Best way to fill these holes???

I have just removed the rear seats from the load space of my Defender as I never use them (so they'll be for sale soon) but I've obviously been left with lots of holes in the aluminium wheel arch, what will be the best way to fill/blank them?
Many Thanks!

i would have thought rubber grommets would do it.
you can get all sorts of sizes. measure the holes and go to halfords for a ganders.

What are your intentions for the back? If just a load space then just fit nut/bolt/washers and give the underside a quick touch-up with some underseal.

Rivets and washers ?

It depends on how well you want to do the job. Washers and nuts might suffice. Pop rivets might. Plastic plugs might. Or get them welded - it can be done, but, but. Or machine some alu plugs and bond (glue) them in from the underside.

Now what sort of seats did you remove from the back? I'm interested in a single sideways seat as I've got one already so a 4th seat would be good.

Plenty of ideas there, cheers!
Intentions for the back, for the time being anyway, is just to leave it as is.
The seats are 4 x individual inwards facing, with waterproof covers.

200tdi ayre said:

Rivets and washers ?

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this is what i did,

although they make handy holes to bolt down storage boxes to keep stuff organised

i gaffer taped them, then stuck down rubber matting, then understeal from the underside

armourermark said:

The seats are 4 x individual inwards facing, with waterproof covers.

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Sounds like what I'm looking for, but only one.

waxoyl plugs, u can get em on ebay for a couple of quid for a bag of 50, push n seal nicely in a 10mm hole

cheers steve

heres one I prepared earlier lol



cheers steve