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grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4786

Rear arch liners

Has anyone bought these arch liners? Whilst very expensive for what the are - they do look good

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10th Jun 2017 9:06am

zsd-puma

Member Since: 09 Aug 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 2720

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Probably quite good if you drive on a lot of gravel roads. But little point for mud, Gwyn Lewis mudshields would be cheaper.

I think some of the Military ones just had a long flat piece of rubber bent into an arch in the wheel wells.

10th Jun 2017 11:08am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4786

I do indeed drive a lot of gravel roads, the worst thing is our drive. It's compacted gravel and about 1/4 mile long, when you get out into the road the noise is pretty violent!

2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
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10th Jun 2017 11:15am

proloForêt

Member Since: 16 Mar 2017
Location: Montereau
Posts: 248

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black

This week I was under the defender changing springs and I wonders to myself how good a liner for the arches would be. I spent the first hour of work cleaning out mud, stones, leaves and a pieces of a dead bird from various places that a liner wold block. It is a shame that these are too much expensive for my budget but I will try to create my own idea solution.

10th Jun 2017 11:44am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4786

Having seen the pictures again, I would say it would be fairly easy to make them yourself

10th Jun 2017 11:47am

proloForêt

Member Since: 16 Mar 2017
Location: Montereau
Posts: 248

I think that it's not necessary or good to use GRP like these company do. Why? Becuase the noise of the gravel hitting the GRP will be just as loud as the noise you want to kill. Semi-rigid rubber much better to work into the area in question.
I think a summer project for me later

10th Jun 2017 11:55am

VeeTee

Member Since: 06 Mar 2011
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 1512

I have had them, but removed them because a lot of dirt will get trapped between them and the body. This will keep these places dirty and moist, good for accelerated rot. I think it is best to keep things as open as possible so you can clean trapped dirt regurlarly and let things dry quickly. Cheers, Vincent
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10th Jun 2017 11:56am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4786

That is definitely a point worth considering, however, I wash my defender at least weekly and have an industrial steam cleaner which I use once a month so I can get all the hidden dirt out where it likes to gather.

Another option is to make them easily removable by using twist lock clips like those on the fuel filter housing

10th Jun 2017 12:22pm

Thon

Member Since: 22 Nov 2015
Location: Salisbury Plain
Posts: 696

I have a full set of Gwynn Lewis liners on my 110 and they cover all of the annoying nooks and crannies, and go some way to deadening the gravel pinging to the underside. They make cleaning much simpler for sure.

10th Jun 2017 2:14pm

zsd-puma

Member Since: 09 Aug 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 2720

I'd definitely recomment the Gwyn Lewis shields.

I recon you could just fill in the bit above the wheel with a bit of rubber conveyor belt, that's the bit that's going to take the hammering from stones

10th Jun 2017 8:05pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4786

I'll have to have a look when I get some time and see what I can come up with

10th Jun 2017 9:44pm

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