Thread: Defender rust, a warning for those who don't have it yet

Originally Posted by Michael2

Fibreglass Defender doors are now available from the UK, also available for Series Land Rovers.

I'd like to see someone take a sheet of 4mm aluminium and press a complete door, then use aluminium U channel to form the "frame" for everything to bolt onto. But the Fibreglass option looks pretty good.

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£500 per door????!!!!

Originally Posted by mike_ie

£500 per door????!!!!

My insurance company replaced two of my doors after someone scraped past them. It cost over $1,000ea and that did not include the internals or glass. So the fibreglass doors are no more expensive, though I agree both are too expensive.

That's not a bad idea. Might take my sliders off and wait for someone to run into my doors and claim them on insurance

Originally Posted by mike_ie

£500 per door????!!!!

From the link above:

*Sold as Pair. Quality GRP doors, supplied as bare shells, in
White gel coat, ready for primer/ spraying.

Originally Posted by Babs

Great, something else for me to start worrying about before it even happens. What is going go to be better this Dinitrol stuff or Lanotec spray?
SNIP

About 6 months ago I used Lanotec down the A and B pillars, in the bolt holes around the windscreen (fake) hinge, and in the rubber plugs near then wind screen wipers.
It was easy to work with however I have noticed from other areas I applied it, it can be washed off with pressured water or easily wiped off. Perhaps in a no access cavity it isn't a concern, but I'm guessing now I have used something that doesn't set/dry I will have to re coat it again in the same or similar product.

Originally Posted by newhue

It was easy to work with however I have noticed from other areas I applied it, it can be washed off with pressured water or easily wiped off. Perhaps in a no access cavity it isn't a concern, but I'm guessing now I have used something that doesn't set/dry I will have to re coat it again in the same or similar product.

Lanotec doesn't set, it just stays sticky and gradually fades away. You will have to reapply it, every 12 - 18 months. I don't use a lot of energy cleaning my Defender (1995 model). After every trip it gets every hole and crevice thoroughly hosed out until only clear water runs, a drive around the block to dry out and every 18 months or so I drown every hole, crevice, crack, joint, join and the whole firewall (inside and out) with up to 2 litres of lanotec. It lives outside and is allergic to soap and polish. There is not the slightest hint of rust anywhere on the vehicle.

Originally Posted by the_preacher1973

From the link above:

Thats actually not bad then. as it turns out, I know (not very well) the guy who's making them. He's working on the moulds for the rear side doors, and the back door as we speak...

Would the earlier style series doors with out the door tops fit a defender?