I agree about the face lifted interior iv a 2006 pre face lift 4.2 s/c iv been running for a few years now. But I am happy to be in a 5.0 sc fullfat again

Here's this one in all her glory. I'm happy with it for what I've paid for it.

I know it's a Sport but as it shares the TDV6 with the L405, once I start stripping the engine down I'll start putting some pictures up

I opened the back door on the 5.0 on Thursday and my heart sank as I saw the dreaded brown stain by the sill cover.

Found similar on mine during a wash n Polish think I will be doing the same asap

After I saw the surface rust behind the sill covers I decided to remove the wheel arch liners as well. I'm really glad I did as there was a lot of surface rust to treat in there too.

The NSR wheel arch was easy to do with the wire brush on the angle grinder to burst all the bubbles. I cleaned up as much as I could and then used a hand wire brush to get into the nooks and crannies before finishing some of them off with a wire brush on the drill.

The OSR was a right pain as there is no room to get the grinder in due to the fuel filler neck. I did what I could with the wire brush on the grinder which wasn't much, the rest of it I did with a scraper and the hand wire brush before doing a few bits with the wire brush in the drill.

The NSR I went straight for Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 which converted all the bare metal and rust into a black finish ready for paint. 2 coatings of this have got it nicely sorted.

The OSR I coated with Bilt Hamber Deox Gel which sticks to the surface and treats the rust. I did two applications of this leaving the gel on the metalwork for 2 hrs before washing it all off with warm water and a cloth. Once this had dried I then gave it 2 good coatings of Hydrate 80 to cure all the rust.

I've now got 2 totally treated back arches. The picture make it look a lot worse then it actually is.

After the Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 had cured for 24hrs, I built up 3 coats of silver galvanising spray on the car tonight.

I'm really pleased with how it's come out so far.

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Nice job on the corrosion David, that should keep it back for some time, I guess you will be doing the inside of all the box sections...?

Sorry about your conundrum with removing that bolt, hope it has a successful outcome...  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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Yea, once all the bits I've ordered have arrived I'm going to pop the bungs out of the sills and load them up with lanoguard. I'm hoping that with them being fairly enclosed that the lanoguard will last quite well in them.

To be honest, for all the time it takes, I'm thinking of popping the sill covers off and removing the wheel arches once a year just to keep on top of everything.

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

Sounds like a plan...  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-

Another delivery for the Range Rover arrived yesterday.

Absolutely David, I have a set on my 21s, and a set on my 22s On my summer wheels!
Looking forward to getting my car back from Mike Park, it’s had a 10 year service, and new rear ARC pipes!
Hope you’re well David………………………. 2014 vogue se

Finally got the rear wishbones back from blasting and powder coating today. They look great and hopefully won't rust for a long time now!

Managed to get the bushes back in these this afternoon. They're big and heavy so awkward to get in the press.

Well, I was never going to leave it alone, was I.

I turned a piece of steel on the lathe down to the exact outer diameter of the bush, bored a hole in the middle of it to allow for the centre of the bush to slot into it and put the whole lot back in the press. Amazingly, I got the bush out totally unscathed.

I then aligned it in the wishbone again and started it in the vice this time so I could ensure the orientation was correct, put the whole lot back in the press again and sent it.

Thankfully, this time it's aligned properly and matches the other side.