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The answer that only pisses off all people half way is to implement a permit system 100%. Every area, every person. The permit is good for one style of conveyance. ATV with no plates, cars/trucks with a license plate, motorcycles/powered bicycles, horse, unpowered bicycle, feet, and additional...

Tire-Easy shows the KM3 in stock and has free shipping, but they are $$346 per tire. The image shows "Delivery N/A" but after adding a ZIP it shows shipping the next day and free shipping price. Long link shortened down

Not including very much repair, disassembly, and other labor not directly related to the actual surface prep and paint, $3500-$7000 or so.

It's a Triumph color. Searching "Triumph Mallard Blue" turned up a number of cars, so you can see the variation. I think Arles looks fine for a Defender, where you want it to look like the implement it is. But for a RRC, I'd prefer a more sophisticated color. Sounds odd saying that knowing...

For a partial color change, black is the easiest to do that with. Engine compartment and inner body being black while the body and jambs are some other color at least looks good, even if purists turn their noses up. As far as colors, Mallard Blue or Valencia Blue is one of my favorites, and is...

Reading on this site, it looks like they were optional starting in MY1976 (Oct 1975) and standard in MY1980. http://www.range-rover-classic.com/Home/land-rover-brochures/range-rover-1980-s

Here is a bluetooth receiver that is just a multi-function knob. https://www.nvx.com/xubt3-universal-bluetooth-controller-knob/ A few more full-featured head units with displays and radio receivers. These come in all sorts of shapes and sizes...

Jeff, you will want to look at marine radios. They used to all be DIN sized, but waterproof-ish. Now they make them in all sorts of sizes to fit smaller spaces.

It's the other way around. BAT sets the reserve, and the seller can balk or accept it.

No they don't put fuel into the tire. They typically push a small piston in the screw-in part that pushes fresh air into the tire.

I've got one sitting in the pile of parts to install. Not looking forward to it, and may just disassemble the dash to make it "easier".

I'll believe the price. I've used the EVO hydraulic rally jack, and it's fantastic compared the the standard scissor or Bilstein jacks that most rally cars use. It's street price is in the $700 USD range. Being a race part, it's as light as it can be, not as robust as you'd want for an offroad...

I didn't, and I won't. I ordered them along with some other parts because it was going to be convenient. There's no need to order parts like this from a dealer. Next time I do a valve adjustment I'll just measure them and order a bag of them from an industrial supply shop like McMaster.

Top power, no. The VM is about the same or maybe even stronger. But off the line, mine has more lag than a 200Tdi.

I've got a RRC with a VM 2.5 TD engine. It has some wear, but the turbo is in great shape. It's sloooow of the line. And in traffic it's a PITA. Cruising it's great. But you have to really gear down to get any grunt for any off road stuff. And the parts availability issue is real. For convince...