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Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 03:13 pm: | 
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check this out 
go to rovertym.com to see |
why?
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:24 pm: |
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One Word: Why?
I would be afraid to take that sucker off-road, might snap something like you see on monster trucks when pieces of wheels, axles, etc. go flying in the air. |
Glenn Guinto (Glenn)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:32 pm: |
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Why,
I don't think that's meant to go off-road though.... I think it's a show truck....
-glenn |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:33 pm: |
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why? why not? isn't it a beautiful thing?
www.discoweb.org/robertpearce |
RJ Clayton (Tozovr)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:35 pm: |
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looks like a Photo-Chop job.... |
RJ Clayton (Tozovr)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:37 pm: |
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Guess not, just jagged looking front fenders... |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:10 pm: |
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You just have to love that
i wanna see some action/flexing shots
I wanna know where did he get the suspension
SORRY I FEEL LIKE DANCING AND IT ISN'T EVEN MY TRUCK LOL!!!!
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Will Bobbitt (Rkores)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:11 pm: |
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It's liggit, it sat at Land Rover Greensboro for months, I don't know what was wrong wit it though. But while it was over there it had some like 30-31 inch Super Swampers on it, which looked kinda weird. I think it had some East Carolina stickers on it, so I would assume the guy is in college there. The funny part is, high school is nothing as far as competition of who has the bigger vehicle,when it gets to college the heat is really on.
Will Bobbitt |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:12 pm: |
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i think it is a very classy looking monster disco. certainly bad ass.
rd |
John Lee
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:17 pm: |
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I guess anything can be done. Perhaps the more pertinent question one might pose would be:
"Anyone seen a disco on 38x14.50 swampers ON THE TRAIL?" |
Ross Thoma (Rossthoma)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:36 pm: |
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How can we make the gas milage just a little bit worse?????
RT |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:19 pm: |
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I like it. Gives me a preview of what mine will sort of look like once I'm finished with it. |
Dee Cantrell (Discodad)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:38 pm: |
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A guy down the street from me has an ElCamino with 44" rubber on all fours. He did a nice job Chevy truck 4x4 70s vintage with a BB Rat, now thats suckey gas milage. Yes his is covered with mud dirt dings and trail wounds. Said it was nice not purdy |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:39 pm: |
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eric, face it, we'll never be done. |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:46 pm: |
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Looks sharp, but those Hella 500's look awfully damn tiny...and the chopped stock bumpers & naked sills look out of place.
I wanna see the underside... |
Lance
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 08:17 pm: |
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That is the gayest disco I have seen yet. I mean thornbirds come on. |
Lance2
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 08:27 pm: |
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You're just jealous. |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 08:28 pm: |
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yall were tellin me not to get thornbirds
but if i could fit those thornbirds
it'd be difffffferent
i don't see how that is gay
trying to understand
daddy's money gay??
or just gay?????????????? |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 08:31 pm: |
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I wonder if those will stuff
that does it i'm gettin 44 boggers
 MY 32's |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 09:31 pm: |
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lance i hear you aren't getting to go into space with the russians. that's too bad.
rd |
Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 09:34 pm: |
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yeah thats cool I wonder if he changed his pinions. gas milage haha... yeah thats different |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 09:58 pm: |
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i bet it gets the same as mine on gas mileage
cuz he doesn't have that 4.0 anymore
my massive ~160 or so miles to the tank with the worn out swampers |
Gregg Smith (Discogregg)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:08 pm: |
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I am thinking I could easily fit 33's on my Freelander now!!!! |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:12 pm: |
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Ah, quit your bitchin'. It was going to happen sooner or later. At least he didn't ask on this board 1000's of times if anyone thought he could do it.
He just did it, and probably didn't ask EE which OME shocks to use and buy them somewhere else. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:14 pm: |
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in iceland they would ask him why not 44" tires? |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 11:03 pm: |
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Well since someone beat me too it i went and traded in my disco today
thats mine in the back right corner getting ready to be put on the lot while i drive my new red car off
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Dee Cantrell (Discodad)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 12:42 am: |
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Yeah Baby I feel the need for speed.... |
Kyle
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 12:48 am: |
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Oh Tom , you like the fact that there is another hacked up Disco that wont go anywhere ? lol (Yes , I am back)
Kyle |
Chris Browne
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 01:28 am: |
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Add the ECR wheel arches and 42 or even 44s,will fit. |
Kim S (Roverine)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 02:09 am: |
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heh heh, well i certainly am jealous of that thang ... they better watch it like a dog ...
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muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:41 am: |
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"Oh Tom , you like the fact that there is another hacked up Disco that wont go anywhere ? lol (Yes , I am back)
Kyle "
it all depends on the terra not so firma you are trying to cross.
in certain enviroments that disco would so out perform all other disco's just because of the tires.
