Anyone have any experience of car door protection bumpers (car defender etc.) that can help prevent unwanted dings from the ignorant pillocks parking next to you? FL2 TD4 XS manual, XS style pack, Martinique Blue

Yeah got them on mine have a look at my gallery pics , had them fitted at the dealers but when i had a disco 2 we did fix them om ourselves and they was quite easy to do.

Thanks for that, was thinking more along the lines of the removeable pads you can get - door defenders I think - but the fitted strips look good, look to offer fairly good protection.

Anyone know if they sell Chobham armour...?  FL2 TD4 XS manual, XS style pack, Martinique Blue

[quote="Magic Man"]Thanks for that, was thinking more along the lines of the removeable pads you can get - door defenders I think - but the fitted strips look good, look to offer fairly good protection.keep a look out on e bay,seen them there a few times,look easy to fit.

Anyone know if they sell Chobham armour...? [/quote]

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Dont waste your money on door protection strips etc do as i do park in two parking spots Every time I park well away from other cars in a half empty/empty car park i always return & some has parked right next to me WHY DO THEY DO IT

thought i was the only one on here,exept a guy from swansea but he's english so he dont count

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Then maybe Wales could get thier own forum section as well as the Vikings have  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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I've ordered protection strips. Its true they may compromise looks. But a criterion for 'good design' is that function must never be compromised for simple aesthetics. Design must be adapted to accomodate practicalities. The reality is that we all must sometimes park in narrow parking spaces, and we all suffer the risk of a ding. Thus good car design MUST take this into account. I was amazed when my current BMW 320D came without protection strips. Yes, it looks nice - until you get a ding! And then you have to fork out to for the respray.

gilfishman wrote:

thought i was the only one on here,exept a guy from swansea but he's english so he dont count

I'm not far from you gilfishman, and if that is your actual location on the map then closer still...

We like ASDA (Caerphilly) for the reason that they have coin released trolleys and a large flat car park - we park at the farthest point away which seems to always stay quiet.

Know what you mean though, we parked the FL1 a few weeks ago in the Talbot Green shopping centre car park (gilfishman will know what that place is like...) at around 7 o'clock one evening, over the far side, nobody near us, plenty of spaces everywhere finally at that time. Came back out to see some beat up thing so close to thus that we couldn't open the passenger door so god knows how they got out (did check but no dings). Could have parked anywhere but they had to park alongside another car...

We've also straddled spaces in the past as well... We were bad enough with parking before with the FL1, the FL2 is even wider (slightly)... Perhaps a couple of bollards in the boot would do! FL2 TD4 XS manual, XS style pack, Martinique Blue

tonka wrote:

Dont waste your money on door protection strips etc do as i do park in two parking spots Every time I park well away from other cars in a half empty/empty car park i always return & some has parked right next to me WHY DO THEY DO IT

Well Tonka, you are probably considered A Real Dick when you park like that and they park as close as they can to annoy you .
If you don't want dings, don't park, buy a rusty old wreck, or fit the biggest rubber protection strips you can find

Seriously though - I understand the problem only too well and have had similar parking problems - got a ding during the first month on the local ferry , where the parking position was not an option - Fitted the protection strips on the doors which personally I think suits the Freely and since no more dings (yet)  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Trouble is with the strips is that they are relatively narrow and any protection they provide depends on the particular door of the car parking next to you. Ideally the strips should be about 5" wide and an inch or so thick...

Could do with door jackets with 2 or 3 foam pipe insulation tubes in each... Alternatively, one of these... http://www.morethanpolish.com/Cushioned-ca...system.asp but fitted to the door rather than the garage wall  FL2 TD4 XS manual, XS style pack, Martinique Blue

The magnetic Door Defender would do just a treat if it were MUCH wider.
However magnetic things have a habit of falling off - ask our Mr. Pinks about that one  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Dont think my last post went down to well with AndyC wonder if the viking ships had dink protectors A REAL DICK