V8david Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Hi All Range Rover classic 1989. Just removed the plastic trims from inside the front wheel arches for access. Question is, is it absolutely necessary to put them back? Anyone running without them with any problems? They obviously stop crud and water from spraying too far up inside the wing, but they also trap LOADS of crud behind them, obviously causing extensive rot. Got enough rot traps as it is. I assume there was no such thing under the winds of earlier rangies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Leave them off, and just make sure you get under there with a hose/pressure washer every once in a while..... You are right, they cause the rot in the inner wings where the studs push through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookers Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Bowie is right, they cause more problems than they stop, take them off and throw away. Just make sure you wash out the cavity that is exposed regulary. Brookers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8david Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks guys. I hoped you'd say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
task Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Good stuff, this confirms what I thought, shan't be fitting these during the rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I've had both. With them fitted you get fretting on the back of the wing that rusts through, you get rot at the bottom edge of the wing where they bolt through and you get rot around the plastic trims. Without them you get rot at the front of thr A post, the wing top rail, the edge of the floor and behind the headlight. Range Rovers go rotten, it's just a case of where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I've left them off after fitting new inner wings and light boxes. Lots of waxoyl all over and regular washing to flush out the crud.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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