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fredastaire



Member Since: 03 Dec 2012
Location: Holbrook
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United Kingdom 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Santorini Black
Seat foams

Hi Mav,
On the subject of seat foams, do you think the replacement foam is better quality and stiffer grade?
I've just had my drivers seat foam and fabric changed under warranty and I feel that it's quite a different ride hardness and higher up. My car has 34k miles.
Regards
Fred 2010GS Auto ex Celeb, Santorini Black, 2011 facelift , spoiler, spats, mudflaps, LED footwell lamps, Witter detach,
Other cars:-
1958 & 1959 Austin J40 Pedal Cars under restoration (I make many J40 parts)
If you have an Austin J40 or Pathfinder Pedal Car looking for a new home pls PM me.
2009 Meriva

Post #179231 8th Apr 2013 2:31 pm
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Mav71



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United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey
Re: Seat foams

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They are identical to the original part. It is just that you don't notice the deterioration of the original, but when you add a new one, it feels much firmer and like a new seat. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

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Mav71



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United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

After fitting all the piano black trim, I thought the bright silver gearshift surround looked a little out of place, so I decided to something about it.

Here are the pics :-









I think it has just finished it off nicely! Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

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fredastaire



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United Kingdom 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Santorini Black
piano black

Hi Mav - looks good!
Is this a new part or is it as I guess, that you have sprayed it black. If the latter please could you indicate how you prepared it and what primers, undercoats and gloss you used as it would help all other forum readers of the biography.
Kind regards from Fred

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taztastic



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See this thread http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic15672.html
it will be better posted there or we will end up with two threads for the same thing and it gets messy.

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Mav71



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United Kingdom 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

Thanks Taz, the reason I posted it in two sections, was to keep my biography up to date, and also a separate thread for members who don't want to g through the Bio. Thumbs Up Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

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taztastic



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That's OK, left the two sets of pics in place as its good to see the overall progress in one place, already thinking of leather upgrade in mine, great stuff you do, keep it coming Thumbs Up

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edamball



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United Kingdom 2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black



Hi Mav

Read with great interest and admiration your fantastic thread detailing you and your cars journey. You must be very pleased with the result and deservedly so.

My mods will much more straight forward! The first of which was some LR front and rear mudflaps from Dan at Duckworth Parts. Having received them and fitted the rear set only to begin with I stopped not happy with how the top of the mudflaps didn't sit flush with the bodywork, but rather left a gap of few mm; enough to get my fingers in and to allow mud, etc to collect - kind of defeating the object.

I enlarged your photograph and noticed the same thing on yours.

Have you managed to do anything about it? Does it cause crud to collect or am I just being uber fussy?

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chrisr1806



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The powerful uk ones do. Whistle

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fredastaire



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United Kingdom 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Santorini Black
Mud flaps

The LR rear mud flaps are a lousy fit and have gaps however it doesn't cause any problem and if you tow mudflaps are a bonus to stop the caravan getting mucky and damaged. I've no complaints about the front ones; only praise for stopping mud getting sprayed up the car side.
I've read somewhere on this forum that the Powerful mud flaps are a 100% copy and a suggestion that they might be offthe same mould.
Kind regards from Fred 2010GS Auto ex Celeb, Santorini Black, 2011 facelift , spoiler, spats, mudflaps, LED footwell lamps, Witter detach,
Other cars:-
1958 & 1959 Austin J40 Pedal Cars under restoration (I make many J40 parts)
If you have an Austin J40 or Pathfinder Pedal Car looking for a new home pls PM me.
2009 Meriva

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j77



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My LR ones are tight to the bodywork. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

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edamball



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United Kingdom 2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

chrisr1806 wrote:
The powerful uk ones do. Whistle


Chris1806, Embarassed

Fredastaire, I tried Powerful ones first but they have recently changed the mould so the top edge no longer follows the line of the lower bumper but runs down in the opposite direction and I wasn't keen on how that looked. Now wondering if this mightn't have been the lesser to two evils. Rolling Eyes

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chrisr1806



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England 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

I think that mine fit perfectly, especially seeing that they are half the price of LR ones. I would recommend them. Thumbs Up

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burnsy1



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Wales 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Zermatt Silver

OMG, awesome looking FL2, not showing the good lady the pic's just yet as it has the potential to cost me.

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Lukeis



Member Since: 17 Jul 2013
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Australia 2011 Freelander 2 i6 SE Auto Santorini Black

Like the others I love what you have done and thanks for supplying the part numbers for the interior door handles and the for light covers, luckily my car already has the black dash facia but do you have the part numbers for the black steering wheel controls? That's the one thing I have been dying for since I first saw them

I also love the gear lever surround but scared to paint this myself!

After these the next stop for me is the 2013 lights and hopefully the grill!

Thanks, Luke 2011 black FL2

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