Terrafirma Rock Sliders

[mike_beecham]

Hi All
Anyone else fitted rocksliders with the tree bar (Terrafirma)?
There is a fair decent gap between the top of the bar and the bottom of the doors.

Any ideas for filling this gap so as to get a more professional look?
Some kind of rubber strip from Clark Rubber??

I assume these bars do not sit right up on the door - it just isnt possible owing to the brackets.

Thanks,
Mike

[manic]

When I first put mine on there was a noticable gap but then I had a garage work on the car where they needed to remove the sliders and they somehow managed to put them back on with less gap?!

You got a pic, so I can compare it to mine?

[mike_beecham]

I not sure how to do pics here.
I will take a photo tomorrow...

Is yours on here anywhere?

Mike

[juddy]

We are fitting a set next week, will have alook at the issue you pointed out..

[manic]

yeah here's mine. They are not terrafirma's but I probably close to identical. I had the same gap issue until they were fitted correctly. I dunno what they did but if you have a pic of the brackets and that I may be able to spot it when compared to mine.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php?p=1862460

[MTB]

Never really noticed too much of a gap.
Photo below, and probably a few more in my Profile Album.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/mtb-albums-mods-picture4088-snorkel-sliders-chequerplate.jpg

[mike_beecham]

This is the gap....


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[mike_beecham]

Might be better...


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[mike_beecham]

Sorry - l cant get these bigger.....!!!
Not sure what l am doing wrong

[Loubrey]

Mike,

I just got a roll of sticky foam rubber from Bunnings (you know the type to seal house windows, doors or something).

I stuck two layers on top of each other on the galvanised strip (after loosening the slider to get access) and then offered the slider back up and tightening it. The whole lot looks like its part of the original car and it even improved the bottom of the door seal!

Cheers,

Lou

[mike_beecham]

Thanks for the tips! Off to Bunnings we go!!

Other than the 'gap' l am very happy with them.
However, l will say pricing varied a lot. From $550 (the right price) to $750.

I ended up buying at Ritters (Victoria). Noel the parts bloke there is great. I picked up some shocks at the same time.

Mike

[TheTinnie]

might be difference between fitting on Puma vs TD5???

there is no gap worth filling with a foam strip when i followed Terrafirma's instructions exactly.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/90-110-130-defender-county/58868d1365638106-terrafirma-tubular-bar-availability-20130410_083532.jpg

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/90-110-130-defender-county/58869d1365638361-terrafirma-tubular-bar-availability-20130410_083543.jpg

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/90-110-130-defender-county/58870d1365638461-terrafirma-tubular-bar-availability-20130410_083551.jpg

[Loubrey]

I understand its a difference between the 2.4 and 2.2 with a change to the bottom door rubber (the gap is only under the door).

Mine's a 2.4 and you could see the galvanised bottom "kick" strip next to the seat box through the gap. The Bunnings rubber has just taken up the gap and improved my bottom seal to or beyond the 2.2 standard.

If yours is a 2.4 it might actually have the newer rubber fitted?

Cheers,

Lou

(PS - spot the bush "pin striping" from my last outing... polishing those out is on SWMBO list of my chores for the weekend...)

[TheTinnie]

Mine is 2.2, door *looks* like it sits lower. difference in the bottom seal isn't going to have that effect?!?!

[Loubrey]

As per the photograph my slider sits nice and flush front and rear, but my door sits high. There is a crazy amount of available play in a Defender's door hinges but mine doesn't leak, so obviously it sits "correct" for my car.

The slider correctly fitted shouldn't leave a gap on the side panels. Yours is clearly fitted correctly and there isn't much of a gap.

What I meant with the rubber bit was that as my original door rubber sits higher on the actual door bottom and with my door sitting high, it caused a visual gap where you could see the galvanised strip of the seat box kick panel. I stuck the foam rubber there to firstly take up the gap and secondly assist with the actual seal on the bottom of my door.

Now on your door there is still a bit of a vertical gap (only a bit more than the side panels), but your door rubber (new for the 2.2) is such that you can't see under the door like on a 2.4

Cheers,

Lou

[steane]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/687.jpg

Same, door sits higher on mine (these are terrafirma sliders). There was a gal strip behind the bottom of the door that made it very noticeable but I had that painted the same colour as the body and you don't really notice the gap now. It would have been quite obvious in the pic below otherwise, it bothered me quite a bit when I first fitted the sliders.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/504.jpg

The Terrafirma sliders I bought had really crappy powder coating (chipped and rusted underneath). I ended up getting them re-done with a zinc undercoat and colour top coat. Much better result.

Aside from that, and the fact the rear bracket has nothing to attach to on the hardtop, they appear to be an okay product (not being sarcastic...they appear to be well made).

Looks like I need to adjust the front up a bit looking at that pic. Doh!