Diary of TDI Conversion - Day 27 Up and Running!!!

[LRHybrid100]

G'day Guys,

One of the last jobs I had to do was to install the extended rear body stays that support the cargo area of the boot - the stays were extended by welding 1" box section blocks on top and putting back in the standard location.

http://www.aulro.com/albums/TDI/DSCF0032.sized.jpg


And there she is!!!

http://www.aulro.com/albums/TDI/DSCF0025_002.sized.jpg

[Pedro_The_Swift]

if she goes as good as she looks,,
you'll be very happy style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Ace]

I cant wait to see it, looking good Mark. Matt

[DiscoTDI]

Nice, very nice 8)

[Greylandy]

Sweet looking Rangie .. well done Mark. I presume the front end will be covered with a bullbar and winch? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[LRHybrid100]

yeah mate, the ARB winch bar will go back on - despite suggestions that I build a new bar to keep the approach angle (they know who they are !!!)

I have just bought a Warn XD9000i winch - same as the G4 vehicles and that will go in once I'm happy with the rest of the vehicle.

The rear bar (Hayman Reece) is going back on after some alterations - rear wheel carrier etc

I want to see how these 32" BFG MT go before even thinking lockers / cutting guards / 33" Goodyear MTR's etc

Then there is the Ute conversion..... when does it end???


actually this needs to end soon - so the misses is still talking to me, THEN I can start on the D100 about September time style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[DougLD]

Well done Mark looks like you have done a great job of the Rangie
Doug

[p38arover]

Good stuff, Mark.

Now, Vlad, time to update the Common Threads with all the links before they get lost.

Ron

[Import]

Inspiring Mark,
very nice looking Rangie.
Yourve done yourself proud.
cheers
Import

[101RRS]

LRHybrid100

Looks like a nice job and thanks for letting us follow your project. I had a look at your body lift thread - it looks like a 2" lift? Did you also do a suspension lift and if so how much lift?

I am thinking of lifting my disco 1 - but I am not wanting a great deal - your car looks about right to me.

Thanks

Gazzz

[LRHybrid100]

G'day Gaz,

This vehicle has a 1" body lift which was provided by Graeme Cooper here in Sydney. It also has 2" spring lift using Lovells springs and 32" MT's

The GC 1" kit comes with 10 alloy spacers, new genuine body mount rubbers and longer bolts.

You need to use the metal washer / spacers from your vehicle or order new ones from LR - I just cleaned mine up on the bench grinder as they only had surface rust.

I only wanted 1" body lift to help with clearence of the new motor, but this also ment there was enough capacity on the break lines - can just pull them through a bit further and on the rear rotate the union - see my pix somewhere. There is enough thread on the seat belt mounts to still fit with the 1" and if you have rear body brackets that unbolt then just put 1" box section on top of these.

Only prob I can see with a Disco is the steering column union - I tried to use the later Disco one but there was no adjustment, so ended up using my RR one.

HTH

LRH

[101RRS]

Thanks for the information - my main problem wouldn't be the steering but getting into my carpark at work - my car is standard and I already scrape the the garage door with my roof rails and thats with worn 15" tyres.

As I said - nice job

Thanks

Gazzz