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redhandluke



Member Since: 02 Jun 2013
Location: Northern Ireland
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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 90 Td5 SW Fuji White
My 90XS is a worker, landfill sites, road works, quarries etc and without chequer plate on sills and wingtops would suffer from rigger boot scuffing, spanner scrapes,dents and all. Would rather not use it but without it the 90 would be scruffy. Black Mammouth 3mm plate on Santorini Black. It's like putting Waxoyl on the outside, a necessity for some of us. Use Rivnuts and gasket on wingtops.
Steve
Post #319994 29th Mar 2014 11:37am
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Maxxed_Ross



Member Since: 06 Jun 2012
Location: Bathgate / North Sea
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Scotland 2001 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Cobar Blue
I wouldn't bother with the gasket, you never manage to seal all of it 100% and after washing you'll get water running out for underneath for days Mad

I wasn't going to put checker plate on the bonnet of mine as my last few have all had it and I wanted a change - plus the bonnet was nice and shiny! Laughing

that was until I went camping and nearly broke my ankle trying to load up the front of the roof rack from the wings. A bonnet plate was fitted as soon as I could and life is so much easier now
Post #320001 29th Mar 2014 11:50am
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K9F



Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey
I always use gasket it stops the crud from accumilating behind it. When I fitted the Entreq door strips I had to remove the sill chequerplate that didn't have any gasket. I was amazed at the 'dirt gasket' behind it and used a wallpaper scraper to remove the initial build up. I used butyl pondliner I had left over to make some gaskets before refitting. The bonnet I used the gaskets supplied and sealed up using black Sikaflex on the rest. If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

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Matthew_Mills



Member Since: 16 Feb 2014
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g-mack wrote:
im in the like camp! but has to be black! i think the wing tops look bare without it!


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So does the black wear off, if it's anodised then I guess it will scratch and eventually wear away? If it's silver that matters less?
Post #320029 29th Mar 2014 4:18pm
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Matthew_Mills



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trooper wrote:
On met. dark blue black looks great on sills & wing tops.


Black and black... Any pics?
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Matthew_Mills



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K9F wrote:
I always use gasket it stops the crud from accumilating behind it. When I fitted the Entreq door strips I had to remove the sill chequerplate that didn't have any gasket. I was amazed at the 'dirt gasket' behind it and used a wallpaper scraper to remove the initial build up. I used butyl pondliner I had left over to make some gaskets before reitting. The bonnet I used the gaskets supplied and sealed up using black Sikaflex on the rest.


When I did No 1 I used silicon rubber and wiped the edge with petrol... Worked a treat until the silicon began to degrade. I'm sure with care a decent seal to stop the mud et al that just rubs evening away as inevitably the metals will move against each other...
Post #320031 29th Mar 2014 4:21pm
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Neil5489



Member Since: 19 Dec 2013
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Don't do it!!! Chequer plate is the devil!!!
Post #320218 30th Mar 2014 12:24pm
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BigWheels



Member Since: 21 Mar 2010
Location: Somerset
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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Tonga Green
Why not go www.Turtleshell.co ? Idea Land Rover Defenders. 67 years heritage, minimal appearance changes, still going strong all over the world. Not a fashion vehicle, but fashionable to own. Made for the needy, not the greedy. Ta ta Defender
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strang



Member Since: 16 May 2012
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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green
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YeomanOfTheBar



Member Since: 04 Nov 2012
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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 DCPU Santorini Black
Matthew_Mills wrote:
trooper wrote:
On met. dark blue black looks great on sills & wing tops.


Black and black... Any pics?

Your wish...


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Post #320485 31st Mar 2014 11:48am
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Matthew_Mills



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Brilliant thanks... where is that kit from?
Post #320491 31st Mar 2014 11:56am
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YeomanOfTheBar



Member Since: 04 Nov 2012
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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 DCPU Santorini Black
The kit came from MM 4x4 in Droitwich (the wing tops are done too). I didn't order it directly myself, but had it added on when it was in for the lid over the load area. 2013 Defender 110 XS DCPU
Post #320500 31st Mar 2014 12:45pm
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Grouse



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Supacat



Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green
Neil5489 wrote:
Don't do it!!! Chequer plate is the devil!!!


Think of the scratches in the paint if you don't:


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Dale



Member Since: 14 Jul 2014
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United Kingdom 2001 Defender 110 Td5 Tomb Raider LE Bonatti Grey
Guess I'm in the like camp. I must be a chequer plate bitch! Wink

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Post #346120 18th Jul 2014 6:29pm
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