Thread: Project 'Bob' (formerly Bobette)

See... The purple grows on you lol.

The wipac LEDs do look a million times better than the ones I took off and were worth shelling out the extra money on, though like you I have yet to see them working yet as I am still at the stage with the wiring that goes a little bit like this:

"Hmmm, wiring.... Yea I'll get to that later"

I have scolded myself several times already for putting it off and with any luck I will listen come next weekend as it would be nice to get that job crossed off the list. Though I do need to get some more paint on the tub....

Originally Posted by debruiser

Just showed the MRS, she liked the colour in the first place but now she loves it and is saying "I told you so". Lol. Although she says that the bumper and grill should be black. I disagree, I think the grill is perfect that colour.

I have considered black, but had already silvered the grill, the bumper might not stay on there as I have a less bent one that came with the old girl I shall have to see how I feel when I get to that stage, maybe paint the other black and see how they compare lol

I've put in a new main wiring harness, would have to have spent a solid week on it now But I did make my own chassis harness. I've also added a bunch of stuff (radio, cb, electric brake controller, boost, exhaust temp, water temp, tacho, oil pressure, spot lights, interior lights, rear camp/work light, trailer wiring) still got a bunch of stuff to go, thermo fan, demister fan, windscreen washers, cigarette lighter. I'm just crossing my fingers it's all worth it.

Personally I'd get all the painting done first reasons:
1 - it's all nice and clean when your wiring so no more getting dirty.
2 - dirt doesn't fall in your face when your under the car
3 - you wont paint over the wires when you go to paint
4 - lights arn't in the way to paint
5 - you wont get dirty

Hmm, I may take the advice on that one, not getting dirty is something I can get behind as I cannot count the number of pairs of jeans and t shirts I have ruined grovelling around the Landy over the past months.

Wiring wise I have considered putting in a lot of the things you have, and have been keeping an eye on your build to see if I can gauge how easy/hard a lot of it might be in order to decide if I can actually do it myself. Right now I am definitely going to put in spots and interior lighting of some description, also a sound system of some sort, have a friend who is big on electronics who is going to build me something small and unobtrusive to save space in the cab. I also have to work out how to fit some kind of air conditioning, because coming from England I am still not used to hot summer days although I am told that the holden engine I have actually came in a car with air conditioning so I might be able to get hold of parts to convert easy enough... I shall have to investigate.

I know what you mean by ruining clothes on land rovers. All my yard clothes look like I'm a mechanic or fitter or something. I'm under strict instructions never to go into the shed in good clothes. When you read 'good clothes' read 'anything but my already ruined yard clothes'.

Wiring isn't rocket science, it's pretty easy as long as you take your time. My biggest concern is keeping everything neat and fitting all the wiring into the space LR allocated; this is yet to be tested though. This sound system sounds interesting; I got a mechless unit it's heaps shorter than a CD unit and means that it fits in a lot easier. Plus the CD would get full of crud and not work anyway; USB is far easier.

USB is the direction i was going as well, there's naff all on the radio half the time and cd's tend to get broken/scratched/filled with crud as you stated, he reckons he can build a unit that i can plug any usb device into that takes up next to no room... i look forward to seeing what he can come up with but its a long way to go before she's driveable so i am not too worried right now about the radio side of things, figure so long as i put a slot for it in the fusebox all will be good when the time comes to wire it up.

The past week has seen a fair bit of progress but sadly not all of it visible on pictures. Have wired in the indicators and side lights and the LEDs are damn bright, starting to wonder if I need bother with headlights lol. Still on the electrical front I managed to wire up practically everything on the dashboard though am having issues finding replacement bulbs for the instrument lights as they appear to be smaller than anything I can find in the shops, a minor inconvenience though, I can usually tell if high beams are on by the switch position and I have no real clue where the oil pressure light should connect to anyways, figure it can wait until everything else I know of is wired up and then anything remaining must be the oil pressure switch thingy! (Scientific method eh?)

Anyways, the sidelights on:


The Landy moved and I finished the last coat of paint on the tub:



Rear lights fitted passenger side:



Passenger door awaiting final clear coat:




And that is all for now!

Busy day today, though most of it was waiting for paint to dry between coats. Fitted the passenger door first off after spraying it last night late and shoving it back in the spare room which now stinks of paint and I am informed is going to be used tomorrow by my sister in law... Oh well, I am sure she has had worse

Fitted a garage door handle to the back door so I now have one locking door on the Landy! Have also taken to chaining it to the gate post due to the fact it can drive now and I live in a den of thieves.

Bonnet got removed and painted and is overnighting in the spare room to add to the paint scent.



Door fitted:



New lock: