Trout, I hadn't thought of that.
Maybe I should check my Scrabble kit!
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Trout, I hadn't thought of that.
Maybe I should check my Scrabble kit!
Neither do I Trout, the closest I could get was VERYDISCO 3 or VERYDISCO 4[tonguewink]Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
It's easy for you Craig you just change it to DISCOREVY [smilebigeye]Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
Maybe it's RECOVERY. :lol2:
I've run 255/85-16 and run 285/75-16 like this. You may need to loosen the bumperbar bolts and lower the bar down. There is a bit of adjustment in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
Something if wrong with your setup. The standard carriers when flipped have sufficient room for 33" tyres (285/75R16) - mines been like so for around 10 years now and there's sufficient clearance below the tyre to the rear bumper for no rubbing even when the spare wheel cover is fitted.Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
It's a fairly simple process:
1. remove carrier and flip.
2. mark out and drill out two new centre bolt holes.
3. refit to rear door.
4. Either undo the wear windscreen wiper and move with over on the spline or cut a notch into the side of the spare wheel carrier.
5. Remove the lights from your rear bumper bar.
6. Through the light holes, loosen the bolts holding the rear bumper to the vehicle, push the rear bumper down as low as it goes and retighten.
7. Refit rear bumper lights and spare wheel.
If you've still not got clearance then likely your rear tall door needs attention. It's common for one or both of the hinges to need replacing now and/or it might need loosening off and raising to reset to the correct positioning on the body if it has dropped over time.
Oops - I should have mentioned that I have the Britpart Heavy Duty Steel Bar which I found sits higher than the standard bar and unlike the standard bar there is a centre attachment plate on the bar to secure it up to the centre tow bar mount and that arrangement will not readily allow for up/down adjustment. You can pack it out with spacers but it tilts the bar noticeably . I had a spare wheel bracket anyway and RIJIDIJ Off Road modified it for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by twr7cx
My door hinges are good, the door hasn’t sagged.
So do I mate and 33" tyre on the spare wheel still fits...Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
That is curious, because 33’s would have presented a problem on my D2 rear door . New 32’s on a wheel bracket previously flipped for the old 30’s) now rubbed on the bumper bar - however it is what it is - and a remedy was available.Quote:
Originally Posted by twr7cx
My D2 is a 1999 build and I have swapped the factory alloys for genuine Wolf Defender rims, and because offset is unchanged that shouldn’t affect the issue.
Back in March, I asked for advice on how to remove the "DISCOVERY" lettering on the rear door of my D2a.
I didn't know if the letters had some kind of fastener on the inside cavity of the door.
Thanks to various replies assuring me that getting them off was a lot easier than that.
I have attached a pair of pics to show what I eventually did (and this post is probably 3 months overdue!)
The letter "Y" is missing from the "before" picture because I tested removing them using a fishing-line "garotte", on that one.
That worked perfectly and easily.
Residual double-sided tape adhesive came off with a bit of rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) on a rag. Metho or turps would also probably do.
There were a couple of deep scratches that I had long ago covered with touch-up paint, but which still looked a bit ugly.
So I took the opportunity to put the lettering further up on the door as well as re-arranging it, in order to pretty much cover the scratches.
Having a space in the middle made that work even better.
The old letters were a bit knocked about and chipped - the replacements also look a lot sharper.