1995 Land Rover Range Rover P38

Range Rover P38a Improved over 10 years of ownership

So, Here is my 1996 Range Rover P38 4. 6 HSE - but with spec probably exceeding Vogue now (My Autobiography spec).

I have owned this since 2015 and it has with the exception of the roof, and rear wings and the axles, everything else has been replaced or refurbished in some way.

large collection of spare parts including brand new alternator and starter motor, brand new cats and downpipes (separate so no need to remove gearbox cross member) or

Although not perfect bodily, the rear wings and roof are still the original Biarritz Blue and a bit patchy as someone prior to me has blown in scratches with another blue.
The doors, bonnet, wings and tailgates are later parts (nice, clean and straight) from an Oxford Blue 2002 car) so to match it up nicely it needs the rear wings painting in Oxford blue.

Mechanically has always been the priority for spending with new Arnott Gen2 front air springs and GEN3 rear, new Bilstein dampers and Bilstein steering damper, all bushes replaced with Super Pro bushes - new heavy duty steering arms and new brake callipers/ discs and pads, new brake lines front to rear and across the rear axle.
New front hubs in November 2024
Audi heater matrix upgrade with ordinary heater hose connections, so NO MORE heater matrix 'O' rings EVER.

The history below was passed to me on purchase – there is a fat folder of receipts – then after Nov 11th 2015 its all the parts I have fitted.

