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Tiger



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Such a nice landy Thumbs Up

Any more details on the Ring DRLs?

Any photos of cutting the bumper?

Do the sit in front, flush, or behind an aperture you cut? (Hard to tell from the photos)
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MrB



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United Kingdom 2002 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Zermatt Silver
Aside from loving all things Solihull based, another passion is classic cars and aviation (neither of which I have the fortune to experience first hand or own I might add)... but what do they have in common?

Well, after a frustrating long summer of driving into blinding sun light and grappling with the stock Defender sun visors, only to suddenly realise – amid panic – that forward visibility was immediately reduced by 50% (not a pleasant feeling on faster A roads and motorways) an idea was formed from said other passions.

So what do classic cars and aviation have in common then? Well in short it's the need to be able to block sun light with the limitation of shallow windscreens, but retain the ability to see in every direction (obviously more so in a plane).

How do you achieve this? Well in both applications you achieve this with Acrylic Tinted Sunvisors. So that is what we built and are currently seeing if this could be a viable product for the masses.

The visors have already been through many iterations and designs and finally we have a design that we feel suited the Defender interior, provided the product performance we required, increased driver safety (as both Keis and I were sick to death of going through the 'mad sun visor panic' when blinded by the sun)... oh and most importantly look gorgeous.

The added benefit of using a tinted acrylic of higher quality is it also actually sharpens the view through the actual plastic, almost like a high end set of sunglasses (as you can see from the pics). Since testing these over the last few months I've never even touched a set of sunglasses whilst driving, so feel these deliver above and beyond.

Love to hear your thoughts...


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MrB



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Really pleased with the design of these with the rest of the interior too... utilitarian, stylish and functional



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MrB



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United Kingdom 2002 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Zermatt Silver
Tiger wrote:
Such a nice landy Thumbs Up

Any more details on the Ring DRLs?

Any photos of cutting the bumper?

Do the sit in front, flush, or behind an aperture you cut? (Hard to tell from the photos)


Hi Tiger,

Ring DRL's are these: http://www.ringautomotive.co.uk/uk/product...ng/BRL0397

I got them off eBay for about £55 ish

They sit absolute flush with bumper on the front face and are mounted through bottom of the bumper and spaced to a central height. I've also noted in previous posts where the wiring went using the existing LR Defender running light cable in the wiring loom (this is sealed off for UK Defenders but is still part of the loom).

Hope that helps and thanks for the positive feedback – a lot of work but great to know its appreciated!!

Nath
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Tiger



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Genius!
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LR90XS2011



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MrB wrote:
Really pleased with the design of these with the rest of the interior too... utilitarian, stylish and functional



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great idea could be made a differing depths DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
Post #363178 8th Oct 2014 8:18pm
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Tiger



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Did you laser cut the bumper for the DRLs then or was it drill, hack saw and hours with a file?
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nosnibod



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As a tall chap I find the standard sun visors next to useless - with it fully down I can't see ahead at all - so I'm very interested in this idea.

Also as LR90XS2011 says, differing depths would be a good idea too - in fact Mrs Nosnibod has a cheap plastic extension to the sun visor on her car that does the same job. Dave
Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi
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MrB



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Tiger wrote:
Genius!


Thanks Tiger!

Re. bumper – it was drill, jigsaw and so forth... with considerable time invested on the finishing side.
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MrB



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LR90XS2011 wrote:


great idea could be made a differing depths


Hi LR90XS2011,

Funny enough we discussed this but the value in deciding on a set size is they fit perfectly up inside the existing forms of the Defender headlining, so it looks really OE vs. added on. I'll try and take a pic of it folded up to show you.

Thanks for the feedback! Nath
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MrB



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nosnibod wrote:
As a tall chap I find the standard sun visors next to useless - with it fully down I can't see ahead at all - so I'm very interested in this idea.

Also as LR90XS2011 says, differing depths would be a good idea too - in fact Mrs Nosnibod has a cheap plastic extension to the sun visor on her car that does the same job.


Hi Nosnibod,

Funny you say about the height issue, but when a few friends had seen the car with them in, even the lets say vertically challenged individuals amongst the gang had all said how useless they found stock visors – as they lost a huge amount of forward visibility when folded down. Especially on motorway driving when forward visibility, safe braking and lane planning was obviously heightened.

Nath
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hamtheman



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Nw these I really like - would be interested in where and how they were made or indeed in purchasing,- enjoying the Thread, and looking forward to you next instalment! http://mylandy90.blogspot.ie/
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Tiger



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Google the name on the grill.

I suspect a fledgling business, a bit of stealthily advertising / appetite whetting and a product or two on the way.

Hope it works out Whistle Thumbs Up
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jimbob7



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As said,standard visors are useless for tall chaps/chapesses,so I'm interested anorl,altho probably make me own,lol.Thanks fer the idea. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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bob neville



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I do like the Acrylic Tinted Sunvisors Thumbs Up

I have been looking around for something like this for a little while but not found anything suitable.

I would certainly be interested in a couple of sets, they would be really useful in the TD5 when off road.

Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !!
2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold
2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold
2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member
2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days !
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