Hey,
A quick introduction:
My father bought a 2000 disco in 2005, with about 70000km. Since then it has been kept in garage, and probably done less than 200km in the past 9 years. I joined the forum about a year or so ago, hoping to bring it back to life, but somehow I just "didn't have time to".

Anyways, about 3 years ago my father went for a drive (50km) and one of the belts snapped - anyways, as he didn't want to spend time, money and nerves on it, he took it to the dealer, so the belt was replaced while the ac compressor wasn't (it seized).

Now, as I want to revive ol' disco, I have a couple of questions:
-there are spots of rust under the car; is that normal, how to prevent rusting? What are the body panels made out of, are they galvanized steel or aluminium?
-how hard (time consuming) is it to fit facelift headlights; is this modification reversible, and are fl headlights any better in terms of visibility? Is it possible to fit xenon kit to facelift headlights, or would they just blind anyone driving in the opposite direction?
-is it possible to fit some kind of lights to front grill?
-coming from an audi tt, discovery does feel extremly slow - is it even possible to get its 0-60 to sub 10 secs? It has automatic gearbox, 2.5 TD5 diesel engine - what results should I expect from a remap? How much power/torque can the engine/gearbox handle?

 

Why do you ask questions about fancy headlights and remapping the engine computer when the rover is not even running.
Get the Rover on the road first and see if it is even worth dealing with.

Of course it is slower than an Audi. Probably weighs in at twice the weight.

 

first you have a Diesel, not known for super performance, second you have a 4,000 lb awd. Not a freaking audi quattro. So forget racing it.

Get it running, fix the ac and climb a freaking mountain

 

These have to be the most ridiculous questions I have ever seen on here.
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Thanks for the laugh!

 

Bago, thanks for posting. These questions may seem silly to some and some of questions maybe be silly but that's why we are all on a forum so we can share knowledge and ask for it when we need it.

The rust is normal, rovers tend to rust over the years...even when they are garage kept. If you want to prevent then use an undercoating spray and if you drive it in the winter with salty roads then use a carwash that has an undercarage spray.

The facelift for 03-04 lights is completely possible and some of the members on the forum have done. There is a thread on the mod, you will just have to search for it. It will require some cutting of the headlight mounts...I guess that's what you call them and some re-wiring.
If you just want to add a hid kit, you can aim them downward and they won't blind people. Just check your state laws to make sure aftermarket hid kits are legal.

There are all sorts of offroad lights that you can add. You could bolt them right to the bumper cover...however they won't be as secure as if you buy a bull bar and mount them to that. I recomend tuff led offroad/work lights they are very bright cheap and dependable, I got 2 on amazon for $50.

Sorry to say but your disco weighs about 6000 pounds and it will never do 0-60 in 10 seconds, however on a good note it will take you places your audi will never see. So dont worry about remapping your computer.

Now on the plus side you have a 2.5 diesel and most of us would jump at the chance to own a diesel over a v8 that only gets 12mpg on premium gas, when your are getting 24/24mpg.

The one mod that you should consider and I would think most if not all of us on here would agree is the central diff lock mod. Your truck is equipped with the transfercase and no lever to engage it. All you need is an ashcroft cdl kit $500, or a discovery 1 high low shifter and shift plate, or a 2004 d2 high low shifter. There are threads and links on the forum on how to mod it. Its pretty easy and would take you a day.

Hope this helps
Cheers

 

I won't even pretend to know a lot about discos so I'll touch on the one question you asked about lighting. If you end up doing a 03-04 facelift you can retrofit projectors into your disco. The process using morimoto mini h1 projectors should take you all of 2 hrs or so. They also require very little cutting you only have to sand down the rear of the reflector housing just a little so that the threaded shaft can pass through and you just mount via the hardware that is supplied. They actually bolt right into h7 and h4 headlights with very little modification and you don't really have to worry about aiming too much except vertical adjustments I actually retrofitted a set into my 04 disco. Safer lighting that's bright and will not blind on coming traffic.
On another note as others have said discos aren't made for speed. In all honesty if you want a racer you should have kept the Quattro lol. The car is built for off road use but is quite smooth on the highways. Also if you wanted something with a bit more pick up Range rovers are your best bet SC or TC

 

Damn you guys are a bunch of *********, just answer his question. Your a bunch of grown men trolling some dude who has a few simple questions. It doesn't say he's looking for a race car. He's just trying to look for something make it not feel like he's driving a school bus. Obviously its not a big deal why its not running, he says the AC Comp seized and the belts snap, so he needs a new one.




To answer your questions,
the headlights once done are not reversible, you must cut a decently large hole in the metal. Bring a wire brush and a rattle can of paint under the truck and clean and spray the spots of rust. As for material, I think its thin gauge steel. You can remap the TD5 computer unlike the v8 and delete the EGR to get some performance out of it, it wont be like your Audi but you'll feel the difference I would assume, maybe not dramatic but you'll feel it.


Try finding a forum in the Uk, many of them will know about TD5's. People here just know mainly about rover v8's.

 

(Jfall not included in this, you the man!)

Lol I said the same thing just with less***** at the begining of my post and feel the same way you do dane.

I thought the idea of a forum was to gain members not make fun of them for the stuff they don't know and want to do to their truck and chase them away...way to go (read forum rules)... dip****s! Why is so easy to tell a guy he's stupid but only 2 of us out all the posters tried to help the guy. Sorry he doesn't know how to change his purge valve. I would rather go out lr2001 style then be on a forum where people are made fun of and ridaculed for their questions! Dicks!

 

I wasn't trying to be a dick to him. I mainly commented on what I know and that's lighting. I am a lighting nerd as I like to say. There's not too much to do these cars to make them pretty quick although with the diesel I am sure it's easier than my stupid V8.

 

I own a TD5 and whatever you do it will never be truly 'ballistic'. The first and easy things to do is get rid of the EGR valve it's a european dictat that doesn't do much apart from screw up the engine. Next is to install a decat downpipe and scrap the the cat filter (that doesn't work properly either) use a stainless steel downpipe. The other option is to fit a straight through exhaust in place of the center muffler which makes it slightly noisier but depends on the regs in the US. Finally, a remap, bearing in mind you need to take the truck to someone who really knows what they are doing. Other improvements are larger intercooler, silicon hoses on the intercooler etc. One must bear in mind when you improve revs and performance it may increase fuel consumption or it may improve it slightly. You also need the engine and transmission in good, tip top condition first as it will be under extra strain. It really depends on your budget and where you want to go with tuning and for what purpose. If you really want a 'flyer' it will certainly cost a lot of $$$$ and still be lacking compared to a gas engine. Maybe search out a diesel tuning specialist on the web and get a feel for the possibilities and related costs. Anything is possible if you throw enough dosh at it.

Get onto Eblag UK as many of the parts you need are on there including the EGR blanking kit, decat downpipe and straight through exhaust.

This may help you also:

https://www.google.fr/search?q=tunin...HgCQ&gws_rd=cr