Thread: Pimp my ride.... sort of

Welcome mate!!

I think your on the right track 3" spring lift 2.5" body lift 33" muddies on some offset sunnys. Detroit locker in the rear True trac in the front. Maybe some crawler gears and bar work and the little things like UHF Spotties ooo and some nice recaro bucket seats.

Then you could strenghten CVs Axles bash plates and diff guards. Snorkel.


I just typed randomly as things i want came to mind

Welcome Will - this is a good forum to swap ideas and get inspiration, and even to keep yourself in check at times.

The EAS on the Rangie can be a somewhat contentious topic. Most non-LR mechanics don't understand it, and don't want to. Many RR owners are plagued by niggling EAS faults that leave a bad taste and the desire to move to coils. Others of us believe the EAS is a beautiful thing and worth preserving. Some of us even go so far as replacing the OE springs and shocks with upgraded units to make it even more flexible to give extra travel and lift.

I'm no expert on EAS but thanks to people on this forum and RangeRovers.net I am now comfortable hot-wiring the EAS from a hard fault to inflate the bags so I can get home comfortably. For a small amount of money (< $100)you can install an emergency EAS bypass kit that lets you inflate the bags with an air compressor if you don't want to hot-wire it. There is free software available that lets you reset the EAS and even play around with the height settings. It is also pretty simple to renew the compressor by simply replacing the piston and seal.

My Rangie has some mild mods but I still use it as a daily driver 'coz I love the driving position and the power. Here's the current state of affairs:

• 2" lift kit from HRA with extended bump stops
• re-valved Bilstien shocks all round
• Arnott Gen III air springs (extra 3" of travel)
• 33" muddies on 16" rims for off-road play
• 31" Coopers on 18" rims for daily driving
• Great Basin Rovers 4.1 diff gears
• ARB rear air locker
• HRA custom front low-profile bullbar
• 4x4 Intelligence custom rear bar and tyre carrier
• reversing camera
• dual 2 1/4" exhaust system

To do list:

• new transmission and transfer case
• snorkel
• front and rear bash plates
• rock sliders
• trim wheel arches for bigger tyres
• winch
• speedo correction unit
• FaultMate diagnostics unit
• Car-puter
• forward facing camera at diff level
• replace damaged passenger doors
• wash it (maybe)
• respray after it's been scratched a few more times

Once you start modifying your Rangie it's a long slippery/fun/expensive slope. Don't be surprised if the mods cost you more than what you paid for the car itself.

Andrew_E has some pretty cool ideas on what can be done to these beasts too.

Cheers, Paul.

cheers

Originally Posted by cucinadio

cheers

ok, my bad... links to YouTube vids in this post
Dual Exhaust and a couple of other bits

Pics located here and here

Originally Posted by Grover-98

Welcome mate!!

I think your on the right track 3" spring lift 2.5" body lift 33" muddies on some offset sunnys. Detroit locker in the rear True trac in the front. Maybe some crawler gears and bar work and the little things like UHF Spotties ooo and some nice recaro bucket seats.

Then you could strenghten CVs Axles bash plates and diff guards. Snorkel.


I just typed randomly as things i want came to mind

Body lift P38?, dont bother, its too hard and wont help anything, trust me.

They dont do carwler gears for a p38, just 4.1 diff ratios.

they dont make stronger axles /cvs for a p38, but ashcroft/maxi D2 cvs might fit

Recaro seats? Ha! you have never sat in a p38 have you.




Anyway, Welcome Will,

Firstly, where are you? aus/us/euro/NZ?

Coils vs bags, big debate here. How hardcore offroad do you want to go?

Extreme hardcore, i would use coil overs 36-37 inch tyres

Fairly Hardcore, i would use springs and custom shock mounts, tubs/wheel arch radius. 34-35 inch tyres

weekender, and still good on-road manners, airbags, see pauls post above, 33 inch tyres.

Please say you are in europe and you want a hard core rangie, as unimog 404 diffs would really work well. They are cheap in europe too.


Andy

Paul, with all those mods, you need a diff guard.

I just happen to have my brand new QT rear guard for sale - never fitted.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Paul, with all those mods, you need a diff guard.

I just happen to have my brand new QT rear guard for sale - never fitted.

Sure Ron, happy to buy it from you if you are ok to help me fit it

Seem to remember a thread about these guards here - oh yeah, it was you

How hard do you reckon it would be to install?

Cheers, Paul.

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

Sure Ron, happy to buy it from you if you are ok to help me fit it

Seem to remember a thread about these guards here - oh yeah, it was you

How hard do you reckon it would be to install?

Cheers, Paul.

When you install it, you would need to swap some studs in the diff housing to dicovery 1 studs, which are longer. To do this you need to take your center out. Not a big job really, especially for someone who's rear diff leak is the only one in the car, ron (Yes i saw that one).

Andy