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Ridgeback defender



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Mantec roofbars
Just received my next minor mod, a pair of Mantec roof bars. Just wondering what, and if people use any sort of gasket/rubber to protect the paintwork ?
Cheers,
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Post #544867 30th Jun 2016 4:31pm
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1978



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
Along the bottom edges of the bars that sit in the roof channels, I used some of this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111805765154

Then I cut some pieces of an old bicycle inner tube to fit the clamps and protect the paint on the sides of the channel.

Seems to work well!
Post #544955 30th Jun 2016 9:42pm
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Excellent, great tip off to eBay. Thumbs Up
Post #545047 1st Jul 2016 12:32pm
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1978



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 90 Td5 HT Belize Green
You could probably get away with something a bit narrower, perhaps like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Medium-BLACK-Rub...1645211518

the one I use was a little thick but worked fine.
Post #545048 1st Jul 2016 12:34pm
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The farmer in me would use some old tractor tyre inner tube Shocked But those Ebay strips look a lot neater! James
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Post #545078 1st Jul 2016 2:46pm
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Stiff1



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black
I went along to my local commercial tyre fitter got an inner tube, cut sections from it, works perfectly.
Post #545191 1st Jul 2016 9:50pm
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