My 90's thread

[RoverChris]

Hi everyone, meet my 90


I got it new back in september and am loving it so far.
Here are some pictures of a couple of its 1st expeditions.




So far the only accessories I have put on it are a Tradesman roofrack, Nugget stuff rear recovery point and an ARB awning. Soon I will be adding an APT winch bar (no winch on it for a while), Mulgo Ex Box, Frontrunner ladder, GME CB radio and soundproofing (on a road trip the other week the wife wasn't too happy with the road noise so I got some dynamat and am going to see what I can do to reduce it a bit. I should have them all soon so I will set aside a weekend to setting it all up.

Ill keep this thread up to date with all trips and modifications I do with her, Hope you enjoy

[DazzaTD5]

Add a bit of sound proofing, every Defender 90 TDCi I get in always seems noisier than the same thing in a 110 and add seat base extensions, it will transform your driving style...\

Regards
Daz

[DiscoMick]

For cheap soundproofing buy some rubber backed carpet squares and cover the floors in them. Cheap, they do reduce sound, protrct the floors and if they get filthy they can easily be taken out and cleaned. I paid $2 each for mine. Also rcommend the seatbase extensions.

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[RoverChris]

Cheers, I'll have to look into the seatbase extensions. Re soundproofing I have already bought some dynamat and am waiting for it to arrive, I am planning on slowly doing the whole car with it, I have taken inspiration from some of the other threads and the great jobs they have done, I'm yet to see if I can replicate it as well

[Toxic_Avenger]

You have chosen the right vehicle.

All the cool kids have 90's

[RoverChris]

The Dynamat I ordered a couple of weeks ago arrived this week so I spent my morning putting it in the back of the defender.

Here is the back with the chairs and mat out and prepped for the dynamat


And here it is with the dynamat. I decided not to cover the entire panels as I don't think that is necessary for it to be effective, it just needs enough to sufficiently dampen it.


Tomorrow I am going to head out and get some marine carpet as well as a layer of insulation to lay under it. I'm still not sure what to use for insulation but preferably something cheap and not too thick, any ideas?

[RoverChris]

Carpet is in. I decided not to use any underlay and just put the marine carpet straight in. I had to trim down the mat a bit to fit it over the carpet.

[AlecW]

Carpet is in. I decided not to use any underlay and just put the marine carpet straight in. I had to trim down the mat a bit to fit it over the carpet.

Nice and tidy Chris, well done.

Are you going to do the roof dynamatting?

[RoverChris]

My next priority is to dynamat the front but I will do that when my exbox arrives as I will already have to remove seats and panels to fit that and that job should take up the rest of the dynamat I have. After that I'll need to get some more and the roof is the next priority as well as putting some decent insulation up there to try and deal with the heat.

[Marty90]

You should put some sort of heat insulation on the underside of the exbox as I found it gets quite hot in there on long trips.I retro fitted some and it's a pain in the arse,best to do it before you fit it in your vehicle.