At first sight, Defender doors look as though they'll fit on a S3. As I'm not a purist, I'm thinking of replacing my rotten doors with a nice sturdy pair of Defender ones. Has anyone done this?
Similarly, can I fit Defender heater blower in place of the broken original? Will it give me more blow? With due respect to fellow Series owners, I tend to assume that the newer designed parts do their job better...
John London, UK
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Haven't done this, but the door size and shape is identical. Not sure whether the mounting holes for the striker plate are identical, but otherwise there should be no problems.
Can't help with the heater blower - but my experience would be that the S3 heater works better! JD
Real men dont need heaters! :)
Its always annoying how more ice seems to form on the inside than the outside!
I own a warm coat rather than a heater in my landy :)
You can always fold it down. That way your nasal hair freezes instead of the windscreen.
Tim Hobbs
'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i
Speaking from experience? :-)
My SIII has brand new Defender doors and door tops installed. I'm in the process of rebuilding her and have a brand new bulkhead that was built for a 2002 D-90 TD5 to replace the original which sufferd from a horribly rusted top section. So, yes, many parts are interchangeable, especially if you are wlling to do a little bit of fabricating.
I have some military defender doors on my 110 with aluminium door tops....
I want to replace the doors with the one piece wind up window variety...
Where are you and would you be interested in a swap ???
cheers
Dave W.
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