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| Oldowner Member Since: 26 Dec 2018 Location: South west Posts: 601   
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May sound daft, but I put a old 1990 200tdi screen frame in my TDCi, it hadn’t a hint of corrosion at 26 years old, I stripped and resprayed it to match the tdci and is still perfect four years later.
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10th Jan 2020 11:33pm |
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| Fabio Member Since: 05 Aug 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 589  
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Hi DG,
I am in the same situation but i'm going to try and do it myself. Did you do anything about yours? Fabio |
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2nd Feb 2020 6:39pm |
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| adolfy Member Since: 01 Dec 2016 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 58 
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I have just had my windscreen surround and associated areas resprayed by a local company here in Wales, they did a lovely looking job but used new screen supports as they wouldn't reuse the original because of the excessive corrosion. Unfortunately as I look around the vehicle I can see white lines appearing from under the cappings where those total tos...rs at land Rover have not treated the parts before assembly. It's such a heart sink. I have owned the vehicle since new in 2013, i clear wax oiled the under side and inside the chassis the day after I got it and I redo it every year, it's kept in the dry and has only done 32000 miles. As much as I can I keep it immaculate although It is worked and gets dirty. It's the last new Land Rover product that I shall ever buy.
Jon Land Rover 1950 series 1 Land Rover LWB 1967 series 2A Land Rover SWB 1980 series 3 Land Rover 110 Defender 2013 |
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3rd Feb 2020 10:42am |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 985 
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I had the same problem with the window surround - LR Hull fixed it 15 months ago. I had an independent do it again late last year.
You can clearly see how much thicker the paint is around the joins in the metal. Hopefully, it will last a little longer this time. LR also did the corner cappings. Corrosion there is back, but I think I'll wait until it's bad and just replace the cappings with galvanized unless I get alternative advice on here. The replacement NAS bumper is also showing rust. Frustratingly, so is the rear cross member where they chipped the paint while replacing. I had the side steps replaced at the same time - the new ones (fire and ice?) haven't corroded yet, but the silver areas look mottled. Not sure what's going on there, but will leave alone. |
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3rd Feb 2020 11:12am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2494 
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I've recently had my Puma (MY2015) to the local dealers for corrosion around the screen frame and particularly at the bottom corner joints.
I asked the dealer if they would replace the frame with new rather than try and repair. They said it was some considerable time ago that they realised trying to repair the frame was futile and now automatically replace with new. Let's just hope the new one they recently fitted to mine was better than the original one fitted at the factory. Fingers crossed time. Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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3rd Feb 2020 12:11pm |
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