Thread: Post a pic of your disco and mods

Hi everyone a few pics of my new toy i picked up last week for $2500 a bargain i reckon. The difference between my old base model and the ES is incredible. Twin sunroofs,leather interior,cruise control,traction control,6 stacker,sub-woofer,


But i guess what sealed the deal for me was the ARB bullbar and 2.5 inch lift. I have only had it a week so no mods just yet but it won't be long.

Originally Posted by disco man

Hi everyone a few pics of my new toy i picked up last week for $2500 a bargain i reckon. The difference between my old base model and the ES is incredible. Twin sunroofs,leather interior,cruise control,traction control,6 stacker,sub-woofer,


But i guess what sealed the deal for me was the ARB bullbar and 2.5 inch lift. I have only had it a week so no mods just yet but it won't be long.

Nice car, mate

What colour is that? It looks the same as mine but I don't have the paint code sticker under the bonnet. It will be above the drivers headlight, a gold coloured sticker.

Neale

Originally Posted by Corgie Carrier

Nice car, mate

What colour is that? It looks the same as mine but I don't have the paint code sticker under the bonnet. It will be above the drivers headlight, a gold coloured sticker.

Neale

I think you will find it's this, It's under "Grey" even though it looks green/blue.

Manufacturer: Land Rover
Colour/Year: AVALON(1993/1997)
Colour Code: 575

Originally Posted by disco man

Hi everyone a few pics of my new toy i picked up last week for $2500 a bargain i reckon. The difference between my old base model and the ES is incredible. Twin sunroofs,leather interior,cruise control,traction control,6 stacker,sub-woofer,


But i guess what sealed the deal for me was the ARB bullbar and 2.5 inch lift. I have only had it a week so no mods just yet but it won't be long.

There is no traction control on a D1, ABS yes but no t/c.

Originally Posted by Corgie Carrier

Nice car, mate

What colour is that? It looks the same as mine but I don't have the paint code sticker under the bonnet. It will be above the drivers headlight, a gold coloured sticker.

Neale

G'day mate the sticker says AVALON BLUE which is strange all i see is dark green hope that helps bud

Originally Posted by loanrangie

There is no traction control on a D1, ABS yes but no t/c.

Right you are mate i thought the bloody cruise control switch was a traction control switch(dumb ass i am) sorry fellas.

Well thanks to everyone who provided advice to me in my which Disco thread. I decided on the 97 tdi rather than the 2000 V8 even though the tdi has 320,000 on th clock. The thing that swayed me was the service history on this thing. It had a stamp EVERY 8000kms and has not been off road. Purchased it with RWC and 12 months rego for $5000. It was soooooo stock it's not funny. This is my second Disco and I don't have much planned for it but I did purchase a $100 snorkel from ebay and whacked it on in the back yard also had to cut away all that horrible plastic at the front bar. Cheers and thanks to all who provided their feedback.

This is mine


Just got it registered a couple of days ago, bought it a while ago unregistered and gradually been fixing it up.

It's a 3.9l 4spd auto, 2 inch lift and 265/70 rubber.

Done a fair bit to it
+2 inch Flexicoils
+2 inch pro sport dampers
QT cranked trailing arms and 3 degree castor corrected radius arms
APT Fabrications Panhard Rod
New A frame balljoint
Super Pro Bushes all round
New rear rotors and pads
Braided brake lines
Rebuilt all brake calipers
New Brake Master Cylinder and Boooster
Heavy duty track rod + new tie rod ends + steering damper
New hood lining
New exhaust
Replaced power steering hoses
Plus a lot of other stuff.

Pretty happy with it so far, although it has what feels like a bit of a dead zone in the steering. On the highway over 80 kph the steering isn't very direct and you need to get ready for any bends or changes of camber in the road.
The only suspension bushes I haven't changed are the A frame to chassis bushes which while are a bit average aren't flogged out but will do them and the tie rod ends on the drag link which aren't too bad but have a little bit of movement.

Lots more to do on it, electric fans ,viscous is stiff when cold + got a chunk out of one of the blades so might as well do the AU Falcon fans, Engine Saver + Rustproofing at Downey St Lubritorium and much more