Afternoon campers.

Today I decided to refit the upper dash on my S3, just to make sure everything lines up before recovering with new vinyl.

First job, fit the fly mesh to the bulkhead.
Only it doesn't fit

This is how it looked in the old bulkhead


As you can see, the inside of the bulkhead is recessed for the mesh.

And this is the new shielder bulkhead, so far, every thing else fitted within a ¹⁶th of an inch at worst.




I've checked the order and delivery note and It says it is the correct one, ie for a 1975 lwb series 3.

But as you can see, the inside of the bulkhead is flat!!
Any thoughts?
I was just going to flatten out the fixing tabs and fit it.

Please don't tell me I need a different bulkhead

Shirl

Bugger.
I think I see what I did wrong.
I obviously forgot to choose the mesh version

So, can I just fit it flat?

Looks like the bulkheads are the same just whether the vents are supplied it not?

steve2286w said:

Land Rover Series 3 88/109 inch Galvanised Bulkhead | Shielder Chassis

All our bulkheads are formed and fabricated in-house, to exact specifications, by experienced fabricators. 1.5mm heavy-duty single skin design Our 1.5mm single skin design has a worldwide patent pending. Specifically designed to withstand the galvanising process; free from distortion.

shielderchassis.com

Looks like the bulkheads are the same just whether the vents are supplied it not?

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I had another look, it's totally my fault.
They do with or without mesh.
I thought that meant the actual mesh screen.
What it actually means is recessed for mesh, or not recessed for mesh.

Looks like if I cut of the tabs I can custom fit it