Defender Rear Door Repair or Replace?

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Originally Posted by Walshy25

Ok so after following your sound advice I have repaired the door and it's come up looking good, if I do say so myself.

I cleaned off the waxed rust preventer to reveal minor surface rust, removed it with angle grinder and wire head. Treated the rust, repainted inside of door with rattle can.

Then I decided to cut a piece of marine ply to replace the old door trim, provide some strength and tidy it all up a bit. After some trimming with the jigsaw I wasn't happy with the final fit / flex in the ply, so went to option two checker plate.

I priced up laser cutting with me suppling the plate and it actually worked out cheaper to go with a Britpart pre-cut piece off eBay. Landed in Australia was approx. $140, which I was happy with for the convenience (4 days) to arrive.

So now I have a strong door, wheel relocated to the newly installed Mantec spare wheel carrier and the rattles have gone :)

Check out the attached pics of the final Checker Plate install.

Thanks again for your advice to fix, it was satisfying and not too hard.

That looks good. I like the Britpart checkerplate too. I could attach a Front Runner drop down table to that.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

That looks good. I like the Britpart checkerplate too. I could attach a Front Runner drop down table to that.

DiscoMick - that is very likely in the future :)

Yes, I've been eyeing off the one on display in the local Opposite Lock store, but wondering how to attach it to the standard door. The checkerplate would solve that problem.