They polished up well, honest....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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That's the rust treatment finished now:

Offside:

David, probably teaching you to suck eggs but if you go in the boot side panels you can get to the double skinned rear arches and flood between them with anti rust treatment, I like the Dinitrol ML with a long application wand you can reach the whole arch. I did fatty off roader with it years ago, I saw the car a couple of years ago and it still has rust free arches....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Have to admire the dedication, first time i've seen someone polishing their nuts  2019 SV AB Dynamic Scafel Grey

Might as well do it justice given the wheels are all being refurbished!

Cheers Pete, I’ll give that a go. I’ll probably use the Lanoguard I bought.

I was also going to pop the trim panel that houses the rear number plate lights off the upper tailgate and try and fill that up too. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Got the wheels back today. They’ve knocked them out of the park.

To get rid of some of the pitting on one of them they had to rub it back and powder coat it twice. They’ve also fitted the new tyres and labelled all the wheels so I know which sensor goes where.

I didn't realise that to create the shadow chrome finish they powder coat the wheel black and then build up layers of silver with spray paint before lacquering it. A lot more time involved then a basic powder coat.

Overall I’m incredibly pleased with the finish and the efficiency.

David,

You can fill the tailgate with rust preventer through the drain holes till it comes out the other drain holes...

The Lanoguard seems a good idea but IMHO I wouldn't use it in box sections, they say it needs doing every year, do it with Dinitrol and you only have to do it once...

Those wheels look lovely really set it off....

BTW it doesn't matter which wheel TPMS goes where, they get picked up in the place they are fitted, swap wheels or TPMS and it learns the new location in a few miles...

We need some pictures of fatty with the "new" wheels fitted  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Managed to get an hour in this evening before Cheryl went out for the evening.

Suspension height went through a couple of cycles and I drove the car back and forth a couple of feet on the ramp to get rid of any tension in the tyre side walls after it had been jacked.

Once that was done I got my home made tool that I use to set the ride height and calibrated the ride heights. Interestingly the front was 10mm too high and the rear was 10mm too low. That's now calibrated to spec so I set the car back to standard ride height and torqued up the bolts on the wishbones.

If I can get a couple of hours tomorrow then it's getting a full service with all filters and fluids.

Got a hard deadline to get it finished by Monday evening as it's going to the specialist in Paisley for a full wheel alignment.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Right, full service complete.

It's had the front diff, rear diff and transfer box oils changed. According to the service history they were done around 30-40k ago but I like doing them myself again so at least I know they're changed. Thankfully they weren't that dirty coming out.

I drained the engine oil and removed the filter, thankfully the filter is nice and clean with no metal chips in it.

This oil filter I fitted 6 months ago...

Pleased to say that the newly refurbished wheels along with the new centre caps and polished wheel nuts look superb. Scuffed in Hillington really knocked it out of the park.

That's a lot of work David, and you have made a cracking job of it. Well done indeed Sir.

May I ask the cost of the wheel re-furb, please. Also, what style of wheels are they?



Steve. “He that strikes the venison first shall be the lord o' the feast.” — Shakespeare, King Lear.

2012 Vogue SE. 4.4 TDV8, Santorini Black

Top job as always David, that should keep it going till you get bored again...  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Cheers guys

Pete - With these bits n pieces done and the new tyres on it this morning I totally fell in love with it when I took it to get aligned. I didn't get a chance to go over 35 as the route to drop the wee fella off at nursery then to the specialist is all back roads and built up.

I genuinely can't get over how different it feels with the Pirelli tyres on it compared to the Continentals that I removed. The steering feels lighter and the difference in road noise on those Noise Cancelling Pirelli tyres is incredible.

Steve - these wheels are the Land Rover Style 18 wheels in Shadow Chrome. According to the 2012MY brochure I've got here they were standard on the Autobiography. The same design was also available in a diamond cut finish which was the Style 19. These were a no cost option. I'm glad my car doesn't have them though as maintaining the diamond cut finish is a pain in the backside!

I had 5 of mine refurbished and was quoted £550. They removed buckles from 2 of them for me which added another £140 so it was essentially £700. I saved some cash as I took them bare wheels with no tyres on them and the TPMS sensors already removed from each wheel. If I'd taken them the car with the wheels on it'd have been a bit more.

Thank you for the info, David. Much appreciated. The wheels really do suit it.


Regards,

Steve. “He that strikes the venison first shall be the lord o' the feast.” — Shakespeare, King Lear.

2012 Vogue SE. 4.4 TDV8, Santorini Black

Got the car back from having the alignment done today.

Every adjustment on the car is not only in the green but it's nice and central in the green at that

Got a comment that it was nice to align something that wasn't seized and all the adjusters were easy to move. I had told them I'd free everything before it went in but I ended up replacing everything that gets adjusted anyway.

Looking forward to getting some miles on it now as it really feels like a different car to drive this evening.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior