Thread: Defender / County 'wing top' stainless vent.

Originally Posted by rijidij

There's only a couple of laser cutters local to me, but I have been getting some odd things done in Melbourne where they have a lot cooler machines. Check out the short video at the link below. I'm hoping to be able to use this 5 axis laser to cut the main rear bar for the dual carrier I'm working on for Defender.
I might get some other quotes too.

3D Laser Cutting in Action

Nice!

I am looking for somewhere in AU that can do extremely fine work - i.e. down to tens of microns ideally. If you don't mind asking when you are chatting to them?

e.g. - along the lines of:

http://www.lasermicromachining.com/_...ycarbonate.jpg

I've been wanting something like this for ages.

I'm surprised no-one else offers a decent product along these lines.

Originally Posted by Recy Mech

Yeah, I'm up for a powder coated jobbies.

Me too !

Well, Murray very kindly offered me a discount on a pair of these wing top vents.

They were discounted due to an imperfection in the powder coat, which is only minor but may be evident in the photos. I just wanted to make clear that Murray won't sell anything at RRP unless he's 100% happy with the product.

So what are my impressions?

First I think they look VERY smart.

They were very easy to install, just a matter of unscrewing the existing plastic ones and throwing those old screws away. Then use the nice new screws to afix the new vents. As easy as that.

I'm very happy with the finished product in all but one respect... makes the rest of my truck look in need of a bit of TLC.

So enough of my opinion - make up your own mind....

How about some wing top protectors with the vents part of them/built in/flush? I don't see why they should be in two pieces and not integrated?

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

How about some wing top protectors with the vents part of them/built in/flush? I don't see why they should be in two pieces and not integrated?

Now that is something I would be interested in.
And what is one more Rijidij product on the truck

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

How about some wing top protectors with the vents part of them/built in/flush? I don't see why they should be in two pieces and not integrated?

I like the idea Mark. It would be easy to program the vent pattern into a whole panel.
I've never had wing top protectors so I haven't got any here, but if someone can give me the basic dimensions of them, next time I talk to the laser cutter I could get a quote on cutting them.

Cheers, Murray

The problem I see if they are integral to a wing top protector is that once you've secured that in place, you'll never be able to get anything / your hand or whatever down there which may be required to fix something ?

Would look good though.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

The problem I see if they are integral to a wing top protector is that once you've secured that in place, you'll never be able to get anything / your hand or whatever down there which may be required to fix something ?

Would look good though.

Good point.

Maybe they could be fitted with rivnuts and countersunk bolts, and instead of sealing the edges with silicone which is effectively glueing them down, they could be sealed around the edge with good quality foam tape which only sticks to the underside of the checkerplate, but not to the paint. Then it would just be a matter of undoing the bolts to lift them off.

Cheers, Murray