Pimping my ride

[chrisinhouston]

I spent a couple of days working on my car, AKA the money pit. It's a 2003 Land Rover Discovery II and when I am not making costly repairs to keep it on the road I waste money on improving the off road experience.

The head liners in Land Rovers are crappy and never last more than a few years. Must be out hot summer compared to the UK. Anyway the headliner board is a molded piece of fiberglass and then covered with the typical cloth. I opted to do a more rugged but practical recovering and after removing the last of the cloth and foam backing and any glue residue I painted it with color matched paint. Much more functional and won't ever sag again.

While the metal ceiling was exposed I ran my CB radio antennae cord from the dash to the rear door. I also installed a USB outlet above the rear view mirror for my new Tom Tom GPS. I hated the cord hanging down to the cigarette lighter, now it is coiled behind the mirror and can easily be removed for traveling.