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AndyS

Member Since: 18 Aug 2012
Location: London
Posts: 595

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Sumatra Black

Tail bolts and paint

The back end of the old bus is looking a bit tired now it's seven years old so I thought I'd spruce it up a bit next time the weather allows and spray the cross member in black. What do the black bolts do, can I take them out? The silver bolts are to bolt the cabin to the chassis, if I take them all out can I get a bit of room between the cross member and the cabin for spraying somehow?

Second question, how difficult is it to spray from an aerosol? I know not to do it in the cold, hot or direct sunlight and to prepare the surface but how hard is it to get a reasonable result? I watch Edd China spray up cars with an aerosol and they look fab but I suspect there's some TV trickery going on.

Advice much appreciated.

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28th Feb 2018 8:32pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

The black bolts secure the mounts for the rearmost seat belts. Have a look up underneath the wing to see the large lump of steel that they secure. Darren

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28th Feb 2018 8:46pm

zsd-puma

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

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Doing it in hot weather is fine, you just don't want it to be too humid, you actually get a better finish if it's hot weather. Most spray booths are actually ovens to get the paint to cure more quickly these days.

I used Upol Satin black on mine, it looks better than the factory finish. The main issue is all the prep work, getting is rubbed down smooth to start with and using quality primer (I used Upol Zinc 182), and then give that a rub down with 1200 grit wet and dry too.

You can remove those bolts to paint the cross member, they hold the rear seatbelt mountings, but obviously you'll have to put them back afterwards. They're actually galvanised, it looks like those ones have some black over spray on them from a previous crossmember respray. New bolts from Land Rover won't be expensive.

1st Mar 2018 5:24am

that man

Member Since: 17 Dec 2016
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 83

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Corris Grey

Hi Pal I did my puma cross member with a can spray (think LR forgot to paint mine) looks good but mask it off everywhere you dont want it to go I know it sounds obvious but it will find the smallest gap in the masking.

3rd Mar 2018 5:19pm

Tardis

Member Since: 24 Nov 2017
Location: Hannover
Posts: 22

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black

Bolts can go out, I used nice black metallic can spray on mine last fall (car was 7 years old as well):

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However I wouldn't start painting below 15°C.

3rd Mar 2018 5:36pm

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