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ManCub Member Since: 18 Mar 2014 Location: Lydbrook Posts: 42 |
I apologise in advance if this has been covered however a search revealed nothing.
I am going to fit chequer plate to my sills and wings but am struggling to find 110 sill gaskets. Any ideas as to where to source them please. Do you even recommend gaskets?? Thanks guys. |
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1st Dec 2015 10:12pm |
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YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1645 |
Been discussed many times...
I fitted checker plate wing top to my 110... bought the gaskets with my intention to also fit. Complete waste of time/money I thought having done one side! a: I have drilled holes in my wing tops! So who cares if they get scratched underneath now! b: The gasket thickness raises the height of the checker plate so it then looks more 'added on' and clumsy c: The foam they use is not closed cell so it absorbes water like a sponge. I did not like the idea of constant dampness between the ali checker plate and the wing top d: You can see the gasket under the checker plate... looks 'odd' So I then removed that gasket and fitted both without. All IMHO of course! YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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1st Dec 2015 10:47pm |
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ManCub Member Since: 18 Mar 2014 Location: Lydbrook Posts: 42 |
YOLO110
Cheers for that. I had a suspicion that the gaskets may have been more trouble than they're worth. Saved me a little money. Regards. |
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2nd Dec 2015 5:44am |
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YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1645 |
No worries!
Money saved will buy more beers! YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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2nd Dec 2015 5:54am |
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K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 |
Just to balance this a little more evenly perhaps and based on experience when I removed my CP?
From this thread.... http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic37972.html?highlight=crud If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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2nd Dec 2015 10:10am |
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YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1645 |
Yes, like RRUK, I also did use circular beads of silicone around the holes I had drilled before I located the checker plate into position. The thought being to negate the migration of water/crud through the holes. But no gaskets ... YOLO... You Only Live Once...
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2nd Dec 2015 11:00am |
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K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 |
I used to think exactly the same as yourselves until I had to remove the CP to facilitate the fitment of new door entrance strips. What you can't see you don't really care about but any void was completely filled with grit and dirt which had migrated behind. This in itself will retain moisture. I used as mentioned butyl pondliner which is not absorbent and does the job nicely. I got rid of the sills completely in the end by fitting R&T sliders and on removal there had been no subsequent ingress at all. If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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2nd Dec 2015 11:32am |
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