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Have you changed the cylinder head valves? Or added a flush lube system? Big issue with them is the soft valves needed changes for hardened ones or a flash lube system fitted to keep them ok.

No. It's got moved down the list... Next up is 6 glow plugs, 5 injectors. The autobox from Disco mikes car is going to be calling mine home after that as my box and tc are very tired. Then it's body shop to take care of some rust starting, lots of stone chips fixed and the sides and roof redone...

That bumper looks excellent, but also not on their website.

I went all round it, then walked to the D4 they had next to it. Saw it was bigger inside, more practical. Then walked over to the Range Rover, very similar. Having had my look. My 3 will be getting joined by a L405 SDV8 Autobiography in a few years. Going to let the magic of depreciation do...

Sat in and had a good nose round one in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago. 2.0 diesel Hse in silver, 21 inch alloys with black interior. Prices are from £43k for 2.0 S model. Then SE, HSE and HSE lux. This is obviously for the UK market for prices and likely specs as well. The 2.0 is a small...

I saw that bar in person in September at a Land Rover show. Was a nice bit of kit. £600 is for starting bumper. It went up if you wanted/needed fog lights, front parking sensors, the led side lights and the upper bar for spot lights. It came with Raptor coating and winch locations. My only...

Ifs not a green oval thing though. 5000 miles a year is 416 miles per calander month. Or 96.15 per week of the year. Did that not seem rather low? 2 minutes on google could have shown your source as being full of crap and not somewhat legitimate. Didn't mean to be rude and don't take it being...

5K annual mileage? Really? I mean, come on. Don't be so bloody stupid. 10-15k a year more like. We do need to drive around here as well. Land rover have for years in the 80s/90s and early 00s had to deal with the lingering BL days of poor quality, lax quality control and machines. Plus being...

RRS rear lowers? Never heard of that one, rear uppers yes, as i'm 3 years into running them, but never lowers. I changed my rear lowers as well. Honestly, no idea if they had play but since i was junking all the arms, they got done for peace of mind. For the bolt, never changed mine and it's...

Check the wiring in that area. Funnily enough, it's not an issue here in Scotland.. I would say, check the battery and alternator, a strong electrical supply keeps the LR3 a happy car. The battery age can be checked on the negative terminal. Anything over 5 years and i personally would change...

My 2p on the subject of arms and such. I got my 3 at 97k, it had the LCA's already knocking, both ball joint and bushes under braking. I had them replaced with aftermarket arms, All Makes were the makers of the parts. They lasted 18 months before the familiar knocking came back. I ran them...

That is one of the big reason's i've not went for one. That and it's a grey area for being legal in the UK. I've heard several stories of the fitting of the bumper being a complete nightmare. Well done on the patience to get it fitted though.

Yup. Without question. I see no issues with mine for going there. It's a good D3 and has almost all the weak points addressed, the rest are about to be sorted in the next few months. Next October, I'm going to Morocco for 3 weeks in it. Crossing over the Atlas mountains and going WAY off the...

Have you driven a Defender? Having driven several, done lots of off road trips around Scotland and the UK in them. I would NEVER use one for far distance driving as they are hopeless for it. We went from Glasgow to Peterborough for the September Land Rover show. I took my Disco3 as I only have...

Ah, that D3 now has over 720,000 miles on it. It's the tdv6 engine. Original one went at 478k, not sure what happened but he stuck another in it. The autobox got changed at 330k, we learned a lot from him and that car about gearboxes and oil changes. He said ZF, the box maker says it should...

If you want Toyota reliability. Buy another Toyota. At that mileage it's going to start to want some suspension work done to replace worn bushes, it may still be on the Hitachi compressor, which can be easily changed to the later and far superior AMK model. Plenty of guides to show how to work...

Your 5 17" alloys are here with me. Need to remove the tyres and box them but we are getting closer to getting you rolling on 17s.

Mine sports a few battle scars here and there. I'm getting the worst ones fixed soon as the car is going in to get the full underside stripped, steam cleaned, rust proofed and lots of Dinitrol applied to bodyshell and chassis as it's starting to get a bit scabby in places. 12 years of British...

What spacer size did you use? I'm trying to go the Expo LR4 route with using D3 SE wheels on my car, but i have the RRS 4 pot Brembo's which have the same size disc as the LR4 V8. I'm trying to figure out how much of a difference the callipers size are and if i can get away with 18s and spacers.

For people's information. The 4.0 v6 petrol and the 2.7 tdv6 brake discs and calliper carriers are the same product. If people are wanting to "downgrade" then this is the route Eric and I are working on. You will need the 17 inch alloys from a tdv6 model which I've sourced for Eric and will be...