one of my small bumper lights died so I ordered some replacements for it.

Went with some 18w LED units Rugged Ridge we will see how these hold up.

 

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Very dirty! Now I will change each around 50.000 km



I use 610ml


Today I changed front diff oil my car is first time at 130.000 km the oil was very very dirty!!! I bought a new valvoline 75w 90 synthetic, very easy I used this tools 13mm to take of 10 screws of steel protector, 8mm Allen and 12mm Allen.

 

Replaced my in bumper fog lights since one had died. Old lights were some cheap Amazon specials. New lights are by Rugged Ridge. Seem like pretty nice units, definitely throw some light out front.

Old light
New light in
Lights on and wired.

Fogs only
Headlights and fogs
Headlights Warn Hid and fogs

 

Added a new gloss black rear Discovery 3 badge. Think I will order the matching gloss black land Rover badge for the front to.

 

My OEM grey rear badges over time deteriorated so I replaced them with shiny chrome purchased on eBay. The shiny chrome lasted maybe two years so I again replaced them with shiny chrome and got about the same life before they started to look dull.

As such, this spring, I replaced the rear with dull black sourced from eBay again. Six months later, they still look OK - (well I would hope so).

Most interesting is that they are more readable against my silver grey paint than the chrome ones were. The chrome reflected the dull black bumper cover and hence sort of got lost. The dull black really stands out. I guess that is for the better.

Re the front, my shiny chrome Land Rover bonnet badge that replaced the OEM grey still looks acceptable; I replaced it about five years ago and again, sourced on eBay.

I guess when I decide to change out the chrome, I will go with the flat black. I just think it may age better than any shiny finish.

 

My front one looks like poop with half the gray worn off so it's worth a shot. If it last for a couple years that would be great

 

Installed a new Air filter, rotated the tires, changed the rear diff fluid, washed, waxed, vacuumed, cleaned/treated the leather washed the windows and cleaned out the skid plate...

 

Tomorrow front diff fluid and the oil change I was going to do today before I found the land fill in my skid.

 

So that plan got completely derailed, the 07 was feeling unloved and the shifter got sticky and decided it was no longer going to stay in gear. So had to get underneath pull the linkage apart and clean off the corrosion. Tossed in a little lube and all was well.

Maybe tomorrow for the fluid changes and putting my skid plate back on.