Thread: Aftermarket A/C in 300tdi Defender with remote mounted condensor

Originally Posted by weeds

i'm starting with nothing.....no compressor no nothing. have opted for a drive in drive out installation, cooling only so will have to wait a few months before and real feedback

Fair enough.
A few piccy's will be fine while we wait

Steve

Hi Everyone. I see this thread has taken a life of it's own during my absence. Anyhow the reason for the delay is with the rack off I decided it was probably the only time I'd get to do this. Plus new seals and tinting for the alpine windows going in.

In order to duct the A/C via the headlining I needed to make a minor modification to the cargo barrier. Cut, welded, reinforced and then sprayed in grey to match the interior trim. I've also replaced the rear seat belts with new and also painted the child restraint bar to match.

Only hitch here was SWMBO was not impressed with me hijacking the clothes line. With Sydney hitting its first 30+ degree day last weekend I'm starting to feel the heat to get this finished!

So what should be an update showing the rack, roof mounted condenser and other bits in place is instead a little thin. Being a heavy bastard (the rack - not me) I asked for assistance to get the rack up and onto the roof, with the simple instruction of "Go slow and be careful not to scratch the paint off the rack or the roof".

Needless to say I'd mentally tied up and removed pieces of my assistants anatomy with an angle grinder when they almost immediately re-positioned the rack on my concrete driveway.

So back to bare metal on 4 of the eight feet. So two steps forward, one step back. Multiple coats of paint now going on (again) with plans to try again this weekend.

At least I got the stainless gutter clips cleaned and new rubber strips applied.

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