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Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8499

2014 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Time for some improvements and preventative maintenance...

Had the L405 for 2 1/2 years and decided to give it a bit of pampering..

It's an Autobiography so has just about everything you would want, it's already got a Merryway Android head unit with CarPlay and a TFT HVAC panel so it feels younger than it is..

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First job was to sort the brakes out, the handbrake started staying on a couple of months ago so out with the IID and turned it off, it was set to come on automatically at switch off so I turned that off and now it doesn't come on unless you use the button. Which I haven't done...

The front discs are getting a bit of a lip, and all discs have seen better days cosmetic wise..

So, four new discs, reconditioned rear calipers, the old ones are fine but this is the preventative bit of maintenance, two new handbrake actuators and Powerstop pads all round.

I've also got the refurbished and updated tank guard to fit..

If you have never heard of Powerstop pads then that's because the are mainly sold in the US, I've had them fitted to a lot of cars, and previous fattys and find them excellent, especially in low dust creation,

https://www.powerstop.com/product/power-st...rake-pads/

They also have a specific bedding in procedure...

I do keep checking my front uprights, I'm outside the VIN range but you never know, I've bought some crack detector to give them a good check...

Should keep me quiet for a while, fatty is booked in for some lift time next Monday and I have a few more things to attend to as well... Tailgate realignment is one

Fatty is then booked in for a three day paint correction and 5 year ceramic coat the following Monday, the paintwork is excellent with only two minor marks on the paint but it does have a lot of swirl marks, still rather good for an 11 year old car though...

Don't you just love spending money...

Watch this space...

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-

24th Mar 2025 3:34pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3179

2012 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Baltic Blue

Prevention is always better then cure

That fuel tank cradle will outlive the car now!

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

24th Mar 2025 3:57pm

stan
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tank guard -- shiny ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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24th Mar 2025 4:09pm

Gremlin500

Member Since: 11 Mar 2022
Location: Newcastle, UK
Posts: 1655

Call me OCD but I’d be black powder-coating that on top of the zinc just for appearances sake, lol! “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

24th Mar 2025 5:25pm

chicb

Member Since: 28 Nov 2019
Location: Dundee
Posts: 101

2018 Range Rover Autobiography TDV6 Barossa

Plus 1 for Powerstop. Had them on my previous sport, now have them on my RR Fifty & Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe. Good stopping power & no brake dust. I did my break in procedure on a Sunday about 6am as I didn't want anyone behind when I kept accelerating then jumping on the brakes

24th Mar 2025 7:53pm

Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8499

Gremlin, I did consider it but you can't see any of it unless you lie on the floor, it will age in a few months and end up grey rather than it's blingy look now.......

Chicb, Yep and about a 1/4 of the price of genuine and I recon they are far more progressive and don't snatch at low speed...

I use a new industrial estate on the way home from the garage, hardly any traffic, three roundabouts in a row and duel carriageway... 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-

24th Mar 2025 8:40pm

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