Reply With QuoteCheckout my Mechanic, Mike in Canada. He will help you out.Originally Posted by Landyv8
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Fossicker
Has anybody added alpine windows to a 110 roof? a friend has some series 3 alpine windows he is prepared to give me.
Would it be as simple as tracing around the glass and adding a couple mm to take into account the rubber seal or am i setting
myself up for never ending water leaks.
Fossicker
SupporterCheckout my Mechanic, Mike in Canada. He will help you out.
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I don't think they are likely to leak, but they are sure to give you corrosion issues. Unless you give them constant maintenance.
Cheers Glen.
ForumSage
SupporterDefender roof is aluminium.
Disco's corrode around the Alpine windows but I haven't seen it in Defenders. Mine is '95 with no issues and no 'maintenance'.
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C, Suzuki SV650
Wizard
SupporterIs there a reason for installing?......I never noticed any benefit of having them when I had a 110 wagon.
ForumSage
SupporterYou need to be a rear passenger. Because the rear seats in a wagon are higher than the fronts the Alpine windows allow a tall person to look out rather than stare at the headlining.
You can also look UP at the mountains, hence the term Alpine Windows......
Colin
Last edited by gromit; 28th May 2020 at 03:23 PM.
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C, Suzuki SV650
Wizard
SubscriberI've had corrosion repaired twice around the alpine windows on my 2012 90.
Perhaps the later model preparation & painting isn't as good as the older models.
'51 Series 1 80"
'12 Defender 90
ForumSage
SupporterMust be the case as I've never seen it with a Series roof or earlier Defenders.I've had corrosion repaired twice around the alpine windows on my 2012 90.
Perhaps the later model preparation & painting isn't as good as the older models.
Cost cutting no doubt....
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C, Suzuki SV650
Fossicker
SupporterFood for thought, maybe the concept of this installation might be easier, and give a much greater benefit?
I'd love it, but the summer sun here in Australia would turn the defender into a oven
Land Rover Defender Double Glazed Pano Roof Glass
Fossicker
Yeah, might turn the back into an oven.
I think i might give it a miss. I need to make head-linings for the two rear panels so leaving them out will save effort.
I currently have a 3 door 110, but my daughter is starting to get older and having the three of us across the front is getting a little cramped.
i am starting the process of adding seats to the forward rear section, so the reason for doing was mainly to brighten up the rear load space.
I have also noticed the later model Defenders having corrosion form around the alpine windows. One of my friends had her 110 roof painted
under body warranty for this exact reason.
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