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  1. 23rd April 2009, 10:26 PM #1
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    Dual Exhaust and a couple of other bits

    Just wanted to share the new look at the rear of my Rangie.

    2" dual system with stainless tips. The trick was getting a muffler with dual inlets and outlets so it would fit in the space allocated to the original muffler. Then it was bent and fitted nice and tight to the body with resonators just before the stainless tips.

    Clearance has actually improved at the rear with this system compared to the previous resonator.

    And the sound? Fully sick mate Perhaps a touch louder than it should be but geez does it bring a smile to my face. I love the sound of a Rover V8 that is breathing easy.

    Project for the weekend is to find a way to keep the air hose for the rear locker well away from the pipes when the car is on low height.



    The circular fitting above the LR logo is the rear reversing camera. I tried to put it in a symmetrical location opposite the boot release button. In the pic below you can just make out the oversized rear mirror which doubles as the screen for the reversing camera. It also has a second video input that one day I'll use for a forward-facing camera at diff level



    Shown with road wheels and tyres (Cooper HT Plus 265/60R18).

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  2. 23rd April 2009, 11:43 PM #2
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    Nice looking. Your numberplate needs lifting though.

    Any side pics with the new wheels?
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  3. 24th April 2009, 12:41 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by andrew e View Post
    Nice looking. Your numberplate needs lifting though.

    Any side pics with the new wheels?
    Ta Andy. As you can probably tell, I've put the skinny numberplate from the front at the rear. That's about the only place it fits with the extra numberplate light fitting. Am loathe to mount it off-centre to the left of the orignal fitting in case some bored Highway Patrol person pulls me up 'coz the spare wheel might obstruct it a little.

    Will get some side pics at various heights for you over the next couple of days, but can't promise that I will give it a wash first You'll just have to picture the alloys through the mud and dirt.

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  4. 24th April 2009, 07:57 AM #4
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    That wheel on the back looks huge. Thats one of your 18 inch wheels?

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  5. 25th April 2009, 11:11 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by willem View Post
    That wheel on the back looks huge. Thats one of your 18 inch wheels?

    Willem
    Yep Willem - 18" wheels with Cooper HT Plus 265/60R18 tyres. Still a smaller OD than the 16" wheels with 33" Maxxis Bighorns I keep for off-road play.

    Went for a lttle impromptu off-roading with my son last weekend but forgot to swap over the tyres first. The HT's were surprisingly good in mud puddles and over dirt mounds where my boy managed to bottom out the chassis. Not so good at climbing a steep grass slope where I started to slide sideways... 2 switches on... air-locker engaged and up it went anyway

    Andy - here's the side pic you asked about. This is at Standard height = 880mm from ground to wheel arch. High = 935mm.



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  6. 26th April 2009, 06:51 AM #6
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    How about a VID???
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  7. 26th April 2009, 10:14 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    How about a VID???
    Sure Pedro, will see what I can do... get a willing cam operator... find a bit of mud... figure out this youtube thingamyjig

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  8. 30th April 2009, 11:41 AM #8
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    I've been thinking of putting dual pipes on. Did you do this yourself?
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  9. 30th April 2009, 08:06 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie View Post
    I've been thinking of putting dual pipes on. Did you do this yourself?
    Unfortunately not, it was a done by a local exhaust place in Canberra for approx $900. If I could bend pipes and weld like these guys I'd have a snorkel on my Rangie by now

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  10. 2nd May 2009, 06:39 PM #10
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    Looks real good Paul. Thinking of going to see Andrew E to pickup my bits that he has stored but might come through Canberra to meet and see it in the flesh if you are up.
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