building a Heritage style Defender

I am starting with a 1987 Defender 90 blue in colour. My mechanic will inspect it tomorrow and then I will see if it is as good as I think it is.
I am looking for alternative soft top hood options to those offered by Exmoor Trim. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. I'm sure I will have other requests as we progress.

I’ve had bad experiences with Exmoor trim recently.

1. New seats I bought for my Defender 2 yrs ago split at seams (Drivers seat). They replaced under warranty.
One of the middle row seats hadn’t got a tapped hole to fasten it to frame on one side. That was also replaced.

2. Exmoor trim tilt fitted to my lightweight rotted after 4 yrs. All thread rotted & canvas rotted as well.

For tilt I’d try Undercover Covers. They were recommended to me for the Lightweight. Much sturdier & better quality in my opinion.

Allwheeltrim are another supplier.

Cheers

Thanks those look like two great alternatives for a hood. Does anyone have any ideas about seat suppliers?

New seat covers are fairly easy to fit yourself - just buy the foam bases & buy new covers if the frames are ok. I did my old front seats a few years ago (before the rebuild) and used the Exmoor trim ones to match existing middle row of seats. When I rebuilt I got complete front seats in dark grey vinyl as theyr3 easier to keep clean than the original ‘Tweed’ that was used on the station wagon.

I don’t know anyone else that makes the seat covers. All re-sellers seem to use the Exmoor trim ones.

Masai do nice seat covers.

Thanks for the ideas. I am thinking about going for some leather seats from Lucari in Sussex.
However, when I come to my senses I will probably use black vinyl.

neilly said:

Allwheeltrim are another supplier.

Cheers

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Thanks for the steer, I am going to use All wheel trim.

I can’t get nice seat covers until I stop getting in my car covered in mud, grease or oil lol. I’ve got 15 quid ones in at the moment and I think they’ll stay that way!! If I get them nasty. Replace!

Final stages now. Taken ages but its going to be a great truck for its lucky new owner in the USA.

Nice!

So what make of canvas cover did you go for in the end, it does look good

The canvas came from All Wheel Trim. It does seem to be great quality.

Defender Virgin 2018 said:

The canvas came from All Wheel Trim. It does seem to be great quality.View attachment 235976

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very nice! I was very very pleased with my AWT canvas