Project Defender 110

[big-lew18]

More grey would be too much imo. Tan or black

 

[Con S3]

My obsession with the colour grey continues .

 

[Sgt_Major]

Waste of time sitting there corroding away.....less is more.

Looking rid of the winch for beer tokens?

 

[mcma1]

Already fitted to the new owners 90!

 

[Woodcutter]

Tan!

This thread is putting me in the notion for restoring the old 110 County that my missus's old man gave us!

 

[weeloaney]

Already fitted to the new owners 90!

Dammit I was going to ask was it going cheap

 

[mcma1]

This makes me a tad concerned about the tan now so sure the recaros suit it???

 

[mcma1]

Just some more of the Ivory recaro,

Or

Tan on the dash, door cards etc, then the ebony/dark grey alcantara on the recaros but using the tan thread.?? Like this idea but not the brown centre.

 

[big-lew18]

Black alcantara would be nice. What about the tan with tan centres on the seats and black bolsters? All leather? Ivory is a big no no IMO. Either tan or black

 

[big-lew18]

The headlining does this no favours at all but if you cover it and look at the seats I think it's pretty smart looking

 

[Tufty]

@big-lew18 thats on the money.

 

[big-lew18]

From the looks of that pic the back of the seats and door cards are also tan. It will break it up a bit with your colour coded seat backs and maybe a bit of black in the door cards too. That would be a winner IMO

 

[Mark King]

I still think tan,I think it may look better with the rear window guards off,as it looks strange with the different front end now.

 

[Con S3]

I quite the like the ivory if I'm honest but I wouldn't do the door cards or the dash, only the seats.

This coupled with maybe black alcantara on the door cards and sections of the dash to soften the overall scheme could work well.

 

[Dave..]

I think it may look better with the rear window guards off,as it looks strange with the different front end now.

Agree 100%

 

[weeloaney]

I still think tan,I think it may look better with the rear window guards off,as it looks strange with the different front end now.

I agree about the guards, but i think it's because the expedition roof rack is off it now, all went well together.

I loved it when I looked round it at the rms bbq.

 

[chris_b]

Defo not Ivory. I cannot understand why people get interiors like that actually. No matter how clean your clothes are it just looks grubby after a while and require constant cleaning.
I quite like the tan really

 

[mcma1]

Well I will have to make my mind up later. The guards came off last night. It's all looks good this kit bolted on but most of it is pure crap, decaying, and just making noises. Since I took it off the thing is far better for the road. Back to the interior, I reckon the tan will get it, but probably as above split the seats ebony/tan, maybe even the perforated tan.

 

[big-lew18]

Shouldn't have bothered looking at this thread....... I've just found myself a V8 for mine. Hopefully going to lift it this weekend.
Its going to be a big operation for me, I've never serviced a car never mind an engine swap.lol

 

[weeloaney]

Well I will have to make my mind up later. The guards came off last night. It's all looks good this kit bolted on but most of it is pure crap, decaying, and just making noises. Since I took it off the thing is far better for the road. Back to the interior, I reckon the tan will get it, but probably as above split the seats ebony/tan, maybe even the perforated tan.

Looking good, the power of the v8 would have ripped them off anyway

 

[chris_b]

Shouldn't have bothered looking at this thread....... I've just found myself a V8 for mine. Hopefully going to lift it this weekend.
Its going to be a big operation for me, I've never serviced a car never mind an engine swap.lol

Excellent ! Take plenty of photos, will be great fun

 

[big-lew18]

Excellent ! Take plenty of photos, will be great fun

Lol I'll see how it goes. I was looking for a 200tdi to just drop straight in. But 3.5 v8's can be got and fitted for 1/3 the price BLRC quoted me for a bare 200tdi. My father had bought the land rover and replaced all bushings, new brake lines, discs and calipers , new full suspension and a lot of other things underneath. Then poor health stopped him from finishing it. It's a clean body and chassis so it's a shame to let it go to waste. But I'll not clog up this thread. I'll maybe start a thread when I get stuck in then realise I'm out of my depth.lol

 

[Dave..]

Lol I'll see how it goes. I was looking for a 200tdi to just drop straight in. But 3.5 v8's can be got and fitted for 1/3 the price BLRC quoted me for a bare 200tdi. My father had bought the land rover and replaced all bushings, new brake lines, discs and calipers , new full suspension and a lot of other things underneath. Then poor health stopped him from finishing it. It's a clean body and chassis so it's a shame to let it go to waste. But I'll not clog up this thread. I'll maybe start a thread when I get stuck in then realise I'm out of my depth.lol

As Chris says, take lots of pics each stage of the way.
Make sure you have a strong crane or pulley system for the lift.
I took the wings of my lr when we were working at the engine to free up some room.

 

[big-lew18]

Yeah need to get a pully system rigged up in the shed. Or find a crane I could borrow for a week or 2. I'll get everything gathered up then maybe borrow a friends crane and swap it all in a weekend then.... if it goes smoothly. I had planned on doing this last summer but building a house and wedding took priority. In the house and married now so my thought had drifted towards this again. Then this thread tipped me over the edge. Although my agri-spec 90 will never hold a candle to a specimen like @mcma1 110

 

[mcma1]

So the parts arrived at the factory today and i had a call from the main man Phil that I have been annoying for the past week, been offered the defender heritage leather now, it a Nappa almond and the centre of the seats is a perforated Windsor leather, so a tone down from Ivory. This is a heritage edition.