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Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3686

thomson_adam wrote:
Co1 wrote:
Your right, Air Con is a big job. It’s not super hard, but there is a good chunk of work involved, especially getting the dash out and in again. Your not a million miles away from me, if you wanted to come and have a look feel free to give me a shout and I’ll talk you through it. From memory, it was about £1800 for the kit.

The rest of what you want to do is straight forward enough.

Thanks, that would be great.
Did you buy the kit then fit yourself ?

Yes. Bought it from Cool Air Logan. Their customer service is first rate.

17th Jan 2022 6:06am

Tonser

Member Since: 08 May 2020
Location: Surrey
Posts: 77

Having just finished converting my interior to 'just about XS spec', fitting electric windows, central locking and heated leather seats I'd hold out for an XS spec purchase !

I DIY'd it all, and it is time consuming, plus of course the parts prices. That said, I fully sqound deadened the interior and doors whilst I was at it, which has made a great difference.

At purchase I was after a low mileage Double Cab pick up Puma, which hadn't been worked hard, so my choices were limited and the right one came up that wasn't an XS so I went for it. I'd expect there are more 90's available to choose from.

As has been said, you'll never change the 'XS' on the logbook, and an original one will always be worth more. The AC is expensive ( around £2k in parts ) to retrofit, and a big labour job, so if that's on you're wishlist that would make the decision for me.

Hope that helps.

Tony

17th Jan 2022 9:41am

jpboost

Member Since: 13 Apr 2021
Location: Gatwick
Posts: 377

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

In my opinion, it's the Aircon that really makes or breaks it. If you want one with aircon, it'd need to be really cheap to buy one without and convert.

The rest of it is easier, and can be done in stages depending on your priority.

When I bought mine, I made sure it had aircon, and the rest was a bonus. It has electric windows and central locking. But I will fit a heated screen and heated seats at some point, mostly fitting in with any other work (sound deadening) that I'll do.

Of course, if you really do want all the XS features, then buying and converting an example without any of them, seems rather a long way round. Even if it does save a little.

I agree that XS on the logbook is more desirable than a converted non-XS, but there's plenty of cars advertised as 'XS Spec' and they don't seem to be significantly (or any?) cheaper than 'real' XS cars. The advert and actual sale prices may differ of course, but that's the same with all vehicles.

IMO, buy on condition (with consideration for aircon).
I'd far rather have a really good example that I need to upgrade a bit, rather than a rough 'high spec' XS.

17th Jan 2022 11:28am

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