the bighorns go?