Thread: Tiny bit excited

Originally Posted by LRJim

I think the picture gives off the illusion that the door is cut down, what your seeing is the inside of the wing im pretty sure.
I have no idea about the photo i just Googled LR monster truck, i was gonna post this

Your correct....the guard is covering the door.

Originally Posted by LRJim

LR already done it

Yes. The Forest Rover. A very niche product, about twenty made from memory. And it would be interesting to see what sort of turning circle that has, even with the much wider track! Or steering loads.

Originally Posted by weeds

Your correct....the guard is covering the door.

No it isn't....
The huge sticky out wings (Ok, mudguards) make it look deceiving.



Colin

Originally Posted by JDNSW

12.50 is ridiculous on a Series 1 - which has a smaller track than the S2, and narrower mudguards. If the tyres are legally inside the mudguards, you will have an extremely large turning circle, even on a swb.

I had 33x12.5s (10.5s on the front) on my 86 series 1 - an everyday driver for 7 years - only broke one axle at Yalwal - I had a series 2 steering box and a smaller sports steering wheel - didn't notice the heavy steering wheel all that much but then I was only in my mid 20s then.
Couldn't manage it now, though I can manage my 101 with 35x12.5s - just.

Garry

Originally Posted by gromit

No it isn't....
The huge sticky out wings (Ok, mudguards) make it look deceiving.



Colin

Lol thats what he ment, the wording was deceiving

well I'm back at work again on the S1

Pic 1 - tyres need sorting out. first i needed to clean and paint the wheels all three done, but then realised one is the 231601 original rim and other two diff wheels

pic 2-3 rear wheels off, brakes appear ok but one side had a oil leak so will need to sort out brakes at a later time. been busy taking wheels to shop to have tyres stripped off the rim

pic 4 - another tyre and again a diff size, one was 750, one was 600 and the other 225. unpainted rim

pic 5 - painted rim.

my dilemma is finding the correct rims and re painting them again or do i just push ahead with the unmatched rims...
by the way this was just brushed on undercoat paint for now, undecided whether to paint the rims white or silver to match capping

1 - raced to get this 3rd tyre off the rim, so that i could paint, i had painted the sides prior to removal of the tyre but this is all an undercoat anyway

2 - brake drum after sanding and prepping for paint, did two drums so far

3 - brake drum painted black x2

4 - while i was at it, cleaned and painted the rear d/side brake area.

need to sort out the brakes, need a lot of new parts including brake lines either copper or steel.

You need to be aware that copper brake lines are illegal. There is an approved copper based tubing that is legal - it has its identity printed continuously along it.