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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16858   
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When I fitted mine (a different make) the spats needed minor trimming. The edge that fits to the front (at the front of the vehicle) and the rear (at rear) of the original sill panel need removing. It's an easy job with a Stanley knife.
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7th Nov 2017 11:51am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 
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Is it these ones? Doesn't look like you should need to trim the arches.
 Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 7th Nov 2017 11:24pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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7th Nov 2017 12:05pm |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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Mine didnt:
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge I got mine from this guy, he's a nice guy and a grafter: https://dixonfabrication.co.uk/index.php?r...=87_89_106 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW 1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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7th Nov 2017 12:10pm |
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| epictrail Member Since: 21 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395 
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7th Nov 2017 12:11pm |
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| epictrail Member Since: 21 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395
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Not sure why those from First four are so expensive. These are £140 in vat delivered. I've had them fitted for over 3 years and they're great
http://www.rock-sliders.co.uk/landrover-de...iders.html |
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7th Nov 2017 12:15pm |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110
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rock-sliders is Dixons old website 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW
1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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7th Nov 2017 12:19pm |
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| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226 
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My front arch eyebrows needed trimming slightly to fit the sliders I bought from Dixons (rock-sliders.co.uk). The Safari Equip ones that replaced them didn't need the eyebrows trimming (from memory), although they were already trimmed from previous installation.
As an element of balance to epictrail's post above, I originally had Dixons rocksliders fitted to my 90. They were very well fabricated, but the powder coating was rubbish. They started to rust within a few months and were in a pretty bad state after a couple of years. Obviously I could have done something about this as soon as I noticed it, but it was too much of a pain to remove them, clean them up and re-paint them, so I just left them. Eventually I replaced them with a galvanised and powder coated set from Safari Equip, which after 2 years of winter road salt still look exactly the same as the day they were fitted. I know there are people who have had no issues with the Dixons product, but this was my personal experience. They may well have improved their powder coating process since I bought mine, or maybe mine were just a bad example. 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green |
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7th Nov 2017 2:28pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578
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Defenders are hand built and it is difficult to find two Defenders exactly the same. Then there are tolerances in manufacturing the R & T sliders.
The Safari Equip R & T sliders have threaded holes in the end. Take out a couple of wheel arch flare fittings and realigning the wheel flare is sometimes possible without trimming it. Brendan |
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7th Nov 2017 9:51pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109  
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I have the Safari equip ones and had to trim a few bits off at either end but you can’t tell
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7th Nov 2017 10:19pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2224 
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Thanks for the responses so far. The photos on the FirstFour site show the sliders fitting 'in between' the spats so not requiring trimming.
Below are some photos that show the issue against my 110 DCPU. You can see that lining the slider up with the spat at one end means the slider fouls the spat at the opposite end. The spat is removed in the nearside front photo to highlight the issue. If the sliders fitted flush with the doors this wouldn't be an issue as the sliders could slip behind the spats as the original sills do but as the sliders protrude then the spats are going to need trimming which I am not keen to do Offside front Click image to enlarge Offside rear Click image to enlarge Nearside front Click image to enlarge Nearside rear Click image to enlarge |
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8th Nov 2017 11:13am |
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