Now, what to replace the FTO with....

[Muad_dib77]

..Well wear..

drive for a couple of months... then in spring..sell it a get yourself an fto..

[Myfeckin FTO]

If you want to go "green laneing" then theres some nice spots around my place. I could tag along in the RRS.

[colm_mcm]

Sounds like a plan MFFTO.

Today I started work on commercialising the Pajero.

First job was to rip out 5 of the seats. Seems a pity to be tearing the jeep apart, but I'm not paying 2.9 road tax and €700 VRT.

The middle seat bench weighs an absolute ton, it's one of those sliding, reclining, folding jobbies. The rearmost seats came out in about 2 minutes, only 4 bolts holding each one in.

Seats to be thrown away


Then I set about removing the seat belts, carpet, and the trim around the sliding rear windows - leaving it looking like this:

Jeep without interior


As I'm tinting the windows before I panel them off, I figured it'd be easier to just remove the sliding window assembly whole rather than try and tint them from inside the jeep. the whole thing is only held in by 4 tiny clips. i thought there'd be at least a few bolts or screws!

Jeep without side window



Next job was tinting the windows. This was fiddly because of the sliding window. the first one took about 4 times as long to do as the second one
Luckily they came out ok, no bubbles yet. Needed 2 rolls (760*1520 rolls) to do the job.

Windows drying overnight


quick update, cut the floor out today. was a pain to get the opening for the heater right, especially when my jigsaw expired.


Couldn't get suitable carpet anywhere either.

Have the frame for underneath the floor done and the sides where the side doors open.


Taped inside the tints with sileage tape (I know!) to completely blacken them off. looks 100% from the outside. Will be covering with hardboard and carpet - don't see the need for steel sheeting.
I won't be following the Revenue requirements to the letter. See what I can get away with!

[colm_mcm]

So glad I got a 4X4 now

Just towed the Xsara (who's clutch shat itself 2 weeks ago) 20 miles in the snow and ice through hilly country. The Shogun took it in its stride - it's not terribly fast unladen but it honestly didn't feel any slower towing a tonne of French blandmobile.
Got to try out the diff locks and low ratio gearbox on the farm too!

[Muad_dib77]

wow...good job colm!!

[Sebastian]

glad it's working out for you dude;)