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Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2693 ![]() ![]() |
Mine is the same, rust at the leading edge as well as around the bolts.
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lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1330 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not sure how hot it gets, but could you give it a light coating of something like ACF50 once replaced to try and stop it going the same way again? Sad that such steps are needed but perhaps a little bit of TLC now might help in the long term.
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treps Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: SE Posts: 244 ![]() |
Is rust on the new defender a real issue or is it rare?
I ask as I gave up my old Defender model due to concerns about long term rust... I am about to order a 110 but if this new model also rusts it might not be the car for me. I can cope with annoying but fixable issues such as electronics but I am done with rust and leaks. ![]() |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 ![]() ![]() |
15 months and 11700 miles into ownership the only signs of corrosion on my 110 is one tiny spot on one of the dealer fitted recovery eyes at the back and I put that down to having had to use them last winter to recover a neighbour’s Evoque from a ditch that it slipped into during a snowy spell when I used a metal shackle instead of a soft shackle to attach strop to recovery eye. The recovery eyes don’t appear to have much paint on them - maybe a single top coat with no primers? Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! Last edited by Tim in Scotland on 24th Aug 2021 5:24pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17598 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Telekinesis? ![]() |
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MrEleven Member Since: 15 May 2020 Location: Glasgow Posts: 112 ![]() ![]() |
I would say its a problem just because i was told they would fix mine as a good will gesture. To me that says they know its a problem and dont bother coming back when it happens again.
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J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3427 ![]() ![]() |
Mines only coming up for 6 months old but so far no signs of rust. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 ![]() ![]() |
Now corrected by telepathy………. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3427 ![]() ![]() |
No, it’s everything else you need to worry about ![]() |
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