What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Voader - Oudersopzwier]

Are they the BFG K02's?

Yes, KO2 265/70

 

[DaveB]

Not what I did with my Grenadier
What Ineos Australia has done with 8 Grenadiers

View: https://youtu.be/2NwWndypb1Q?si=61xkC9KzN02puOAb

 

[jscherb]

I received preproduction samples of the rear door window bags from the craftsmen at Overland Outfitters. I had designed and sewed a bag for the narrow door window as a proof-of-concept and six weeks ago I sent that bag and a design and patterns for a wide rear door window bag to them; they created samples for testing as a first step towards deciding if they should put these production.

The narrow door window bag is basically a duplicate of the proof-of-concept bag I sewed. It's pretty much ready for production, but probably should undergo a little testing first. The pocket panel on the lower half of the door is already in production.

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The wide door bag has two pockets, a large pocket on the low side of the window and a smaller pocket on the high side.

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The wide side also has a zipper closure in addition to the top flap.

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I'm not completely satisfied with the fit of the wide door bag, so I'll make a few suggestions to the folks at OO and ask for another sample with the changes. Maybe I'll ask for a black sample to see how it looks in that color. Also the bags probably need some good testing before OO decides to put them in production.

The bags are not higher than the spare, so visibility out the back isn't any worse than it is without the bags. I designed the narrow door bag to be a little taller than the wide door bag, let me know if you think they should both be the same height, and if so, should the narrow door bag be lower or should the wide door bag be taller.

Both mount very securely without screws, double side tape or any other "destructive" attachment method; they don't damage the door and they're easily removable.

Here's a View of the bags along with some other Grenadier products from Overland Outfitters (https://www.overland-outfitters.com/ineos-grenadier.html#/):

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My build thread: https://tinyurl.com/265dxjyc

New content every day: Land Rover Ideas for Grenadiers: https://tinyurl.com/3puyt6m3

Pretty much every week I'm carrying something from some lumberyard on top of my Grenadier as we're in the process of renovating our new-to-us 200-year old home. I keep ratchet straps in the pockets on the rear doors for securing these loads and I'm testing the small door window bag by carrying two heavy-duty 2" x 20' ratchet straps in the bag. It's a total weight of about six pounds. Two straps just fit in the bag. The bag is doing fine, there's no movement even when slamming the door. I think this bag is ready for production. I'm going to ask for a few tweaks to the wide door window bag to perfect it's fit in that window space so that one will take a little longer to get into production.

FWIW: Overland Outfitters is a small woman of color owned company - one person in the U.S. and about a dozen craftsmen in India hand crafting the products. A bit about my involvement with Overland Outfitters - the one person in the U.S. is my wife, she owns and operates the company by herself. I am an independent designer (and not part of her company) and I've done work for more than a half dozen Jeep and offroad trailer companies over the past dozen years and being a designer, I do many of the designs that her company produces.

My build thread: https://tinyurl.com/265dxjyc

New content every day: Land Rover Ideas for Grenadiers: https://tinyurl.com/3puyt6m3

 

[Tazzieman]

@jsbherb these retractable straps are great. Not sure you can get them outside Oz.
straps

 

[Ovrland Bill]

@jsbherb these retractable straps are great. Not sure you can get them outside Oz.
straps

Rhino (In California) advertises retractable ratchet straps.

 

[AaronS]

Rhino (In California) advertises retractable ratchet straps.

My new favorite are the Nite Ize CamJam Ratchet Strap System, also sold in pairs.

 

[Tazzieman]

Rhino (In California) advertises retractable ratchet straps.

Are they self retracting though, like the ones I posted the link to?
They don't snarl like the standard ones.

 

[AngusMacG]

Didn’t do anything exciting…BUT the Automatic Emergency Braking system decide to engage very briefly for no apparent reason. Luckily no one was close behind me. No indicators at all when it happened, just a sudden quick hard brake.

Shortly after the warnings kicked on in both Orange AND Red alerts but no braking. I was able to turn off AEB when I was stopped at a traffic light.

 

[Znarfgh]

Started to upgrade my speakers.

The more I work on this vehicle, the more I understand why it costs what it does.

You won't find this kind of stuff in a 76 Series. They use a masonite panel covered thin foam and cheap vinyl. The Grenadier door card is truly well made. Any openings are sealed with clear plastic and after our Gibb River road drive, no dust inside the door
.

What other 4wd has soldered speaker terminals? They won't come off in harsh conditions.

This is just the door - plenty of other stuff that eschews quality.

 

[RY-Journeyman]

I didn’t drive my grenadier today as it’s in NZ and I’m still in Australia for 2 more days.

I did however drive the hire cars - a Mitsubishi something SUV looking thing and also a ford ranger.

The Mitsubishi suv gave me insane back and left hip pain not matter how much I altered drivers seat. Was excruciating.

The ford ranger is the most awful wallowing bathtub I’ve had the displeasure to drive. It did however have a very nice big central screen which gave me a bit of envy.

BUT. I MISS MY GRENADIER. IT IS JUST THE BEST.

2 more weeks and I’m hoping it’ll be registered, number plated and ready to have some fun with.

 

[ECrider]

Not what I did with my Grenadier
What Ineos Australia has done with 8 Grenadiers

View: https://youtu.be/2NwWndypb1Q?si=61xkC9KzN02puOAb

That 1/4master would benefit with a blanket over the side if that dog intends to keep jumping in like that!

 

[INEOS OG]

Today was exhaust day. With a little help from all around good guy Jared we installed the Kooks cat back 3" 304 stainless system. It deletes the resonator and sounds amazing without being annoying. All in from unboxing to first drive took about an hour and 45 minutes.

The factory exhaust is available free to a good home in Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento. A special thanks to David from Design Build Go in Statesville North Carolina for bringing these to market. It costs a bit more but is worth it.

 

[jscherb]

During my trail time in Moab, Utah in November my factory rock rails did their intended job - on one obstacle I scraped along on the driver's side rail. This exposed bare metal and in the six weeks since that trip, rust began to form.

It's been too cold all that time to remedy the rust but today was warm enough so I applied Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator Plus to the affected areas. It dries to a matte finish, the photo shows it just after application.

A topcoat is recommended because it isn't very UV-resistant, but in the past on other vehicles I've skipped that step because the encapsulated areas face the ground and won't see much sun.

Keeping up with scrapes like this helps the rock rails last a long time.


My build thread: https://tinyurl.com/265dxjyc

New content every day: Land Rover Ideas for Grenadiers: https://tinyurl.com/3puyt6m3

 

[Tazzieman]

I think I've got all the special fuses and relays now. Fingets crossed I won't ever need them.
LOL - my S3 Landy has just 4 glass wire fuses