The Unboxing Swag Thread

[JimC]

I love opening boxes, even more so now that I’m locked up home. The thrill of cutting the tape and looking at my new swag never goes away, in fact, I might even like this part more than working on and driving Rovers.

My thought is that we could share this good feeling in this thread - at the same time, it gives a little extra exposure to the vendors we use and many of us use products and parts that others might not be aware of. Seeing them here might give people ideas.

I‘ll start out with a box of Torx pan-head machine screws for NAS roll cages from Jason Lavender at Series-Defender Outfitters. These will go on the NAS 110 with a body-colored cage, so I’ve got the bare stainless ones here. I’m not concerned about the strength of the bolts because Safety Devices supplies stainless fasteners for the body mountings with new cages.

 

[BarryO]

I used those too and wouldn't be too worried about strength. They do have higher tensile strength than hardware-store stainless bolts.

I would have preferred the black but he was out of stock at the time; the stainless look fine.

Nice idea for a thread, BTW.

 

[blueboy]

Forgot to take pic of opened box.

2 LR RRC oil filters and copper crush washers.

For some reason pic is upside down!

 

[Viton]

I love opening boxes, even more so now that I’m locked up home. The thrill of cutting the tape and looking at my new swag never goes away, in fact, I might even like this part more than working on and driving Rovers.

My thought is that we could share this good feeling in this thread - at the same time, it gives a little extra exposure to the vendors we use and many of us use products and parts that others might not be aware of. Seeing them here might give people ideas.

I‘ll start out with a box of Torx pan-head machine screws for NAS roll cages from Jason Lavender at Series-Defender Outfitters. These will go on the NAS 110 with a body-colored cage, so I’ve got the bare stainless ones here. I’m not concerned about the strength of the bolts because Safety Devices supplies stainless fasteners for the body mountings with new cages.

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My 1st experience with stainless bolts, I ruined them by over tightening them. They do a thing commonly known as galling, as they get too tight they sorta strip out and the metal becomes "gummy" and you can't even hardly get them off again. I read that it's best to lube up the threads to help prevent this galling from occurring. See if you can find some torque specs for this size of bolt.

 

[JimC]

Oh yeah, I always use this stuff liberally with any fasteners, but without fail on stainless. I also use isolating washers to the greatest extent possible. I’ve also found that I have to be careful with bulk stainless from McMaster-Carr/Fastenall etc - i need to wire brush the threads first because the slightest burr or rough thread will bind up the bolt. I don’t use standard hex-bolts much anymore though. I’ve switched to flange-head metric machine screws from Bolt Depot. These more closely resemble the OEM fasteners that Land Rover switched to during the TD5 era
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[JimC]

Forgot to take pic of opened box.
2 LR RRC oil filters and copper crush washers.

this is just a tease!

 

[Maine57S1]

Oh yeah, I always use this stuff liberally with any fasteners, but without fail on stainless. I also use isolating washers to the greatest extent possible. I’ve also found that I have to be careful with bulk stainless from McMaster-Carr/Fastenall etc - i need to wire brush the threads first because the slightest burr or rough thread will bind up the bolt. I don’t use standard hex-bolts much anymore though. I’ve switched to flange-head metric machine screws from Boot Depot. These more closely resemble the OEM fasteners that Land Rover switched to during the TD5 era
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I cant find any fasteners on Boot Depots website

 

[Uncle Douglas]

Never assemble stainless fasteners dry.

 

[JimC]

I cant find any fasteners on Boot Depots website

It’s a German marine supply store, I meant to type Das Boot Depot...

 

[blueboy]

It’s a German marine supply store, I meant to type Das Boot Depot...

“Good” movie (Das Boot) as well.

 

[jymmiejamz]

Someone replaced the fasteners on my D90 cage with stainless. Most of them are cracking.

 

[JimC]

Are those not just forging marks? I noticed similar lines on the ones I just got from Jason.

 

[jymmiejamz]

Are those not just forging marks? I noticed similar lines on the ones I just got from Jason.

I'll have to look closer. I took that picture several years ago.

 

[Norton]

Received this the other day from a member (Bellinghammer) no charge except freight - $32 by bikeflights. New used windows for my build. Windows were in great shape and the packing was even better. Thx.

 

[JimC]

I’m going to keep seeding this thread until it takes off!

Here‘s a nice box from Rovers North. The great thing about a vendor that stocks so much on this side of the pond is that you can send a note that says “just send me everything I need to mount a 110 steel fuel tank,” and three days later it’s at your house. Or you could spend an hour on LR Workshop/parts manual, order all the bits you need from the UK, wait for it to arrive, and still maybe forget something. Thanks Zack!

 

[BarryO]

OK this a little old, but here's a pile of new door, window, and windscreen frame seals. New Genuine front mats on the bottom. Kinda ridiculous what a bunch of rubber costs. All from RN.

 

[JimC]

The door stuff is frustrating, because so much of it isn’t really reusable even if it isn’t exactly “bad.” Much of it just gets to the point the point that it can’t be disassembled and then reused. I’m going to have to do a door parts order sometime soon.

 

[JimC]

Ooh, it’s a great week for parts. I love YRM‘s offerings - it‘s not only easy to buy their little pre-packaged stainless stuff for odd jobs, but they‘ve got lots of bits that are better than factory or something that the factory should have thought of. They sell nice laser-cut rubber buffers to separate parts and disparate materials. I used to use pond liner for this kind of thing but the pre-cut stuff is so much cleaner. Also, they’ve got a much nicer windshield frame/bulkhead gasket. The foam is denser and feels more durable.

Amusingly, YRM also practices the “mummification” theory of packaging...

 

[hillstrubl]

Damn, I didn't take unboxing pics of my highback middle row seats. Thanks Zack!
(best I can do)

 

[JimC]

Traveling the globe, looking after the earth? Those look good though!