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| trickster5000 Member Since: 12 Dec 2015 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 502   
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Looks great and the high level brake light is a nice safety bonus of the later style doors
 Matt.
'89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html |
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30th Sep 2017 3:13pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Another little task that I completed today was to make some mats for the front footwells. In due course, the front will get a bit of a refurb (new cill rails and floor plates) and then sound proofing and hardura matting, but as an interim measure, I bought some more wide-ribbed rubber sheet and cut it to fit. They make a nice match to the mat in the rear load bed.
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 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 |
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30th Sep 2017 7:45pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784 
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A job very well done on your back door
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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30th Sep 2017 8:03pm |
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| legin Member Since: 22 Jul 2017 Location: Chelmsford Essex Posts: 1004 
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A neater cut and better fitting than the genuine land rover mats,well done.Could you done mine next ?
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3rd Oct 2017 7:44pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Heh, heh, no way. Too much fiddly measuring and crawling around on the floor, I'm afraid
 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 |
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3rd Oct 2017 8:05pm |
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| Profyaffle Member Since: 03 Oct 2016 Location: N Yorks Posts: 527
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Just caught up on your thread.. The back door looks great.. liking all the little extras you do like the rubber gaskets
1993 200Tdi Defender 90 |
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6th Oct 2017 4:21pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Thanks
Another little addition tonight that you might recognise 
Click image to enlarge I'm pleasantly surprised with how much difference it makes to noise levels. 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 |
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6th Oct 2017 6:09pm |
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| Profyaffle Member Since: 03 Oct 2016 Location: N Yorks Posts: 527
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yes they are good for the deadening a bit of the noise. 1993 200Tdi Defender 90 |
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6th Oct 2017 6:22pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5192
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you can get bulk head carpet/ mat thing that goes behind the fuse box. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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6th Oct 2017 7:24pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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This afternoon, after washing it in preparation for a show tomorrow, I finally fitted my snorkel, which was a present from last Christmas
I do like a Land Rover with a snorkel and I've fitted several over the years, including offerings from Safari and Mantec. This time though, in keeping with the more traditional look that I've been going for, I've chosen an original-style metal type with a mushroom top that came as a kit from Paddocks. First job was to remove the existing intake grill, which was held on with screws. This revealed a lot of mess from previous owner painting escapades but, as with so many things, cosmetics will wait for another day. For the purposes of todays' task, I just cleaned it up with some wire wool and marked and drilled the additional hole that the snorkel fitting requires. Click image to enlarge The kit comes with a thin gasket for the mating face of the snorkel with the wing but it looked a bit rubbish, so I made a new one from some 3mm sticky backed, closed cell foam: Click image to enlarge This was then fitted in place with stainless screws into the original intake duct mounting points: Click image to enlarge The A pillar mounting brackets also came with gaskets, which looked ok so were just tacked in place with some superglue: Click image to enlarge Fitting these brackets to the windscreen pillar is the most difficult part of the installation. It's worth checking the measurements supplied in the instructions, as I found that the given position of the top bracket clashed with the upper mounting point for the internal trim. I also threw out the 6mm plated bolts that came with the kit and replaced them with some 5mm stainless flange bolts. The subsequent smaller nut is marginally easier to fit inside the A pillar. Click image to enlarge After that, it was a relatively simple task to assemble the upper parts of the snorkel. The main tube comes painted on the outside but not in and was already rusting when I took it out of the box. Some months ago therefore, I'd cleaned, etch primed and painted the inside with Hammerite. Again, I also replaced the supplied nuts and bolts with stainless versions. Click image to enlarge I'll probably get some stainless jubilee clips for the connections of the flexible rubber section, as the supplied plastic clips are barely long enough. To be honest, the kit, over all, is not brilliant - even the instructions were wrong as they were for a 300tdi that has it mounted on the other side to a completely different air box. With a bit of fettling though, and some better quality fittings, it can be made into a reasonable installation. Click image to enlarge 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 |
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7th Oct 2017 9:28pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5192
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looking great there, much like my dads! I am not a fan of snorkels but that's just me. I am sure this is the same colour as mine? Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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7th Oct 2017 9:48pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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8th Oct 2017 8:44pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Looking at your pictures, yeah I think it is. It's called Arles (or sometimes Windjammer) blue. 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 |
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8th Oct 2017 8:53pm |
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| legin Member Since: 22 Jul 2017 Location: Chelmsford Essex Posts: 1004
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I always think these run a little to high the mushroom is above the roof line idea in dusty conditions but in England with over hanging trees ,bushes and car park low level gates a bit to high could it be cut down ?
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9th Oct 2017 4:50pm |
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