Thread: Tail door "DISCOVERY" lettering

Originally Posted by trout1105

I have no idea how you going to change DISCOVERY into " I NEED A FLAT TOP"

Neither do I Trout, the closest I could get was VERYDISCO 3 or VERYDISCO 4

Originally Posted by discorevy

Neither do I Trout, the closest I could get was VERYDISCO 3 or VERYDISCO 4

It's easy for you Craig you just change it to DISCOREVY

Maybe it's RECOVERY.

Originally Posted by onebob

Be aware that turning the carrier may not give enough clearance for 32’s - I had to turn the carrier when I went from standard size to 245/75/16 (30.5 inch) but when I went to 235/85/16 (31.7 inch) the tyre was in solid contact with the bumper bar so much so that it interfered with the opening and closing of the rear door. So I had my carrier modified so that the tyre cleared the bumper by 10mm.

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.

Originally Posted by onebob

Be aware that turning the carrier may not give enough clearance for 32’s - I had to turn the carrier when I went from standard size to 245/75/16 (30.5 inch) but when I went to 235/85/16 (31.7 inch) the tyre was in solid contact with the bumper bar so much so that it interfered with the opening and closing of the rear door. So I had my carrier modified so that the tyre cleared the bumper by 10mm.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

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.

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.
My door hinges are good, the door hasn’t sagged.

Originally Posted by onebob

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 .

So do I mate and 33" tyre on the spare wheel still fits...

Originally Posted by twr7cx

So do I mate and 33" tyre on the spare wheel still fits...

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.

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.