great post on disco 200tdi conversion for a defender

A really nice "howto" on converting your old slow 2,5 defender with a spicy 200tdi from a discovery. I know some people who did it and they all have problems with the exhaust, see here how its done:

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=2394

Prikkersdag

On sunday 26 march 2006 this great social event will be held again in Duiven. Time to meet all those people who you only know from their nicknames on the famous "land rover prikbord".

More info: http://www.prikpagina.nl/read.php?f=1003&i=188735&t=188735

See you there!

new rims installed

Saterday I went to my favorite garage (Jan Timmerman) and fitted my BF GOODRICH Mud Terrains (255/85 r16) on the new modulair rims I bought (see previous post).
With the great help of Ronny on his free afternoon, the tires were of the old 5,5j rims and on the new ones in no time. It certainly helpt that the new rimes are tubeless (fitting tubes in these tires is a real pain in the ass!).

I'm really satisfied with the result, I can take sharp corners again and the looks are also great.
These big wheels feel like they can take you anywhere, gotta be carefull with that thought!

SNOW FUN!!!!

Last week I had a great time driving the ambulance to work. When I woke at 6:20 am it hardly snowed in de Wijk, but I heard that last night there was some heavy snowfall in Zwolle where I work (30km from my home). So I decided to take the Land Rover to work. On the highway there was no snow at all, even the sun came through the clouds, untill I was half way when suddenly it started snowing like crazy. You could barely see 35 meters in front of the car. The windscreen wipers had a hard time keeping the snow off but I had so much fun. I felt like I couldn't be stopped. In Zwolle I drove past the traffic jam through 15 cm of fresh snow on a lane that wasn't cleaned.

For the first time ever I was the fastest to get away from the trafficlights. I helped a big truck to get up a small hill over the railway, such a great feeling!!!
When I arrived at work the girl at the desked asked if she could call me if there were any problems. Well of course! I spent half that morning getting people on and off the parkingplace (BMW 7-series with rearwheel drive!!! Big TNT van)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

New set of rims

I bought a new set of rims, a set of 5 grey modulairs (7j - 16") from my good friend Anton M.
He and his brother got a whole crate of them from Craddock from the UK and he had 5 left which I bought for a really good price!

They will be fitted with my BF Goodrich Mud Terrains (255/85-r16) and the wider rim with more offset will help me get through those sharp corners again!

I will spray them black this weekend and try to fit them without tubes....

Pictures will follow!