In Iceland they use huge tires to keep from sinking in at all. most there wheeling is at pretty good speed over what is pretty flat areas you dont want to sink into.
it would also go pretty good on old muddy logging roads up in Canada where all you want to do it stay up on top of the settled mud. the roads were cut by huge equipment so tight isnt an issue just not sinking.
a disco on 235/85's would be damn near useless because it dosent have the tires to stay on top.
now will that disco be able to stay on top with just those 38" tires and stock power? hard to say but Id sooner try that then take pizza cutters in such terain. |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:10 am: |
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It isn't running on a stock rover engine. I'm sure it would do very well at the mud bog or wiht some different tires I'm sure it could do a pretty good job at rock crawling also. Might need to cut the fenders some more though as the tires would be bending them or getting cut up when they start stuffing. I like it though. I think it's a pretty sweet looking truck. |
offrovn
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:17 am: |
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I look at this truck and think if he wanted a muddin (not mudding) truck why do it to a Rover. He could have got a Ford or Chevy for much cheaper and fit in with that group far better than with a rover. I think its kind of sad. But, everyone has different tastes and if you have the money, I guess why not. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:22 am: |
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thats my point as well Eric, guess I'm not as good at getting my point across as john lee..lol
I think it has a place . in fact I think its pretty cool.
If it was mine I would change the off set to narrow it some as well as move the rear axle back and the front one forward. try to get the tires more where they belong.
there is alot of metal that could be trimmed to get big tires under a disco. I have held up some huge fender flares from a mack truck to mine and with some creative cutting and moving of the axels you could do any size you want.
but that brings you back to power. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:38 am: |
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sorry guys Rovers arent that special that they need to be treated like a rolls royce.
they are getting really cheap I saw a 95 with 140k on it for 4999 the other day. i know guys that spend that on a motor for there snowmobile.
disco's are now in the price range that allows people to treat them as a toy and make them into true trail trucks meant to be pounded for grins.
all the purists better get a sence of humor for there own good because I'll bet there are hundreds of disco's getting turned into really nutso rigs by former jeep,scout,bronco,chevy types as we jaw about if its right.
and these rigs will have all kinds of great ideas in them that the rest of the rover world never thought of because they are outside the rover box.
thats what wheeling is and has been about for the better part of 50 years. |
Dee Cantrell (Discodad)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:16 am: |
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Tom,
"Rovers arent that special that they need to be treated like a rolls royce".. Too true...
Funny most shops and parts suppliers have not got that word and In the aftermarket world Rover owners are about the most frugal.
I guess in part because most end up spending a fortune on routine maintence and repairs. That 4k Disco looked good initaly but ill bet in the first 3 years more than twice that is put back in for repairs..
If i had to pay the $90.00 per hour to have mine fixed I would be known as JeeperDad or H2Dad... LOL |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 01:06 pm: |
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Musky - I think Kyle was poking fun at me. Second best in virtual off-roading next to Ho. LOL.
Kyle - my truck is trail-ready now, thank goodness. No body rubbing and no extended bump stops. Real minor fender well rubbing in the rear only when stuffed real hard. Nothing to worry about. Check my photo gallery, hacking wasn't so bad, either.
Tom |
muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 03:20 pm: |
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tom,
....i know I am just trying to start some fun about what should and should not be done and what truck can go where why...lol
Dee,
your right about spending on that 4k disco...the axles would be like another 5k the motor another 5k.but then you'd have a chevy v8 disco on dana 60's. |
E Snyder
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 04:49 pm: |
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I thought Bubbas only bought American. If you want a truck to look like that, get a Jeep or an old Chevy. It's too bad you can't see that sweet neon undercarriage lighting package in that photo.
Greensboro, NC is not Iceland. As Discos get cheaper, we'll start seeing more of this. Camel Trophy be damned, I suppose.
My raving 2 cents. |
GroverRover
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 05:55 pm: |
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ive seen this guy and greenville north carolina |
Ross Thoma (Rossthoma)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:02 pm: |
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muskyman.
Are you from Canada? I seem to have heard some Canukien responsces and I was windering just how many here are from the great white north eh?
RT |
Groverrover
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:05 pm: |
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excuse my grammar, ive seen this guy in greenville, hes a student at ecu, my girlfriend is currently on the lookout for him cause i wanted his phone number. i saw him as i was leaving ecu about 3 weeks ago, my disco looked pitiful next to his at an intersection. |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:06 pm: |
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hey Grover, what's going on under that bad boy? |
Groverrover
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:11 pm: |
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whats going on under his? he probably has a custom keg holder under it the way ecu is. |
Groverrover
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:12 pm: |
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my girlfriend just informed me she has seen a bigger one in greenville as of yesterday |
Mines Bigger
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:17 pm: |
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A bigger what? |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:24 pm: |
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LOL |
Steve (Scrover)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:25 pm: |
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Groverrover
Your disco looked just fine. His is the pitiful one. It used to be a perfectly fine Land Rover, now it's an abomination. |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:25 pm: |
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man, I'd love to aim that big shiny disco at a mudhole and just floor it.... |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 07:05 pm: |
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so you send your girlfriend out to get some guys phone number, she says to hold off , she's found a bigger one...
rd |
big rovers
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:30 pm: |
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i'll say it for groverrover
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muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:42 pm: |
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lol....robs just reading what he wrote
no I'm not from Canada...youd have to be crazy to live in that god forsaken place in winter |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 02:28 am: |
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traded my red ferrari back in for my Disco
it didn't hit the trails and flex like the Rover
so i had to go back
[Anything but A Rover] |
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