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| jamesbond007 Member Since: 28 Oct 2009 Location: Central Algarve - Portugal Posts: 172   
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I am looking at the www.allwheeltrim.co.uk
full conversion to soft top for my Crew Cab. Anybody has any experience with them? 
Boldly going nowhere
Discovery 3 after a Defender 110 Crew Cab TD4 and a 1964 SIIA 88 Regular. |
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8th Dec 2009 9:00pm |
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. if you were to fit a full external Protection and Performance roll cage, I'd be well up for seeing the results. However, it kind of doesn't seem right without one. Maybe it's just because it's different, it seems weird! | ay4alex Member Since: 18 Feb 2009 Location: Midlands Posts: 327  
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Also, it would be incredibly noisy without and insulation behind the rear bulkhead. Food for thought!
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8th Dec 2009 9:34pm |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972 
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Turned our 90 into a soft top for 6 months and hell was it noisy, wet, cold and chuffing awkward to remove and refit the mohair. Anything above 45 was bordering on permanent hearing damage.
And it looked..... well, how do I put this; a series looks fine with canvas. Newer ones have something of the only gay in the village about them. If you do go for it, a Safety Devices or similar bar is essential for mounting the seatbelts and giving you even the slimmest chance in a crash. You have to butcher the capping to the rear tub to fit the roll bar, but cappings can be replaced. You'll also have to fit a number of tenax studs or similar, which SHOULD go in existing rivet holes, but I found I had a drill anything up to 1" either side of some of the existing holes due to LR "tolerance" and similar in the exmoor hood. For what it will cost you, fork out for a series and keep your CC intact 
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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8th Dec 2009 11:04pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6498 
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Do you want a ban ND
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8th Dec 2009 11:39pm |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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You're in Hove (actually)
 , so most definitely NOT the only gay in the village
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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9th Dec 2009 12:24am |
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| discocuzzy Member Since: 16 Jul 2008 Location: surrey Posts: 1200
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lol a positive nudge fest down that neck of the world! You cannot teach stupid people to do clever things
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9th Dec 2009 1:29am |
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| jamesbond007 Member Since: 28 Oct 2009 Location: Central Algarve - Portugal Posts: 172
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O qué? Boldly going nowhere Discovery 3 after a Defender 110 Crew Cab TD4 and a 1964 SIIA 88 Regular. |
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9th Dec 2009 8:44am |
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| jamesbond007 Member Since: 28 Oct 2009 Location: Central Algarve - Portugal Posts: 172
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Thanks for the feedback. In fact the question was about allwheeltrim
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The question about the seat belts is a good one. I am waiting for the fitting instructions to see how that works. I am not too concerned about the noise, certainly not about the wet or the cold here. In fact I never put the roof down on my Mercedes convertible in the summer as it is too hot. But now until May, it is perfect temperature for it. 
As for as the idea of buying a Series, I had a 88 regular SIIA until recently, but it was not at all practical and it was really difficult to get my wife to come along. Plus the maximum bearable range is about 10 km and I do at least 40 km every day. No, the alternative, would be to buy a Jeep Wrangler 4 doors, but I don't want to do that. But as a 4 door convertible, it is brilliant (plus it has an automatic transmission). What I am really looking for would be to just open the whole roof, keeping the crew cab rear part. Just take off the lid and put a soft top contraption of some sort. A bit like that: Click image to enlarge Boldly going nowhere Discovery 3 after a Defender 110 Crew Cab TD4 and a 1964 SIIA 88 Regular. |
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9th Dec 2009 8:52am |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6498
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My roof is an All Wheel Trim one - very good
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9th Dec 2009 2:38pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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I know this is a long time ago but just wondering if the OP did go for the soft top conversion...
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