What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

[javelinadave]

Pedro,
That came out great and will motivate me to fixed my cracked pad.

 

[The Dro]

Once thing I recommend is getting a stronger vinyl. The one I got is soft and it's a bit unforgiving with the imperfections of the 25 year old foam.

I had to "fill" voids and air bubbles before I was able to glue down the pad.

 

[chris snell]

Brownchurch, Brownchurch, Brownchurch...

Yes!

 

[FlyersFan76]

Where is the best place to look for vinyl? I am thinking local as I have a sample swatch from Exmoor for their new G4 material. I was going to do my dash at some point also.

Looks great. I second the 3m spray. I have used that stuff for years for tons of projects.

 

[The Dro]

I got mine at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts

 

[Jrose609]

Thanks.

I got vinyl... leather will look out of place on my truck. lol

It's not that hard. I tried the paste like glue and that shit was nasty. The 3M spray worked a lot better.

Cool. I may have to try that. I may have to do my lower dash too. It's a little dinged up.

 

[CDN38]

New AMC Td5 head from Turner went on today. Had head gasket failure, and figured there's no point re-installing an original head on a 10P with 150,000KM.

Is that what they mean by "preventative maintenance"?

 

[jafir]

I finally installed my rear door spare tire carrier!

You need 3 hands for this one:


The extra fog light was in the way and the bracket just barely touches the bottom hinge:


Britpart emailed me the dimensions of where to drill the first hole because my door didn't have an existing carrier:


I could have used 3 hands here too.

 

[LostChord]

I finally installed my rear door spare tire carrier!

Nicely done!

 

[LostChord]

Replaced a grand total of four rusted tub-to-outrigger bolts along with a little rust proofing. Snapped all four getting them off. It's just faster that way

More are rusted, but I got called away to grilling duty for dinner.

But the new ones...Mmmmm.....shiny.

 

[Airbalancer]

While I'm waiting for a new bumper to show up I took of the old rusty mess to find this hiding underneath.

A good 8 hours of cutting grinding and welding and were back in business

 

[jymmiejamz]

I replaced my spark plugs and advanced my timing in a hotel paring lot because my Defender did not like the altitude in Colorado. I turned that shit up to 11.

 

[LostChord]

I replaced my spark plugs and advanced my timing in a hotel paring lot because my Defender did not like the altitude in Colorado. I turned that shit up to 11.

Lol

 

[rovercolorado]

I replaced my spark plugs and advanced my timing in a hotel paring lot because my Defender did not like the altitude in Colorado. I turned that shit up to 11.

Welcome to Loveland Colorado
The land of thin air

 

[Airbalancer]

I welded up a bracket to hold a pair of Hella horns.

 

[jafir]

Are they loud? I need something loud. It takes me long enough to get up to speed, I want to let people know how upset I am if they pull out in front of me and make me slam on my brakes

 

[Airbalancer]

You know I haven't tried them yet . I'll let you know

 

[javelinadave]

I'm looking for the same exact thing.Dodge Ram 2500 horns are pretty popular with the Jeep crowd.

 

[The_Vermonster]

I have the supertones on my subie. They are loud and high tone. I think for a Defender the sharptone would be a better fit from the Hella range. They are marginally deeper. For our 110 I went with the PIAA Superior Bass Horn. It has a nice deep sound fitting of a 3 ton vehicle. https://www.amazon.com/PIAA-85115-S...TF8&qid=1492042995&sr=8-1&keywords=piaa+horns

 

[LostChord]

Are they loud? I need something loud. It takes me long enough to get up to speed, I want to let people know how upset I am if they pull out in front of me and make me slam on my brakes

Hahaha...I couldn't stop from reading that with your avatar's voice and mannerisms