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  1. 4th June 2007, 03:53 PM #1
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    Angle grinder + aluminium panels = fun

    I got a bit bored yesterday and I think I was having withdrawal symptoms because I have had nothing to cut up on the Rangie for a while. So I took to the Disco with the angle grinder.

    The rear lower quarter panel is now how I think it should have been from the factory. I also added a couple of extra brackets so the panel is a lot tighter than what it normally is.

    There is a new exhaust going in on Friday so they will tuck the new one away nice and high behind the panel.



    I have a nice bit of rubber trim to finish it all off with and hide the rivets and some new mudflaps. Will post some pics when I put these on.
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  2. 4th June 2007, 04:02 PM #2
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    Noice! Definitely the way they should have come originally.

    Are you altering the exhaust at all i.e. removing middle muffler?
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    Yes. There is a new 2.5" single system going in with extractors, new sports cat's and a baffled sports muffler, and re,oving the rear resonator.
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    Be good if you could record sound grabs before & after for comparison. If it's a Td5 I would be very interested in the change to driveability. Thanks.
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    Nope. V8 all they way!!!
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    Looks great. Need to show us what you did in the project forum. Those tyres look really good! How do you rate em? Are they noisy?
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    Goodyear MTR's. They are the best, could not speak more highly of them.

    I have tried a few other brands and keep coming back to the MTR's. I think they are the best comprimise in a tyre. They are sort of between an A/T and a M/T. They are definately more noisy than an A/T but less than an M/T. They are good on the road, sand, rock but not so good in mud.

    The only real offroading I do in the Disco is outback trips and IMO the MTR's are the best desert tyre.
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    Gday Walker,

    Looking good! Can't wait to see it in the flesh.
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    Not long now Simon.


    Here is the end result of chopping the rear guard.

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    Hey buggalugs,
    That looks excellent, if u didnt know it was cut nobody would really notice, nice factory looking finish...just in time for the trip...
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