18/ 09/ 1995 IAN ALLEN MOTORS LTD 1393 Miles
18/ 01/ 1996 IAN ALLEN MOTORS LTD 9066 miles
05/ 07/ 1996 IAN ALLEN MOTORS LTD 15075 miles
11/ 02/ 1997 IAN ALLEN MOTORS LTD 19622 miles
05/ 02/ 1998 IAN ALLEN MOTORS LTD 23329 miles
06/ 04/ 1999 WOODBURN GREEN LAND ROVER 27028 miles
12/ 02/ 2001 CONCORDE GARAGE 39450 miles
06/ 2001 Oil Service (Unknown) 46450 miles
17/ 10/ 01 CONCORDE GARAGE 58984 miles
03/ 2002 Oil Service (Unknown) 62150 miles
05/ 08/ 2002 GRAHAM J GOODYER 70722 miles
29/ 011/ 2002 JAMES FRENCH 4x4 CENTRE – New EAS Compressor (£378. 15) – 75968 miles
02/ 2003 Oil Service (Unknown) 80, 470 miles
01/ 02/ 2003 GRAHAM J GOODYER Stainless Steel Centre and Rear Exhaust (£468. 00) 80788 miles
06/ 2003 Oil Service (Unknown) 86, 140 miles
05/ 08/ 2003 LANCASTER LAND ROVER – Warranty Claim 89713 miles
16/ 10/ 2003 GRAHAM J GOODYER (£856. 43) 93478
10/ 06/ 2004 GRAHAM J GOODYER New Brakes, Engine Ignition Work (£1721. 49) 102333 miles
07/ 2004 Oil Service (Unknown) 104056 miles
23/ 03/ 2005 GRAHAM J GOODYER MOT TEST , New Tyres, New door Latch, New Key 111746 miles
04/ 2005 Oil Service (Unknown) 113200 miles
01/ 2007 Oil Service (Unknown) 126650 miles
08/ 11/ 2007 ROVERTUNE – Full Service 133051 miles
09/ 11/ 2007 ROVERTUNE – GEARBOX TRANSFER BOX FIX (£826. 60)
04/ 08/ 08 MOT TEST NEWTOWN CARSERVICES (£84. 89) 137835
06/ 2009 Oil Service (Unknown)
04/ 08/ 2009 ROVERTUNE Fault Fixes for A/ C Comp (£155. 79)
18/ 08/ 2010 MOT TEST NEWTOWN CARSERVCES 144827 miles
27/ 07/ 2011 MOT TEST THAMESVIEW AUTOS LIMITED 146467 miles
15/ 05/ 2012 MOT TEST BERKSHIRE AUTOS 147808 miles
06/ 2012 GREAVES 4x4 – Interim Service 148000 miles
04/ 10/ 2013 MOT TEST BV BOWLES 150077 miles11/ 01/ 2015 New Fuel filler switch £19. 65
11/ 01/ 2015 New Passenger mirror £18. 75
11/ 01/ 2015 New bulbs for Climate display £9. 96
12/ 01/ 2015 New Tailgate Struts £14. 99
12/ 01/ 2015 Super Pro Full Bush Set £191. 00
12/ 01/ 2015 New nuts & bolts for fitting above £
12/ 01/ 2015 New Alphaline 880CCA 110 AH Battery £89. 00
12/ 01/ 2105 New Janspeed Stainless Cat Back Exhaust System £485. 51 13/ 01/ 2015 New Positive Battery Cable £9. 03
13/ 01/ 2015 New Earth Battery Cable £9. 22
13/ 01/ 2015 Replacement SRS ECU £9. 75
13/ 01/ 2015 Replacement Tailgate Rubber seal £19. 99
14/ 01/ 2015 Oil Change Castrol Magnatec 10W40 £51. 99
14/ 01/ 2015 Oil Filter 14/ 01/ 2015 ITG Air Filter Element £58. 80
14/ 01/ 2015 SuperPro Anti roll bar bush set £19. 99
14/ 01/ 2015 New Brake light switch £13. 14
15/ 01/ 2015 New ABS Pump Accumulator Sphere £89. 00
17/ 01/ 2015 New Discs & pads All round £115. 00
17/ 01/ 2015 4 x L322 Alloys and New BF Goodrich 265/ 65/ 18 £995. 00
17/ 01/ 2015 Fitting kit for above (Nuts and ) £35. 00
18/ 01/ 2015 New Serpentine Belt £30. 90
20/ 01/ 2015 New (old stock) Centre console Holland & Holland £64. 00
20/ 01/ 2015 New Cheek panels leather & walnut £125. 00
20/ 01/ 2015 Walnut Ashtray £40. 00
20/ 01/ 2015 Walnut dash inc Sat nav (not connected to any driver unit £55. 00
20/ 01/ 2015 Walnut Electric window pack £72. 00
29/ 01/ 2015 Nanocom Evolution 2 £407. 00
03/ 03/ 2015 2000 upgrade Headlights £100. 00
05/ 03/ 2015 Bonnet £45. 00
07/ 02/ 2015 New Windscreen wipers £25. 00
07/ 02/ 2015 New Registration plates £25. 00
10/ 02/ 2015 Front Brake calliper carriers New Lucas £55. 00
11/ 02/ 2015 New Leather inserts for all 4 door panels £60. 00
13/ 02/ 2015 New Rear Brake caliper carriers £52. 0023/ 02/ 2015 Alpine CDa 9813 CD head unit £85. 00
24/ 02/ 2015 Alpine RUE-4187 Remote for Head unit £15. 99
01/ 03/ 2015 Nexxia Lead and adaptor harness for head unit £65. 00
11/ 03/ 2015 Light stone 2001 Door cards (new inserts as purchased above fitted to give the Holland &Holland appearance £130. 00
25/ 05/ 2015 New Seal set for air suspension block £25. 00
01/ 06/ 2015 New Holland Holland Brown leather cubby lid £45. 00
16/ 06/ 2015 Witter Tow bar New £150. 00
When the above was fitted by myself, the rear bumper was removed and the re-inforcments cleaned up and the chassis end caps on the chassis rails replaced with new parts as well as cleaning up all the dirt.
20/ 06/ 2015 new Bilstein Steering damper £65. 00
