Now a 110 owner

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Originally Posted by AndyG

Or a burble :confused:

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If you like but I would equate a burble with a V8 sound. A more mellow deeper tone. :)

Thanks to MarkM on this forum I now have some MUD seat rails fitted and they create a great deal of leg room. I can see how these would make a huge difference on a long journey.

Appreciate the tip from folks here to put them in, and thanks again to Mark who has a really nice 110 I enjoyed looking over.

(It was amusing to remove the seats and see the different number of spacers that were under each seat screw)

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Originally Posted by El Rey

Thanks to MarkM on this forum I now have some MUD seat rails fitted and they create a great deal of leg room. I can see how these would make a huge difference on a long journey.

Appreciate the tip from folks here to put them in, and thanks again to Mark who has a really nice 110 I enjoyed looking over.

(It was amusing to remove the seats and see the different number of spacers that were under each seat screw)

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The extended seat rails do make a big difference, hey. I couldn't get comfortable with my long legs before I fitted the ones from The Expedition Centre. Now I don't even need to push the seat all the way back.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The extended seat rails do make a big difference, hey. I couldn't get comfortable with my long legs before I fitted the ones from The Expedition Centre. Now I don't even need to push the seat all the way back.

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That's it. I don't have long legs, and with the seat slid all the way back I would have to stretch to apply meaningful pressure to the pedals.

Congratulations , nice looking Defender . Yours is quite distinctive . When I picked mine up I found it skipped about a bit as well . I checked the tyre pressure , the rear was 46 psi I let them down to 35 psi that made a big improvement to driving . 46 is ok when loaded up , but empty they skip about . I'm sure you will have lots of pleasure driving your new truck , good luck Jim . :)

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Originally Posted by jimr1

Congratulations , nice looking Defender . Yours is quite distinctive . When I picked mine up I found it skipped about a bit as well . I checked the tyre pressure , the rear was 46 psi I let them down to 35 psi that made a big improvement to driving . 46 is ok when loaded up , but empty they skip about . I'm sure you will have lots of pleasure driving your new truck , good luck Jim . :)

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Cheers mate. Appreciate the tip about the tyres.

Tonight when I went outside to head to the gym, I sat there for 5 minutes playing with the headlight adjustor while the beams were on the garage door, so I could see what it did. Before now I've tried it on the road and couldn't see any difference between the settings, but against the flat surface you can see the light moving slowly up and down.

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Originally Posted by El Rey

Cheers mate. Appreciate the tip about the tyres.

Tonight when I went outside to head to the gym, I sat there for 5 minutes playing with the headlight adjustor while the beams were on the garage door, so I could see what it did. Before now I've tried it on the road and couldn't see any difference between the settings, but against the flat surface you can see the light moving slowly up and down.

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I drive around with 28 PSI in my tires. Its more comfy, I get almost no axle tramp (skip) and it helps with drive train backlash as well.
On the subject of lights: I put the switch up to the second highest setting, then adjusted the beam, with the adjuster screw on the lights, to cut off just below the window of an average normal car. That way I don't dazzle other drivers and I can still notch it up one when I don't want to use high beam.

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Originally Posted by jimr1

Congratulations , nice looking Defender . Yours is quite distinctive . When I picked mine up I found it skipped about a bit as well . I checked the tyre pressure , the rear was 46 psi I let them down to 35 psi that made a big improvement to driving . 46 is ok when loaded up , but empty they skip about . I'm sure you will have lots of pleasure driving your new truck , good luck Jim . :)

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I remember when we got the Defender being shocked at the pressures recommended on the door label. Lately I've pumped them up to 46 at the rear and 36 at the front and it definitely handles better on smooth bitumen and doesn't wallow so much. Off road is a different story.