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you are now driving an old fashioned frame tent at motorway speeds.....

Please tell me you have a trangia stove and some pot noodles in the back of that tent

I Like Old Skool wrote:

As a fellow canvas user I don't see/hear anything wrong there. I think you just need to adjust your expectations, you are now driving an old fashioned frame tent at motorway speeds.....

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Freddie wrote:

Hi Guys,

I've just converted a 2012 Land Rover Defender Puma 2.2 110 from a 5-door station wagon to a soft-top using the kit from Exmoor trim. The fit and finish of the kit is impeccable. However, anything above 50mph and the canvas flaps like crazy! I understand it's a Land Rover, and a canvas tilt is expected to flap, but it's so obnoxious that a conversation within the cab is impossible. I've tensioned the canvas to within an inch of its life, making little difference. Not something one would expect from a £4,500 kit.

Here's a quick video at 70kph (40mph) for reference:

https://youtube.com/shorts/aiJt01hRw8M

(believe it or not, the radio is playing in the background)

I was wondering whether anyone else has had this issue with their kits and whether anyone has any suggestions to reduce the flapping?

Much appreciated!
Freddie

My brother has full tile 90 using the Exmoortrim HD frame and my uncle a 2012 90 also converted to a full tilt. Both are perfectly pleasant at speed and hardly any different to a hard top in terms of noise levels.


Have you got all the frame bits mounted correctly? There are a few ways you can mount the stays, which can impact where they sit. Might want to try putting some foam pipe lagging on the hoop or bars to see if it tensions it better. (note the grey on the upright behind the door.



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Linds Hanson wrote:

I see you've gone the full masochist spec with flappy series doors too!

I have.. Nothing beats a Landy with the door tops off..

Lodelaner wrote:

I'd imagine that the effects with a 110 canvas are exacerbated. However I've had a couple of new hoods, one was from Exmoor. Three things I've learnt:

A new or poorly fitting canvas flaps.
A well fitting canvas can slap the frame - made worse by the faster you go.
An overtightened canvas across the cab can reverberate like a drum and boom.

To reduce flap season the canvas - the fibres need to swell and knit which gives the hood more shape and shape. A weathered canvas won't leak as well. Park it outside with not too much tension.

Slap can be reduced with roll-hoop foam padding - not the hard FIA stuff - but this https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p/roll-...rcp?pn=RCP The angled supports on the military cage are noisy culprits and the foam makes a massive difference. Foam also helps you tension the hood.

To reduce drumming ease off the canvas using the two screen to hoop straps above you. But only do this
once the hood has been seasoned.

Once fettled my hood is really good, I've been up to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes in the 90 in the past couple of years and cruised more than comfortably at motorway speeds whilst holding a sensible non-shouty conversation!

Thank you for this!
I have placed an order for the padding that you have suggested and I will season the canvas per your recommendations.