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dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Veneto (Heart & Head)
Posts: 3586

just bought this one.... no bonnet stolen....

In black

Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition

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18th Sep 2011 2:07pm

T1G UP

Member Since: 08 Dec 2009
Location: Bath
Posts: 3101

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Orkney Grey

how do they work?

18th Sep 2011 2:35pm

pom

Member Since: 01 Jun 2010
Location: Worcester
Posts: 1343

looks a bit 'diy' as well.

Pom

18th Sep 2011 2:51pm

LESVOSD110

Member Since: 19 Aug 2009
Location: South Africa
Posts: 241

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Fuji White

pom wrote:
looks a bit 'diy' as well.

Pom

Defenders are DIY,so the part at home.I think it's fine once painted. Puma 110 SW
90 V8 SOFT TOP

18th Sep 2011 4:06pm

Sockpuppet

Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: Leicester
Posts: 479

Reading the website I think they are used as a extra fixing and don't in themselves stop the lifting of the bonnet.

I suppose they'd be good if you could fix a big rubber bumper on the top with a security fixing to stop it going vertical.

18th Sep 2011 4:53pm

Mike_B

Member Since: 23 Jan 2011
Location: Moray
Posts: 550

Whats to stop somebody coming along with a 6mm allen key and a 13mm spanner and undoing the bolt?

18th Sep 2011 7:26pm

Fifth Horseman

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 322

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

Mike_B wrote:
Whats to stop somebody coming along with a 6mm allen key and a 13mm spanner and undoing the bolt?

Use shear nuts..

However, even that could probably be defeated by getting the bonnet vertical and pulling until the hinge pin pops out of the section on the bulkhead.
What we need is something bolted to the bulkhead (with security fixings) that blocks the open section of the outer hinge (the bit that the bonnet hinge lifts out of).
In addition to this, the use of shear nuts on the bonnet hinge plate itself should make removing the bonnet almost impossible without lots of time or special tools.

18th Sep 2011 8:17pm

bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Havana

i've been thinking about bolting a steel cable under the bonnet at the back edge somewhere [even rivit it to a rib] and then to the bulkhead so you can still open the bonnet fully. if you know laptop security it would be a bit like the kensington locks.

it won't stop the determined thief but it should stop the opportunist thief!

thoughts? BM52

18th Sep 2011 8:50pm

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

bm52 wrote:
i've been thinking about bolting a steel cable under the bonnet at the back edge somewhere [even rivit it to a rib] and then to the bulkhead so you can still open the bonnet fully. if you know laptop security it would be a bit like the kensington locks.

it won't stop the determined thief but it should stop the opportunist thief!

thoughts?

Working on something similar for mine right now.. Just waiting for the box of bits to be delivered... ... ,-------,
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18th Sep 2011 10:47pm

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