Thread: What purchases have you made for your Defender lately?

Well I finally got the above for our CFX-65 fridge. What a great bit of kit. Over Engineered but has transformed gaining access to the fridge from an arduous task involving hanging off the access ladder to one where the cheese and kisses can easily slide out and down to get whatever is needed.

Delivered and Installed! I ordered a set of second row seats from Exmoor trim in the U.K.
Have wanted to do the fridge-down-the-middle for a while, giving people on each side plenty of space.Photo 10-10-17, 5 24 37 pm.jpg The seats are designed to fit three across if you want three individual seats. They don't use the original mounting points, but it was an easy install, and the new mounting points don't stand out as looking too after market. The old mounting points just look like the body to chassis connection point, which some of them are!

Originally Posted by rijidij

So what's the Isuzu going in.

My 130....the Td5 did a head gasket which tweaked a rod.

Originally Posted by ThorneGator

Delivered and Installed! I ordered a set of second row seats from Exmoor trim in the U.K.
Have wanted to do the fridge-down-the-middle for a while, giving people on each side plenty of space.Photo 10-10-17, 5 24 37 pm.jpg The seats are designed to fit three across if you want three individual seats. They don't use the original mounting points, but it was an easy install, and the new mounting points don't stand out as looking too after market. The old mounting points just look like the body to chassis connection point, which some of them are!

How easy was it to get certification for the seats in NSW? VSI 06 section 40/41 says that if the replacement seats are not offered by the manufacturer and do not use the original mounting points then they require certification which would be from a NSW approved signatory and not the UK certificate as per the Exmoor Trim website. The U.K. VCA certificate would help with getting it engineered but I don't think it is the same as having local auto engineers sign off on the modification. Also a permanent change to seating has been made so that requires a modification plate. Am I wrong on these points? I know you can get away with removing seats as you can put them back again. I have removed my LHS second row seat and have a fridge fitted there but I can reverse the change in 30 minutes and the "C" pillar seat belt remains in place.

Originally Posted by 4wheeler

How easy was it to get certification for the seats in NSW? VSI 06 section 40/41 says that if the replacement seats are not offered by the manufacturer and do not use the original mounting points then they require certification which would be from a NSW approved signatory and not the UK certificate as per the Exmoor Trim website. The U.K. VCA certificate would help with getting it engineered but I don't think it is the same as having local auto engineers sign off on the modification. Also a permanent change to seating has been made so that requires a modification plate. Am I wrong on these points? I know you can get away with removing seats as you can put them back again. I have removed my LHS second row seat and have a fridge fitted there but I can reverse the change in 30 minutes and the "C" pillar seat belt remains in place.

Sounds like you have given it more thought than I. I am happy the product is safe, functional, and tested as such. I have retained the old seating, in case I want to put it back in.

Originally Posted by ThorneGator

Sounds like you have given it more thought than I. I am happy the product is safe, functional, and tested as such. I have retained the old seating, in case I want to put it back in.

I am sure you are correct and I too would be happy that the product is good quality, safe and fit for purpose. Yes, I have done some reading on vehicle modifications as I was looking at fitting a Safety Devices L255 internal roll cage to my Defender. Cages are common in the U.K. but looking at all our modification regulations, what might be fine in the U.K. requires engineering certification here. I doubt the L255 would be legal here but if someone had information to the contrary I would be a happy man.

Unfortunately the bottom line is that a large majority of the modifications undertaken and promoted in the U.K. would not be legal here such as certain negative offset wheels, wheel spacers,some cages, steering wheel replacement (non padded centres), non certified wheels, some chassis plating, suspension mount modifications etc. Some might be legal eventually but would require extra engineering certification. I don't like it any more than anyone else but they are just the facts unfortunately. It is worth checking the various registration authorities regarding light vehicle modification before big money is spent just in case.

Luckily there are so many variations of Defender that most authorities would not have a clue what is original or not.

Just ordered a couple of these, could make myself I suppose but I am 12000kms away from the vehicle...

And a slickshift

MUD Defender Armrest - MUD Stuff - Products

Slowly getting mine ready for some up and coming longer touring trips...

New Front Runner Roof Ladder & Roof Rack

New Rear LED Reverse/Work Lights


Just waiting for the Aux Fuel Sill Tank from Shingleback and it will be near complete....... (until I can find something else that I need as well )