Project Update : Top to Bottom

New Rack

As much as we love the P38 SD rack, they are not very practical when compared to the modern racks on the market. So we stripped off the SD and slapped on a Front Runner unit.

We went with the Front Runner rack for a few reasons, but the main one was it can be swapped over to the the L322 Project truck or the LR3 for that matter.  All you need to do is change the mounting feet.

The second factor is you can add almost anything to a front runner rack without drillling any holes. For example this double Jerry can holder.  To mount it all you need to do is simply drop in the hardware to the pre existing locations and tighten down.  It is that easy.

The shovel/ax holder is brilliant.

Moving down

The head liner in the P38 was coming apart from every corner. We pulled the liner out and and ripped off the fabric. This is what we were left with.

The fiberglass liner was still in good shape but it was covered in the remains of the fabric liner.

To remove the old liner film and glue from the fiberglass all you have to do is wipe it off,  but we used a power washer and made quick work of the debris

With all the foam and glue removed it was time for the new liner. We stole this idea from Aarongregor on landroverforums. He did his headliner with a plastic / rubber paint and we  thought it would be the best option.  

After 3 cans we got this.

And in the truck

The P38 is being build for a hard life.  A water and mud resistant  headliner seemed like a better choice over fabric.

A little lower

With the truck on the lift we took this oppertunity to change the front drive shaft over to an L8 edition Tom Woods

Tom always makes our shafts with the super extended splines. This is extremely important when you have a truck with flex. It allows the driveshaft to extend during full articulation and still give enough room for complete compression

On the truck pic

How low can you go

Low tire pressure can be an asset on the trails. Unfortunately with low pressure you run the risk of popping the tire off the bead.  To help prevent this ill side effect we install the Terrafirma bead lock rings.

After carefully torquing down all the rings for what seemed like an eternity  we arrived at pure beauty