Thread: Newly Purchased MY15 110 - trip home from Dubbo

Thats a really nice looking Puma

I am with the others here,new drive flanges,BAS map,you won't believe the difference in the vehicle.

Love the colour, Enjoy It

Originally Posted by scarry

Thats a really nice looking Puma

I am with the others here,new drive flanges,BAS map,you won't believe the difference in the vehicle.

Thanks - it looks great in the sun.

Re the Drive Flanges --> I assume these are like the "HEAVY DUTY DRIVING MEMBERS" that are advertised on Rovacraft Website Accessory Catalogues for Defenders - Page 43

I am really thankful to the sponsors of the "Show N Shine" award - being ROVACRAFT. They donated a voucher that might cover the purchase of these

Aparently ROVERCRAFT came to the party at the last minute to provide sponsorship when someone else pulled out - so I for one are very thankful.

Cheers,
Col.

Col,
The other thing to do for a new Defender in my opinion is to get the tools out and tighten every nut and bolt which you can get to. From my experience there are generally a few which are not tightened correctly.
I did this on my 2007 Defender which had quite a number of loose items and I found there were missing floor panel screws. I thought I tightened most bolts and screws on my 2013 Defender but today while filling up I noticed a slight gap between a bolt head and lower rear door mount. When I went to tighten it up I discovered there was no nut on the bolt and probably never had been. I have also found that behind the rear side window trim on both sides, mount bolts had been put into recesses but no nuts had been fitted! The Defender has the structural integrity of a tissue box so leaving nuts off securing bolts holding the side panels to the body did not impress me much. You might well find a few spares floating around as well from the build process.

My 2013 Defender seems to have been put together better than my 2007 Defender.

The other thing I do is to paint clear coat onto exposed Torx bolt heads as this keeps them looking like new and slow the weathering of the heads.

I made some inner rear wheel arch spats to stop stone and rock damage to the vulnerable aluminium inner arch and rear side panels as panels will dent from the inside out. That sort of damage will really show up with your deep red colour. Protect it before the damage occurs.

Some might think all of what I do is overkill, but each to their own.

Good luck with your impressive looking purchase.

Originally Posted by 4wheeler

Col,

I made some inner rear wheel arch spats to stop stone and rock damage to the vulnerable aluminium inner arch and rear side panels as panels will dent from the inside out. That sort of damage will really show up with your deep red colour. Protect it before the damage occurs.

Thanks 4wheeler - lots of good advice there and most of it I get.

What have you done re the wheel arch spats - I am very keen to look at what I can do to protect these wheel archs and also help dampen the noise.

I have not owned a vehicle like this before - and I think the journey will be incredible - I have a good canvas to start with.

Thanks!
Col.

Nice machine. I hope Antony at Dubbo LR looked after you. He was very good to deal with last year when I bought the 130.

Originally Posted by AndyG

Well done, buy on Wednesday, win on Sunday, a record?

Yeah - having a close to brand new vehicle must help - I did do a really good job of getting the bugs off from the Dubbo to Home run - I was a bit meticulous (there are other words).

I took it out to Sheep Herding on Saturday so I wanted it looking nice for that - so many positive comments. I expected them all to suggest I should have bought a (you know) - I am amazed at how many people like these Defenders!

So the Sunday wash was just getting rid of the dust from the herding grounds.

Thanks,
Col.

Originally Posted by Beery

Nice machine. I hope Antony at Dubbo LR looked after you. He was very good to deal with last year when I bought the 130.

Hi Beery, He absolutely did - I am not sure I would have purchased the vehicle without his personal touch and driving expertise.

Sadly - he is no longer with the dealer - there was some bad timing that meant that the handover was not with Antony.

That being said - I would not hesitate to use the dealer again as the people there do care about their customers - definitely a great dealer to deal with regarding the purchase.

Cheers,
Col.