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eutek

Member Since: 03 Mar 2009
Location: High Wycombe
Posts: 586

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

LDV mirrors?

I was reading in a Land Rover magazine over the weekend that someone fitted the mirrors from an LDV van, as they're more or less a direct swap and offer better visibility because of the larger size.

Has anyone else ever done/heard of this?

5th Jul 2011 2:09pm

ken

Member Since: 18 Aug 2009
Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !!
Posts: 4328

Larger Mirrors vibrate like fook if you want to try some pm your address I have some you can have even wired for heat

5th Jul 2011 2:48pm

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3615

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

type Bolt on Bits into your search they used to do them DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

5th Jul 2011 4:38pm

sc70

Member Since: 29 Jun 2010
Location: Tregaron
Posts: 261

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

ken wrote:
Larger Mirrors vibrate like fook if you want to try some pm your address I have some you can have even wired for heat

second that

5th Jul 2011 7:22pm

Tazz

Member Since: 24 Mar 2011
Location: Harrow
Posts: 90

Re: LDV mirrors?

eutek wrote:
I was reading in a Land Rover magazine over the weekend that someone fitted the mirrors from an LDV van, as they're more or less a direct swap and offer better visibility because of the larger size.

Has anyone else ever done/heard of this?

I had a look into it and found that it's the mirrors off the old Leyland Daf Sherpa c 1980s, not the more recent LDV 200s or 400s. Having checked on a LDV forum (yep they have a forum for LDV van nuts) it seems the only likely way of getting hold of such mirrors is through a breakers.

There are companies who sell larger mirror heads for the Defender, including some with unbreakable surface and some heated. I've read mixed reports - some claiming they're the best thing since sliced bread; others complain about the amount they vibrate and yet others who say the head continuously droops.

Unless I could get some free to try I think I'll stick with the originals as £40 is a lot of money to find out they're no good.

Taz

6th Jul 2011 4:25pm

Merlin

Member Since: 30 Oct 2010
Location: Newmarket
Posts: 980

I fitted some larger mirrors, so I don’t have to fit extended mirrors while towing our caravan. Normally they are tucked in, but I push them out, when I’m towing and they show all down the side of the caravan. They do vibrate a bit more than the standard ones, but not that you would notice. I’m told all I bought from one of the 4x4 retailers in LRO, is Wolf mirrors and arms that are still a standard item. So perhaps a call to a stealership’s parts shop is in order.

Beware that the fixing screws are different from the ones in the standard mirrors and may not come with the mirrors. Also you will have to take off the top hinge, which means supporting the door while you do it, otherwise it will rest on only one hinge which isn’t a good idea at all.

Merlin.

6th Jul 2011 5:06pm

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