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    90 defender rebuild

    Yep - Thats what I do - PM sent
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    90 defender rebuild

    Sorry ive not replied sooner - trying to get the damn thing finished . Adhesive i used is standard contact adhesive - just make sure everything is clean and let it go tacky first . Glad you are enjoying thread - im enjoying doing it :-)
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    90 defender rebuild

    Yep - good spot :)
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    90 defender rebuild

    Its a blue point / snap on , palm sander . Best tool I ever got . I got it off ebay for £50 and thats about right for one on there . Takes very little air to run and its comfortable to use . could'nt recommend enough.
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    90 defender rebuild

    I managed to get a 2nd pair for £5.03 on e bay - simples :D:D MR2 ones are better seats really but dont want to spend months looking for 2nd pair - need this on the road asap
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    90 defender rebuild

    A bit more work done - I have a bit of a thing about the environment that I drive in and want it all to look like it should belong in there - So the sun visors needed some work - Yes I did say sun visors :confused: So this is how they were - filthy to say the least Once cleaned up...
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    90 defender rebuild

    Correct - But I might have another lined up already ;)
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    90 defender rebuild

    Hi Sam - The sides will all be lined like the roof - I have to sort out the seats and seatbelts first - Looking to build a kit that will allow 2 front facing seats in the back - with 3 point inertia belts - Done the design in head and just need to get the steel and weld it up . More on seats in...
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    90 defender rebuild

    It's a keeper for a while but the nature of my business means that everything with wheels is for sale - which probably seems a bit of a shame but there is always something better or rarer that I could buy with the profit .
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    Fitting a heated windscreen to 1996 90.

    Just had one put in my 90 - £50 inc fitting - no wiring to it yet but it was cheeper than a normal one . :D:D
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    90 defender rebuild

    A little more Now its all back together I can start sorting the interior I had an original headliner for the front so I stripped that and recovered in a grey material I use on T4 and T5's allows all the original ridges to show through Looks like it could be factory...
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    90 defender rebuild

    It will certainly see some action . Although it is nice and shiny my workshop is quite in the sticks and the lanes have been 2 ft in water and mud for weeks - Im sure I will also get dragged off road by a few friends who love getting down and dirty . I will not be precious about it , after all...
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    90 defender rebuild

    Its alright in the slow and middle lane but a bit slow for the fast lane ;)
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    90 defender rebuild

    Nice looking T4
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    90 defender rebuild

    Cool - I guess it will be an easy spot . Say hello if you see me around - I hope to have it on the road by the end of Jan
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    90 defender rebuild

    Thanks for all the support and kind words
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    90 defender rebuild

    That sounds pretty good , especially for metallic . I reckon I have nearly £600 in paint alone now and thats without the prep materials - Just make sure they do any repairs - like the door bottoms while they are there - It will also need to be bare metal to get the aluminium oxide off -...
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    90 defender rebuild

    More work done The front spats fitted Again a better idea of the 2 tone - sorry about pictures , the auto focus on the camera decided not to work A real moment of achievement - The body all sealed and bolted back in position - Back together at last Shame about the...
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    90 LR 4C Reg - Bin it or Repair It?

    You will need more than a bit of filler to fix that bulkhead :(
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    Any advice please !!

    I agree - my F reg farm truck rocks