That’s a very rust free example! Sweet. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Yes, I was very lucky to find such a good example, I think the previous owner must have really looked after it (how many owners cavity wax the sills, if I’m right in thinking they don’t come from the factory with wax inside?). There are a lot out there with rusty sills and rear arches now, including my now-scrapped TDV8, it is a real weak spot on the L322.

fanders

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Can you reuse the sill fasteners to put it all back together or do you need new ones?
Same question for wheel arch liners.
I want to do the same to mine.
Ta, Rob 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I just reused the plastic fasteners and wheel arch liners. The sill trims have a lower row of about nine two-part plastic fixings (centre stud comes out to release pressure on the main part), with one screw-in one at the rear end. The upper side of the sill trims have a similar number of push-fit plastic clips that release when you pull the trim off the sill. I was lucky not to break anything, although I had a set of spares from the old car.

The wheel arch liners tend to hang up on the threaded stud fixed to the arch at about the 12 o’clock position, getting it out was ok but it was tight going back in and needed some gentle percussive persuasion to slot back into the correct place. The slight reduction in clearance with the additional forward arch flange rubber strip protectors didn’t help. But it did go back eventually. A job well worth doing every year or so I think.

fanders

Thanks!
How do you get the centre studs out?
Will see how I get on! 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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You just prise the centre portion outwards slightly, a thin screwdriver is useful to get it started before then using a trim removal tool to pull it fully out. I have a set of these trim removal tools, they were cheap but surprisingly good quality:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/neilsen-CT2370-Do...&psc=1

fanders

Cheers fanders
Got a similar set myself in plastic - so useful for lots of things! 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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That’s a good summary, nice find. I left the new forward trim short at the 12 o’clock position where the flange has a step, and just gave the small area still exposed a good coating of grease - looks neater. He also didn’t show cavity waxing the inside of the sills, which is also worth doing.

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Few of us a recording tips over here:
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic54121.html
I have Dynax S50 ready for sill cavity
Add any tips on that other thread if you have any Fanders  2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I'm hoping to do this job in the next week or so. Have stocked up on Waxoyl and Hammerite paint having used Matt's video as reference but forgot about getting something to spray inside the still cavities. Would a single 750ml can of Dynax S50 be sufficient for both sides?

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Probably one will be enough but until I do mine I can’t be 100%. I bought 2.
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New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Will do, thank you!

Had a rest day on the current Alps gliding trip so took the Rangie up to the summit of Mt. Ventoux:

Well the Rangie performed beautifully on last week's Alps gliding trip, down to Serres in the southern French Alps, covering 1,600miles at 17mpg. It's a fabulous area and a great place to start alpine glider flights from: