What did you do with your Range Rover today

Flossie said:

Got damp on the ns roof liner under the visor so removed the roof rail inserts and the top windscreen trim and side pieces. Lots of rubbish and dirt under that lot so all cleaned up and dried out before resealing.pic after it was all cleaned up and before resealing.
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That sounds like what we need to do with Otto. Read the windscreen finisher is a pain. Lift it slightly and slide the clips to the left side with something like a credit card I believe, while praying the clips don't break. We've got some demon double sided tape we plan to stick some wood or plastic to it with as a brace for removing and replacing.
How do the roof rail inserts come off? Do they just slide or are there fixings as well?
Thanks.

Scotiawhiskers said:

That sounds like what we need to do with Otto. Read the windscreen finisher is a pain. Lift it slightly and slide the clips to the left side with something like a credit card I believe, while praying the clips don't break. We've got some demon double sided tape we plan to stick some wood or plastic to it with as a brace for removing and replacing.
How do the roof rail inserts come off? Do they just slide or are there fixings as well?
Thanks.

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Credit card wasn't man enough. I used a thin blade 2" wide paint scraper. Pull the top edge forward a tad, use a torch, even in day light, and you will see white blocks around an inch long. Move those blocks sideways towards the nearside. Didn't break any clips, not until I ran the trim over anyway, busted two on that occasion.

Flossie said:

Credit card wasn't man enough. I used a thin blade 2" wide paint scraper. Pull the top edge forward a tad, use a torch, even in day light, and you will see white blocks around an inch long. Move those blocks sideways towards the nearside. Didn't break any clips, not until I ran the trim over anyway, busted two on that occasion.

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Skillz

Scotiawhiskers said:

That sounds like what we need to do with Otto. Read the windscreen finisher is a pain. Lift it slightly and slide the clips to the left side with something like a credit card I believe, while praying the clips don't break. We've got some demon double sided tape we plan to stick some wood or plastic to it with as a brace for removing and replacing.
How do the roof rail inserts come off? Do they just slide or are there fixings as well?
Thanks.

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The roof rails were harder to get off than the windscreen trim for me.
You need to take the side windscreen trims off too before attacking the top trim, 4 screws each side under a rubber flap, door open.
If you look at the rails on top there are sliding apertures which have an arrow on them. Depress the insert and slide them in the direction of the arrow. This is supposed to give you a finger hold to pull them up but mine were stuck fast, whether it was all the muck holding them tight or I'm too weedy or it's just not the best way I dunno. Open the tailgate and you will see a short return of rail, lift there then using two scrapers with suitable protection for the paintwork, insert them and prise up evenly, don't be tempted to just prise one side, both sides evenly or you may break something.
Once it's started it's easy, they are plastic coated aluminium as are the top and bottom windscreen trims so can kink.
So, in summary, external windscreen uprights off first, 8 screws total. These don't appear to come completely off being attached to rubber running across the top of the door aperture but they can be hung somewhere in the door opening out of the way. You can't shut the doors when they are off without crushing them which is why I did the job yesterday when it was forecast dry. They can be popped back on and secured with one screw though if you do need to close a door or drive it.
Then top trim then roof rails.

Henry_b said:

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Only when I drive mine

Pulled a Travis Perkins delivery truck out of a muddy hole he had made for himself. He said "I don't think you'll be able to pull this. It is well and truly stuck". Well, nothing to be lost by giving it a go. Low in first and dragged the sucker straight out, helped no doubt by my somewhat chunky tyres. Thanked me and said he couldn't believe a Range Rover could do it and now he had to cancel the recovery crew. I should have charged them (TP)!

I turned the inside of my front doors into a 90's dance music video.

Door handle cable broke the other day, but little did the car know that I was planning on removing the door car to replace the door mirror and the speakers in the front doors anyway, so... Huzzah! it's little tantrum caused me no actual bother.
Just wish the bloody delivery driver would turn up with the mirror so I can refit the door car and test out my new speakers now.

Blob said:

I turned the inside of my front doors into a 90's dance music video.

Door handle cable broke the other day, but little did the car know that I was planning on removing the door car to replace the door mirror and the speakers in the front doors anyway, so... Huzzah! it's little tantrum caused me no actual bother.
Just wish the bloody delivery driver would turn up with the mirror so I can refit the door car and test out my new speakers now.
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That's sound deadening?

Off to go play with the car, range rovers absolutely filthy inside and out and getting its usual workhorse treatment

stuu said:

Off to go play with the car, range rovers absolutely filthy inside and out and getting its usual workhorse treatment View attachment 328455

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Looks pretty clean to me, you should see ours, they are covered in mud.

Datatek said:

Looks pretty clean to me, you should see ours, they are covered in mud.

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Thars the way they should be

Grrrrrr said:

That's sound deadening?

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Looks like foil bubble wrap thermal insulation, like for behind radiators in houses.