How to swap your door hinges and fit military spec unbreakable mirrors!

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LR Live

LR Live

11 ай бұрын

Thousands of Defenders have been used by the military and all of them have required specialist, MIL SPEC parts. But what parts are still available to the public and are they worth having. Following on from our military spec bumper, we find some MOD spec unbreakable mirrors and fit them with Exmoor Trim CNC machined door hinges. There's a full step-by-step guide on how to easily replace your door hinges too.
All the products we fitted are listed below:
LRC2806 - PAIR OF HEATED AND UNBREAKABLE MIRRORS FOR LAND ROVER DEFENDER - COMPLETE KIT WITH MIRROR HEADS, ADAPTORS AND MIRROR ARMS
www.lrparts.net/lrc2806-pair-...
EXT014-28 - BLACK DEFENDER BILLET ALUMINIUM FRONT ROW DOOR HINGES - FITS LAND ROVER DEFENDER 1983-2016
www.lrparts.net/ext014-28-bla...
LR1800 - DEFENDER DOOR CARD RIVIT AND DOOR LOCK KIT (FITS UP TO 2006 - 6A719522 CHASSIS NUMBER) - AFTERMARKET OR GENUINE LAND ROVER VERSION
www.lrparts.net/lr1800-defend...
DA1411 - DEFENDER FRONT OR REAR DOOR FITTING KIT - FOR GREY DOOR CARDS
www.lrparts.net/da1411-defend...

