Series doors that are made properly?

jamesmartin · Oct 11, 2015

nobber said:
Birmabright wasn't a kind of alloy James, its the name of a foundry that made alloys.
As far as I know they still use the same kind of alloy today.

lr changed the alloy they used ,a series 2 body is quite different to a series 3

Dippypud · Oct 11, 2015

nobber said:
No, those really arnt cheap. I think next time I put doors on it I will separate the skin from the frame and try and put a barrier in there, it really does make a mess of the paint and it looks well scabby.

When we rebuilt some front disco doors, we put rubber push bike inner tube off cuts between the frame and outer and tack welded around, then brush sealant and paint ...

blue beasty · Oct 11, 2015

wattfield said:
It was both the name of the alloy and the works that produced it. It's aluminium with a small amont of magnesium.

True story.

There was a range of different grades from 0.6 to 7.0% Mg, I don't know what LR used or when they changed suppliers though.

nobber · Oct 11, 2015

Sorry guys, but that's a load of old blah , Birmabright was not the technical term used for the alloys, there are standards such as BB2 or NS4, Land rover would not have asked for ''Birmabright'' as that was a trade name for Birmetals Co. Every other mill in the country sold ''birmabright' under their trade names or usually under the standard NS4.
There is nothing special , or unique about it.

It would be like going into B&Q and asking for 20 ltrs of B&Q, instead of asking for white paint.

blue beasty · Oct 11, 2015

nobber said:
Sorry guys, but that's a load of old blah , Birmabright was not the technical term used for the alloys, there are standards such as BB2 or NS4, Land rover would not have asked for ''Birmabright'' as that was a trade name for Birmetals Co. Every other mill in the country sold ''birmabright' under their trade names or usually under the standard NS4.
There is nothing special , or unique about it.

It would be like going into B&Q and asking for 20 ltrs of B&Q, instead of asking for white paint.

You're not sorry but you are wrong.

NS4 etc are equivalent grades. The different Birmabright grades were all designated BB but became obsolete with the foundry closure in the late 70's.

It is a trade name but for a specific AlMg alloy

nobber · Oct 11, 2015

Im not sorry , neither am I wrong, there was nothing special about it, BB2 is British standard NS4 , available anywhere and still available today..
Landover changed from NS4 to some other standard,

jamesmartin · Oct 11, 2015

nobber said:
Sorry guys, but that's a load of old blah , Birmabright was not the technical term used for the alloys, there are standards such as BB2 or NS4, Land rover would not have asked for ''Birmabright'' as that was a trade name for Birmetals Co. Every other mill in the country sold ''birmabright' under their trade names or usually under the standard NS4.
There is nothing special , or unique about it.

It would be like going into B&Q and asking for 20 ltrs of B&Q, instead of asking for white paint.

not if they were ordering it from birmetals

nobber · Oct 11, 2015

Why would you order paint from an alloy mill?

Series doors that are made properly?

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