Washing

[Aaron]

How often do you wash your Defender?

Im a weekly person..... Its a bonding experience. :P

[RonMcGr]

How often do you wash your Defender?

Im a weekly person..... Its a bonding experience. :P

It will rust :D

[Aaron]

It will rust :D

If it doesn't have blue paint on it, it usually got 18 coats of lanolin on it!

[incisor]

wash

defender

never heard of such a thing...

[Aaron]

wash

defender

never heard of such a thing...


Laugh it up boys... Laugh it up. The clean freaks will be here soon to back me up.

[crump]

I have washed mine 3 times since new (03 Model) but I routinely blow the inside, engine bay and chassis rails out with compressed air and lanolin everything else.

[dmdigital]

Gerni wash when I can't see out the windows.
Hose out the interior when it gets really muddy or sandy.
Always after a drive along the beach.

[Scallops]

How often do you wash your Defender?

Im a weekly person..... Its a bonding experience. :P

I don't have a set schedule for washing - I wash mine after an offroad drive if I've gone through mud or water, paying special attention to the chassis. I don't mind getting it dirty - but once home I'll clean it if need be.

I sprayed my entire underside (of Grover! :D) with fishoil too.

[cewilson]

Gerni wash when I can't see out the windows.
Hose out the interior when it gets really muddy or sandy.
Always after a drive along the beach.


x2 :D

[solmanic]

Whenever it gets dirty. If I'm stuck just pootling around town, maybe once a month. Inside gets done thoroughly once a month with little dog-hair vacuums every fortnight.

And I'm with Aaron - washing the car is a Zen moment for me. It clears your mind of everything else for a couple of hours.

[sclarke]

usually after a very muddy trip, basic trips like a weekend in the HC and no mud.. Blah.. wash.. thats what river crossings are for...

i blow the dust out only when i sell them...lol

[dmdigital]

And remember this is the correct way to wash a Defender:D

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/658552-post1.html

[Col.Coleman]

Isn't that what rain is for?

[Ken]

Once a week for the D2 and a decent detail every two weeks inside

[rick130]

Once a week for the D2 and a decent detail every two weeks inside

Defender Ken, Defender. Pay attention ! :p

[Graz]

Its going to rain in Perth today. Will I be found guilty for washing my Fender??:o

[Craig]

I use that Nu-Finish stuff, it says “once a year” on the packet, but my wife thinks I'm being too littoral.

Craig
1994 300 TDi Defender 110. (for sale if anyone is interested)
2008 Puma 110 (8 more weeks to go)

[EchiDna]

cleaned the windows a few times...
vacuumed the dust up on the inside a few times...
never washed the duco, it would probably fall off...
had probably 2 kilos of dried mud come out of the chassis last time I was under there with a long screwdriver in hand.

[Ken]

Defender Ken, Defender. Pay attention ! :p

Oh cmon now its a them and us thing huh :D:D:D

I reserve the right to (Defend) my D2 :cool::cool::cool:

[foz.in.oz]

I'ved washed most of the body about five times. Can't reach the roof and what you can't see.......
Chassis gets a good blast after I fill it up with mud. Hose out the interior every once in while and changed the ecu just after christmas when I got stuck in a creek:BigCry::BigCry:
I'm in a quandry at the moment cos I don't know how to present at Cooma...clean or dirty?

[Blknight.aus]

you can wash a defender?.......

I just scrape the windshield every now and then and the crappy back road to work shakes everything else off.