Thread: New Defender, Which options?

Thanks all for your help. I spoke to the dealer he advised that with the seven seat optin and metalic paint I was bordering on LCT. He also advised taking the defender as standard then adding later. I guess this will have to be! Unfortunatly there are no santorini black 7 searers in Oz. There are 3 on the ship that left the UK in march he is going to try and get a hold of one, otherwise I have to wait unto one built in June is shipped. I am sure either way it will be worth it.

One more question. Is there anything I 'must' add before I take the bog standard defender off road, the first thing I will do after a 4x4 course is head to Fraser for the weekend.

Thanks again you have bee great.

"short drive" on the beach.


Snorkel, UHF, side steps (wife's option) and M&M seat covers fitted, but otherwise it was bog standard.

The green one and the Tdi were a bit more added to, but not a lot.

Originally Posted by patclan

Is there anything I 'must' add before I take the bog standard defender off road, the first thing I will do after a 4x4 course is head to Fraser for the weekend.

I'd do some rustproofing before Fraser and give it a very thorough clean after, especially inside the box sections.

No 'must' adds really needed on a Defender unless you are doing serious rock climbing then a steering guard. If I did it again first thing would be rock sliders, as much for car park door hits as rock scrapes.

Jeff

Originally Posted by Jeff

I'd do some rustproofing before Fraser and give it a very thorough clean after, especially inside the box sections.

Very important,as the paint job on the chassis of the Puma that my son has is extremely poor

There is already rust spots on many of the chassis welds ,some of them around 6mm in diameter,hasnt been back to the dealer yet for an inspection....is going soon.Only done 300km,hasnt been near the beach.

The chassis paint on my TD5 is way better.
He is gonna get the electronic rust thingy on it,as it will be on the beach a bit.

Did you say BLACK!!! You gotta love BLACK
He's a couple of shots to keep you going till yours arrives





Black Rocks !!!

Cheers,

Definatly get the front floor mats, it takes no time at all for the heal of your work boots to wear a hole in the standard flooring.

Tim

Originally Posted by scarry

He is gonna get the electronic rust thingy on it,as it will be on the beach a bit.

Save your money, they do NOT work.

Originally Posted by Maggot4x4

Save your money, they do NOT work.

I have always been skeptical of those things,but many people swear by them .
My sons mate has a Rodeo that is regularly on the beach,is never washed or for that matter looked after & doesnt have any rust on it.It has one of the electronic things on it.
For me i have always had mine coated by the Ming product,but they seem to put less on these days.I have done a lot of beach work & never had any problems,but you do have to keep a good eye on everything & any spots i use fisholine.My brother uses a Lanolin product,which seems to work well.


I will say one thing,as said ,the paintwork on the chassis on the brand new Puma is absolutely disgracefull