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L110CDL



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As said, cracking job Thumbs Up 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.


Clayton.
Post #667794 29th Nov 2017 10:22pm
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Out on Christmas Day with the boy enjoying the hot weather, and our presents:


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My Christmas present a bit closer up Thumbs Up


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Post #673356 25th Dec 2017 7:23pm
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L110CDL



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Very nice present you got there Wink 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.


Clayton.
Post #673691 27th Dec 2017 11:00pm
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Small job fitting the towing socket into it's correct home Wink


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Nice to get little things sorted.
Post #675015 1st Jan 2018 8:30pm
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Cubby Box Install

Whilst nice (but not often utilised) to have 10 seats, I had always intended to remove the front row middle seat & replace it with a cubby box. I didn't want to spend too much, so decided to go for a Britpart one. With our Defender having the XS interior, I considered whether to go with an XS trim box, or a plain black vinyl one. I scoured the net for images & found a few, & made a decision to go with the plain vinyl one. Just a personal preference on what I thought looked best really!

The middle row seat came out fairly easily, although the access to the bolts at the rear where a little restricted, plus I had to get assistance from the wife holding the bolted while I undid the nuts from beneath the vehicle.

There where rivnuts installed in the centre cover plate under the seat, which I used to mount the cubby box. After rechecking measurements several times, I drilled the base of the cubby box as well as cutting & painting some wooden blocks to lift the box to the correct height & bolted it in with some 75mm long bolts.

I did have a bit of a challenge removing the cupholder (as that's where the front bolts needed to go through the base), as it is glued in, but after some advice on here; I used a wide scraper with some sustained pressure to lever it out. I also didn't bother to glue it back in as I figured being able to remove it for cleaning might be useful.


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I also wanted some cupholders for the kids in the middle row seats, so bought some inexpensive folding cupholders & screwed them to the rear of the cubby box.


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Overall I'm happy with how it turned out & it's very nice having a place to put the coffee cup, plus all the other bits & pieces you end up carrying around.
Post #682833 30th Jan 2018 10:02am
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Life Hammers

Installed two original Life Hammers:


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Also; I’m sure the heater/blower is stronger since installing the snow cowl. It definitely blows cooler air than it used to, which is a nice added benefit Wink
Post #684436 5th Feb 2018 11:57pm
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mk1collector



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England 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Bonatti Grey
Top job Thumbs Up if you wanted a nice cubby lid exmoor trim sell cushioned ones in a few different trims including xs. Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html
Post #684444 6th Feb 2018 1:20am
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
mk1collector wrote:
if you wanted a nice cubby lid exmoor trim sell cushioned ones in a few different trims including xs.


Thanks! I'll add it to the list of potential future enhancements, along with all the other priorities I've got on there Wink
Post #684698 7th Feb 2018 4:22am
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Small improvement made today:


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Second hand off eBay. Pretty cheap & came from Spain!

A nice improvement that adds a nice improved functionality.
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JOW240725



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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey
Great work. Thumbs Up James
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Post #690328 2nd Mar 2018 8:39pm
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hinsonberger



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New Zealand 2003 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Another small job on the driver's & passenger's seatbelts:


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Post #695811 24th Mar 2018 4:56am
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