Moving defender door seals

[Ranga]

Anyone know if it's possible to move the door seals on a 95 model from the body to the door?

[Dervish]

You can use '07-on seals (on the door ones) on your truck; it just means drilling a few holes. I've done it and the arrangement is much better than the old seals; always accumulating dirt and getting kicked to pieces.

Not sure about moving the original sill seals to the door though.

[Scouse]

The door 'seals' along the lower edge changed a few times in the '90s. Some cars had a body seal, some a different seal on the doors.


If the owner complained about seeing the road through the gap, then both sets were usually fitted together.

[MLD]

yes you can. the following is a worthy replacement. requires drilling some holes in the door (4.8mm drill bit). the seals wrap around and up the sides of the door and are a vast improvement to the post 07 seals. A member posted a how to guide with photos and description, google it. On the post 07 defenders there are factory holes in the door requiring only 2 new holes per door. For pre 07 defenders you may need to drill each hole. Don't forget to paint the hole with an anti-rust paint.

Britcar (UK) Ltd

Part numbers are:

1 x LR029307, WEATHERSTRIP - DOOR - LOWER (2nd Row)

1 x LR029308, WEATHERSTRIP - DOOR - LOWER (2nd Row)

2 x LR029309, WEATHERSTRIP - DOOR - LOWER (Front Doors)

MLD

[Loubrey]

The unexpected good news for the day...

Land Rover (local dealer) just quoted me $56.10 ea for the two front ones (LR029309) to fit the 90 . That is cheaper than buying Britpart ones in the UK, never mind P&P!

Cheers,

Lou

[MLD]

The Britcar (not Britpart) ones look like this





MLD

[DiscoMick]

Last week I went to Clark Rubber, bought some door seal with peel-off adhesive backing, and fitted strips to the bottoms of the door openings on the body for all five doors. It seems to have made a big difference in sealing up the lower door gaps. And the good news is the seal only cost $9.95 a metre. You might consider trying this as a cheaper alternative to the official seals. About five metres should be enough (I bought six metres and had some left over). Clark Rubber has a wide range of door seals.

[Loubrey]

Sorry MLD,

My bad on misreading! Their price is 25.70 GBP ($49.87 at today's rates) for genuine Land Rover.

$56.10 collected from an Australian Main dealer is not too bad then as looking at Britcar's P&P it would work out a bit pricey.

Good website though - saved it as a favorite!

DiscoMick, I've had Clark Rubber strips for a few years now and they work great. They way the "proper ones" seals around the corner is however more what I'm interested in.

Cheers,

Lou

[Ranga]

Not quite sure we're on the same page, but I was actually wondering about moving all the rubber to the door - the whole way around. Is this possible?

[YOLO110]

Having taken my nearly new MY 14 off road last weekend and been through some mud etc, I pressure washed it all off, including the bottom of the doors...

When I opened them after, there was not a drop of water inside the car!!!

Quite impressed... surprised actually!