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LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

Finally fitted the last one today. Made a couple of shims from plastic cut from an old storage box and Bob's your mothers' brother:

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A small tweak to one I'd fitted earlier and now all four doors shut with a satisfying thunk without the need to slam them

Darren

110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia

8th Jul 2012 8:50pm

lambert.the.farmer

Member Since: 11 Apr 2012
Location: harrogate
Posts: 2006

Fitted. Needed to tweak one as it was not quite square, easy fix. Could do with some proper shims at some stage but so far so good. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.

10th Jul 2012 3:33pm

IKke

Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: Brabant
Posts: 117

1986 Defender 90 200 Tdi SW Keswick Green

My 90 (my 1986) has a protective cap around that pin shielding it from the side and the top. Scaling the real deal.

10th Jul 2012 6:54pm

SimonR

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
Posts: 74

That's correct. Unfortunately the plastic sleeve is part of the problem. The plastic quickly becomes damaged and the door then fails to close properly.

After a bit of research, it turns out the purpose of the sleeve is to improve the sound of the door closing. We prototyped with and without a sleeve and found that without it both lasts longer and makes the door close reliably long term.

Once the sleeve became damaged, it introduced a new hook profile to the new part - removing its original advantage. Therefore we made the decision to omit the sleeve and produce a better quality, longer lasting product as a result.

Si

10th Jul 2012 7:13pm

ZeDefender

Member Since: 15 Sep 2011
Location: Munich
Posts: 4731

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue

Damn! What is it about these clever little mods?
Perhaps my "skirt" might get caught one day

Must...resist...temptation....... Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...

10th Jul 2012 7:23pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20359

ZeDefender wrote:

Perhaps my "skirt" might get caught one day
.

I seriously hope not!

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10th Jul 2012 7:25pm

ZeDefender

Member Since: 15 Sep 2011
Location: Munich
Posts: 4731

Rrrrip... just discovered I might need one of these

Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...

9th Aug 2012 7:27am

Tubes63

Member Since: 05 Aug 2012
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 201

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey

My God! This is genius!! I must get caught at least once a day... Geoff
2007 Defender 90

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9th Aug 2012 7:17pm

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