25/ 06/ 2015 New Plenum to rocker cover breather hoses £6. 50
05/ 07/ 2015 New Oil seals to front axles £25. 00
10/ 08/ 2015 Replacement black leather gear knob and handbrake £35. 00
02/ 10/ 2015 New Evans Waterless coolant 12 litres plus system flush £210
02/ 10/ 2015 New Radiator hose kit £44. 95
02/ 10/ 2015 New Thermostat £23. 00
25/ 10/ 2015 New Audi A6 Heater matrix £35. 00
(Dashboard removed – heater matrix exchanged for one without troublesome ‘O’ rings)
06/ 11/ 2015 New Key fob and programming £65. 00
18/ 11/ 2015 New Denso Spark Plugs £56. 00
18/ 11/ 2015 New Magnecor 8mm Blue HT Plug Leads £97. 07
22/ 11/ 2015 New Pollen Filters £7. 91
16/ 07/ 2016 Replacement Cream Leather panel under steering column £50. 00
17/ 07/ 2016 Replacement 5 Bar Elec Leather Beige Seats £300. 00
20/ 07/ 2016 Pair of New Arnott Gen II Front air bags £300. 00
(Rears - £300) NOW fitted by LR-XS
27/ 06/ 2016 Replacement Cream Leather Glove Box panel £25. 00
09/ 08/ 2016 New Viscous Fan coupling £75. 00
09/ 08/ 2016 New Crankshaft Position Sensor £40. 00
28/ 08/ 2016 New Radiator £100. 00
New Water Pump £125. 00
01/ 07/ 2017 Engine out – top end rebuild by LR XS due to possible head gasket leak front right corner to atmosphere - including new Kent Camshaft, new followers, new lifters, with Elring head gaskets, new plenum breathers again (LR this time) etc New oil (replaced again after 100 miles) and oil filter.
Replacement heads and manifolds (wrapped in heat wrap) and brake pipes front to rear along chassis replaced. £3000. 00
20/ 07/ 2017 Heavy Duty Steering arms and ball joints £200. 00
28/ 07/ 2017 4 doors and Bonnet in Blue from 2002 SE £100. 00 (all looms switched)
10/ 08/ 2017 Replacement transfer box computer (used 2002) £25. 00
06/ 02/ 2018 New Pollen filters
06/ 02/ 2018 New Genuine Land Rover under bonnet fuse box and relays £165. 00
10/ 05/ 2018 New Davies Craig Electric Water pump and hoses, to eliminate troublesome thermostat, designed by Land Rover to run the V8 at a temperature above its ideal range, purely for emissions – Revert to standard coolant at this point.
04/ 06/ 2018 New Electric fan controlled by EWP controller to maintain correct cooling and remove unnecessary power draining viscous unit
30/ 06/ 2018 MOT 155797
14/ 08/ 2018 Full Set of Red carpets front to back inc tailgate – all floors cleaned out on installation and then new set of cream electric seats installed.
10/ 10/ 2018 Brand new tailgate seal fitted
06/ 07/ 2019 MOT 157727
05/ 07/ 2020 New Oil and oil filter and air filter cleaned again using correct ITG cleaning kit
New rear cross axle copper brake pipe and fittings - plus
Rear Arnott airbags fitted by LR-XS
07/ 02/ 2022 New Heavy Duty Varta Battery
08/ 02/ 2022 New Water pump – fitted and by passed
07/ 10/ 2022 MOT 158630
01/ 08/ 2023 New Coil Packs
01/ 08/ 2023 8 x New Iridium Denso Spark Plugs
01/ 08/ 2023 Gravity Performance High Flow Stainless/ aluminium Radiator
Driver side rear air bag popped!
01/ 08/ 2023 New Arnott GEN 3 Rear airbags (Passenger rear fitted Aug24)
16/ 08/ 2023 New Viair 444c Air compressor
26/ 10/ 2023 MOT 160376
02/ 12/ 2023 New Lucas Alternator (Not fitted)
02/ 12/ 2023 New Starter Motor (not fitted)
18/ 12/ 2023 New Oil and filter
18/ 12/ 2023 New ITG filter old one failing
18/ 12/ 2023 New Pollen Filters
20/ 12/ 2023 Tornado / Mark Adams chips fitted to ECU
10/ 01/ 2024 New 642X Platinum Xtreme BATTERY 12V 120Ah (CCA 1000)
10/ 01/ 2024 New 2AWG earth cable and alternator to battery additional cable
20/ 01/ 2024 All 3 New Blend Motors Brand new from BritPart – still not working fully so stiff flaps likely.
30/ 01/ 2024 All connections in driver and passenger footwells removed from corroded plugs and joined directly
10/ 05/ 2024 Allisport Aluminium Coolant expansion tank and alloy cap
28/ 08/ 2024 8 x New fuel injectors EV6 215cc 20lb 4 jet
30/ 08/ 20204 New Fuel filter (163000)
30/ 08/ 2024 Both front wings fitted, cleaned inner arches and treated Dinitrol and new side repeaters

05/ 09/ 2024 Front indicators (later)
10/ 09/ 2024 taillight assemblies (later)

10/ 09/ 2024 New Front hub assemblies with Bearings now fitted
10/ 10/ 2024 New End ball joints for heavy duty steering arms all replaced.