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Hi there, yes that’s the one, its also the same as the one on ebay we sell where we sell the majority of our stuff, I have read over the advert on our website and it is not as clear as it could be so I have copied and pasted the bit from our ebay advert as it is clearer on there. Its not so much that they cant take a spare wheel, more that we don't recommend it without adding some of your own strenghteners to the inside, as the spare wheels are so heavy as im sure you are aware. They are about £40 cheaper than any new rear door you can get anywhere for defenders so really are a good budget option as the quality of the welds and actual fitment etc is still very good and on par with the other items we sell. Unfortunately we have never been able to offer any discounts on our parts as for example, a rear door we only make something like £10 each one after taxes, postage, packaging etc so if we offered something like a 10% discount it would be costing us money to sell items! You will find most companies who can offer discounts to certain groups usually charge over the odds for their parts in the first place, so you are only getting an item for what they should be charging for it anyway! We have always thought this to be wrong and work on the basis that if we could offer a discount then we just do it for everyone with Landrovers, rather than just a select community, so our prices on our website are always the lowest we can actually do them. Which is one of the reasons why I am up at 4am right now ready to get items packaged as there is that much to get through! Kind regards william

Hi there, just to clear a few things up, im the MD of the company but it was my brother who started this thread unbeknown to me! Alongside the standard doors we offer, we have just recently started doing the galvanised versions which my brother has taken control of as due to the length of time it takes to get a galv door made (adding extra welds before dipping, jigging the frame to ensure it is perfectly straight afterwards etc etc) I simply didn’t have the time to do so due to being already overstretched for the demand of the standard doors we offer. He started this thread literally to find out if there was anyone else out there doing them to set prices as low as possible and be competitive, the intentions weren’t to spam/phise etc but simply to gain an insight into the market, though I think he could have executed it better and made his intentions clearer! The fact that our username is our company name helps show he wasn’t actually trying to do some cheap advertising as someone said, it would be a bit see through! The only other company we have found with them is ashtree international, if you look at their website you will see how the prices compare. They use the same frames as us. Regarding the person who bought a rear door of us which developed a crack in the frame, the door purchased was the budget/universal option we offer which as the name suggests is basically what we sell as a door that is better than a rusty one. We don’t really recommend fitting a wheel to the actual door without adding your own strenghteners as we also do an OE spec rear door alongside the budget option which has the extra strenghteners in the frame to take the weight of the wheel carrier so they don’t crack in the frame. (this is also made clear in the description) So it is upto the customer to decide which one they want based on their budget and requirements. We could just do the expensive one but obviously not everyone can afford or require the extra features of the OE spec one. They both fit well, the only difference being the lack of extra strenghteners in the internal frame so makes an ideal part if you are on a tight budget. I hope this helps to explain the intentions of this thread, no doubt this message could also be seen as phising or what have you but obviously needed replying to, I have only just noticed this after googling the company name hence the late reply! Kind regards william

Is there any chance abit of rubbish has got into the fuel

It will be worth all the stress in the end.

Can someone tell me were the best galvanised rear doors for defenders & series land rovers are? Prices etc.

There are brand new galvanised frame rear doors for sale on on a large online auction site that marine bond the aluminum skin to the galvanised frame, aswell as prime inside and outside of skin before fitting to frame. These will never rust probably outlast the vehicle itself.

There is a firm who do a galvanised rear door frame with a aluminium skin that is bonded together with marine bonding to avoid rubbing between the surfaces of the frame & skin & thus reduce corrosion. They are on ebay I think.