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| 1978 Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 519   
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Along the bottom edges of the bars that sit in the roof channels, I used some of this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111805765154 Then I cut some pieces of an old bicycle inner tube to fit the clamps and protect the paint on the sides of the channel. Seems to work well! |
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30th Jun 2016 10:42pm |
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| Ridgeback defender Member Since: 11 Mar 2013 Location: North West Posts: 85 |
Excellent, great tip off to eBay.
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1st Jul 2016 1:32pm |
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| 1978 Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 519
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You could probably get away with something a bit narrower, perhaps like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Medium-BLACK-Rub...1645211518 the one I use was a little thick but worked fine. |
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1st Jul 2016 1:34pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7928 
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The farmer in me would use some old tractor tyre inner tube
 But those Ebay strips look a lot neater! James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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1st Jul 2016 3:46pm |
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| Stiff1 Member Since: 09 Dec 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 602 
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I went along to my local commercial tyre fitter got an inner tube, cut sections from it, works perfectly.
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1st Jul 2016 10:50pm |
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