Thats the very last resort as the chequer plate is riveted on the wings. its corris grey, its a land rover colour, i think it looks class. seen it on a few RR sports. Looked pretty spot on to me but il have to double check it before I put the arches back on so I can adjust it if needs be...

I'm happy enough with it for now, when i've got a bit more time for fettling il have a little play, wary of the weather at the min, need to get all the other panels on so its a small problem that can wait for now, although it will bug me no end! Just realised I haven't shut the bonnet in my...

Ha ha my bad. Had a little play with them earlier, had a look at how they lined up with the sills at the bottom and both were perfect so I adjusted the wing where it bolts to the bulkhead just under the bonnet, took a bit of persuasion to get it to the lowest point on each side but I managed...

I was getting that frustrated first port of call was going to be a hammer the second a 1mm cutting disk haha, I then calmed down!

il have a look at this tomorrow when I get chance, only problem is when I force the bonnet down as far as i can I have a 1 inch gap between the slam panel and the bottom of the bonnet, which leads me to think the wings are still sitting too high. hmmmm I lined it up using the holes for the...

So got my wings back on today, got the bonnet back on and it won't close....... It's catching on the new chequer plate I put on, i've adjusted the wings as much as I can, adjusted the main bonnet catch, it not the rubber stops I've wound them right in. The release cable seems ok and moves the...

p.s that is an awesome colour!

Ive wanted mine grey since the day i brought it, never really had another colour in mind. Mine has come out quite good too, really please with it, hell of a lot of work though! did you have any problems with the bonnet closing after you put your wings on?? been fiddling around for ages but...

Thanks for the tips, managed to get one on in a few hours today, then had to take it off again as I forgot to fit something. DOH!!!! It's coming back together now though!

so I took the wings and inner wings off to re-spray them. Any re-fitting advice?? Fitted the inner wing then I couldn't even get the the wing in the right position so any of the holes would line up, not sure what I'm doing wrong. Thanks

I'm re-spraying mine at the min, be careful using the DA for he rundowns between coats, it's so easy to sand through the primer on anywhere that isn't perfectly flat! I had to sand everything by hand between coats as I had a few cock ups with the DA. I just got my DA from machine mart then the...

Been looking around but I can't find a seal for the single piece window in my rear panel? Can anyone help, they are aftermarket windows I believe, changing the bodged panels on mine. Thanks in advance.

I got mine from him........... as @lightning said go with your eyes wide open, I paid a hell of a lot over the odds for mine and then it cost me another £900 to get things fixed within the first week of ownership that definitely wouldn't of passed the MOT the vehicle had the week before I...

I've got all the bits sitting in my hall, ordered them from sp4x4, think they are all bearmach branded parts though, seem good quality and arrived next day.

As above, I've only just done my swivels, seems a decent kit, swapped the britpart bearings for some timken ones though. I asked for a swivel kit non britpart at the place I ordered them from they basically just said don't bother the britpart kit was as good as any other.

what did you go for? Electric or air powered?

Yes it's pretty easy, I used all new bolts and a nut splitter to save messing around with the siezed bolts. Depending on the age of your defender it will be worth taking a wire brush to the chassis behind and give it a coat of paint or whatever you want to use, I done mine a while back and was...

I would be interested in the battery box, tool box and repair panels if you've still got them available. Going to rebuild my 90 this year and the seat box could do with sorting out. il send you a pm.

Well the plan was to re do the headlining in new material but if I struggle this could be an option, the previous owner bolted the headlining through the roof, then they re-lined it so I've got to pull the newer material off before I can take it down

I know!! I keep finding epic bodges every now and again, stupidly this is my first defender so I didn't really know what to look for when buying. One place I didn't look atall was on the roof, they made a right mess of it!! Thinking of riveting some Ali plates to cover the holes like you said...