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blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17427

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Fitted mine on Sunday, and must say that I am impressed! The quality and fit are excellent, and in general it was very easy to fit.

I had two issues with the fitting, both connected with the self tappers into the doorframes, and would be interested to know if anyone else who's fitted one has had similar problems:-

1) The instructions say that the holes for the self-tappers in the door frame should be 4mm, but the first one I drilled at this diameter was too large, the screw simply pushed in and fell out. I ended up drilling 3.5mm which was a good fit.

2) To secure the console in position while drilling the holes, I used a G-cramp to pull it into the doorframe. Even so, if drilled vertically upwards all 6 of the holes missed the doorframe altogether, and the only way to find any metal to drill into was to drill at an angle about 30 degrees from vertical, outwards. This seemed to do the job (although it was very hard to avoid the conviction that I was about to drill out of the roof and into the roofrack foot!).

These two issues aside (and they're very minor), it is a very good product indeed IMHO.

Incidentally I didn't remove the two original "fir trees" holding the headlining into the door frame since I couldn't see any reason to do so. Leaving them in place didn't seem to cause any problems and I am really not sure why the instructions say that they shoudl be removed.

16th Apr 2013 10:16am

taffrican

Member Since: 14 Jan 2011
Location: Living room
Posts: 624

I was also a little baffled as to why those fir tree's above the door had to come out, I did remove them as they were step one of the instructions but I left the one out and refit the other

and I had to drill at an angle to find the frame

But, like you say, very minor issues and overall a good mod

Optimists say the glass is half full..
Pessimists say the glass is half empty..
Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be!

16th Apr 2013 10:58am

Marius

Member Since: 21 Dec 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 231

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green

Yes same here.

Leave the fir trees in place!!
Good product!!! I ran two separate 2.5mm2 ripcord cables to the top to fit additional electrics.

18th Apr 2013 9:32am

Naks

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Posts: 2645

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alpine White

Marius wrote:
Yes same here. Leave the fir trees in place!!
Good product!!! I ran two separate 2.5mm2 ripcord cables to the top to fit additional electrics.

Marius, do you have some pics please? How much did it end up costing, including shipping & taxes? --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

18th Apr 2013 12:25pm

Marius

Member Since: 21 Dec 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 231

Cost breakdown:

MUD Defender Roof Console
Item# roof-con £132.50 GBP 1 £132.50 GBP
USB Socket x3
Item# USB £50.00 GBP 1 £50.00 GBP
Shipping
Item# Shipping Option - UPS Express £93.00 GBP 1 £93.00 GBP
Subtotal £275.50 GBP
Total £275.50 GBP
Payment £275.50 GBP

But I bought 3 USB car charger sockets as you can see. I only paid $20 Vat and clearance fees of that total you see there.

So we looking at £330 all in all at my door.......and literally it came to my door via UPS. R4552 in total based on what the exchange rate was at that time.

I say well worth the purchase!!!!

18th Apr 2013 12:40pm

Naks

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Posts: 2645

Marius wrote:
So we looking at £330 all in all at my door.......and literally it came to my door via UPS. R4552 in total based on what the exchange rate was at that time.

I say well worth the purchase!!!!

Jah, looks well worth it. but we are building a house, so

--
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

18th Apr 2013 12:42pm

paulmuaddib

Member Since: 27 Jul 2013
Location: Lisbon
Posts: 2

Need an opinion from the guys that already have the mud console installed...

I'm a tall guy and when inside my Defender my head is about 1.5 inches away from the top of the car so when i look straight forward my view area is just near the top of the front windscreen. If I install this roof console do you think I will loose some visibility?

Thank you.

27th Jul 2013 9:39am

Merlin

Member Since: 30 Oct 2010
Location: Newmarket
Posts: 981

I've fitted a MUD console and have no problems. I'm over six feet tall and have a seat lift of one inch as well. In fact as the sun visors are a bit lower it's better as there is less windscreen at the top to give glare.

If I were you, I'd buy it. It's a great piece of kit.

Merlin

27th Jul 2013 11:49am

paulmuaddib

Member Since: 27 Jul 2013
Location: Lisbon
Posts: 2

Thanks for the reply, Merlin...I think I will buy it indeed!

27th Jul 2013 4:24pm

Merlin

Member Since: 30 Oct 2010
Location: Newmarket
Posts: 981

Don't do what I did, fit it and then take it out to fit the CB. I found it best to cut the headlining and run wires before fitting the console. I poked a straightened coat hanger between the headlining and the roof to get the wires through and then ran them down B pillar.

I must say that MUD have done a wonderful job, many people think it's OEM.

Merlin

28th Jul 2013 1:50pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black

I fancy one of these to house my Ham Radio head, even SWMBO thinks they are a great idea

There is talk in the thread about the rear washer feed pipe above the door and to be careful to avoid it. Without taking down the headlining (perhaps this is why the fir trees should be removed

) how can you be sure to avoid it?

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

28th Jul 2013 6:42pm

Merlin

Member Since: 30 Oct 2010
Location: Newmarket
Posts: 981

Didn't know about the pipe. Perhaps that was just as well. Thought there was a large 'wire' there but just worked around it. So, not a problem.

Merlin

29th Jul 2013 8:16am

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Well, finally got mine, arrived yesterday fitted this morning.

A few observations, you need strong thumbs to get the fir tree fasteners in!, I used a piece of 2x1 to push them in. When fitting the outer parts, if you are doing it alone, as I was, it makes it a lot easier if you temporarily duct tape the sunvisors to the moulding and use a drop of superglue to hold the spacer.

The instructions say that the door frame is tough to drill, it is! I broke 2 drill bits, I found that a 3.5mm drill, as advised by blackwolf was too small and I was unable to fit the screws without chewing up the heads, 4mm seems ok, maybe they've changed the spec of their screws ( which seem overly long?)

All in all I'm very pleased with it, it looks very smart, like OE. Now for the Ham Radio head unit!

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

6th Sep 2013 12:15pm

x-isle

Member Since: 26 May 2011
Location: Midlands
Posts: 1327

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

As I'm now looking for a better place to put the CB, I've just taken the plunge and bought one.

Can someone who has one fitted let me know the rough height between one of the shelves and the headlining.

The reason I ask is I'm hoping to hide my CB's external speaker on top of the one of the shelves and the speaker I've got is about 6cm in height. I looks as though it'll fit ok from the photos. Craig Rogers

2007 Puma 110 XS
2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux
www.craigrogers.photography

27th Sep 2013 7:52am

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Hi Craig,

The hight of the shelf "orifice" is 50mm, the internal height is approx 65mm but this only goes back about 50-60mm (to allow for the sunvisor recess) and goes down to approx 50mm, so I think it may be a bit tight. An option might be to cut out a bit of the head lining or perhaps surface mount the speaker facing down inside the shelf?

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

27th Sep 2013 10:04am

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