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@rickbear7249
@rickbear7249 11 ай бұрын
Personally, I prefer the MUD door mirror upgrades, as they are also bigger and have an integral blind-spot mirror. The blind-spot mirrors can be mounted top or bottom, by simply removing the retaining trim. Mine are mounted one up, the other down. As for electrically heated, that's not really necessary, and is extra work to wire in. Simply polish your glass with surfactant, which is a water repellant. Surfactant polish will prevent misting, ice and snow can't stick to it, as well as preventing most of muddy spray from sticking. It also makes rain run straight off, which is why it's the key ingredients in Rain-X and similar. Surfactants are cheaply available as laundry fabric softeners. You can also use fabric softener to surfactant polish your headlamps, so road spray keeps your headlights brighter, as well as your side windows. Applied on the interior glass, it also prevents the notorious Defender misting. But, WARNING, you must never apply Rain-X or other surfactant to the exterior of a Defender windscreen, as it'll cause your wipers to judder and actually causes blinding pooling of water on the very upright flat windscreen! Hope this information is useful - Rick
@takoon911
@takoon911 11 ай бұрын
to mee it looks strange a bit...i will stay with OEM. but anyway it was a nice video. cheers
@darrenchard2221
@darrenchard2221 11 ай бұрын
Spafax wing mirrors are one of the cheapest and best upgrades I ever fitted (not heated ones though) got mine from a bus scrap yard
@andicog
@andicog 11 ай бұрын
Fitted Spafax mirrors a few years ago, really good field of vision and they stayed put even when I smashed the mirror clean off an oncoming transit. 👍
@roryduncan5945
@roryduncan5945 11 ай бұрын
New spafax mirrors look great and the hinges look good quality and tie in nicely with the look. I have stock mirrors but really interested in the heated elements. Have never minded scraping ice off my mirrors before but my current defender has a heated front window which is superb and could see heated mirrors as a great extra option in Scotland. Love the inspiration keep the videos going. Thanks.
@pauldent3059
@pauldent3059 11 ай бұрын
Those mirrors look great, I think I'll get a pair, I'm putting cameras on all 4 corners and they look like a good mounting point. Hinges look well in black, not sure they'll last as long as stainless ones though.
@mattkellett-thestovestonec3647
@mattkellett-thestovestonec3647 11 ай бұрын
The black fittings theme looks ace with the white body. Personally not a fan of those mirrors though but that’s what makes everybody’s defender unique. Currently working on a recently purchased defender as I’ve always wanted one since being a kid, so these videos couldn’t have come at a better time! Thank you so much for doing them Fraser 🙏
@bigtone2005
@bigtone2005 11 ай бұрын
Liking the way this build is going most the choices are what I would of picked myself.. Can't quite make my mind up with the mirrors.. And the hinges I think would look better white.. Unless more black is going to be added with roof rack and sliders and wheels etc 👍🏼
@tonypacke6954
@tonypacke6954 11 ай бұрын
Nice video, but you missed a trick here. While you've got the hinge and the retaining clips off, that's an ideal time to pump some Dinitrol 3125 HS (other makes are available) into the void around the top of the bulkhead as well as the lower hinge cavity, where the access will run out on the floor so make sure you have some rags to save your block paving being marked, how do I know that! Most of the cans will take a long flexible nozzle assembly to get further into areas than is usually possible. Well worth doing at this stage as the bulkhead will rust as surely as the rear cross member does.
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 11 ай бұрын
I did film doing this but the video was too long. I'll post it as a short. Great minds.
@rambo196919
@rambo196919 11 ай бұрын
I was going to post the same thing. And copperslip the screws holding the hinge.
@JAG_09
@JAG_09 Ай бұрын
@@LRLiveUK Did you post how to wire the cable into the cab in the end? I can’t find another video relating to this as mentioned in this video?
@Tom24May
@Tom24May 11 ай бұрын
Another good video! Any chance of an up coming video on how to redo the headliner? 👍
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 11 ай бұрын
Possibly! I've retirmmed a few with scrim foam and as long as the main panel hasn't deteriorated it's a good project to take on.
@alexthetaxi
@alexthetaxi 11 ай бұрын
Another great video - the highlight to my week atm. Won’t be long till you have that 100k subscribers! Out of interest, any progress with the hinge collaboration? I’m looking to change my door hinges but currently holding off until I hear what you have to offer. I’ve got a feeling that a lot of thought will have been put into them :)
@tima5673
@tima5673 11 ай бұрын
Be interested to see if they do a more traditional looking version
@alexthetaxi
@alexthetaxi 11 ай бұрын
Another brilliant video! One of the best defender channels on KZfaq atm. Can I ask how come you went with exmoor trim hinges? Your video the other day suggested you thought optimill were better? How does the play affect the door once it’s fitted?
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 11 ай бұрын
Thank mate! I prefer the look of the Exmoor trim hinges and also as we're fitting the Mantec carrier the clearance will be better. I'm working on some security ides at the moment. One thing Exmoor mentioned was that the screw at the hinge bolt is simply there to allow maintenance / greasing and the pin is machine pressed in, which makes them better for anti theft than I originally thought.
@alexthetaxi
@alexthetaxi 11 ай бұрын
@@LRLiveUK that’s great to know about the pin. I’ve assumed you’ve already considered ‘hinge guards’. I’d have thought they would have stopped any risk of theft of doors?
@LandyVlad_Rides
@LandyVlad_Rides 3 ай бұрын
Can you get a non-heated version of the mirror?
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 3 ай бұрын
yep. Here's the link: www.lrparts.net/lrc2805-pair-of-unbreakable-mirrors-for-land-rover-defender-complete-kit-with-mirror-heads-adaptors-and-mirror-arms.html
@rudsey
@rudsey 11 ай бұрын
Hi. I have those mirrors. Do you sell replacement mirror plastic as mine has gone yellow?
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 11 ай бұрын
No, sadly not. But the mirros are available individually.
@jonnycsuperplumb765
@jonnycsuperplumb765 11 ай бұрын
Dont like the mirror mounts..stick to originals
@notrut
@notrut 11 ай бұрын
Get some Specs that fit correctly too ...
@adamtehan1936
@adamtehan1936 11 ай бұрын
I don't know why everyone gets excited about these mirrors, the military only fit them because the Shitpart ones we were getting were so bad you could barely tighten them enough to hold them up without stripping the thread
@carltonr3417
@carltonr3417 11 ай бұрын
I think the hinges would look better white. There's too many black spotty looking things already that the whole thing reminds me of a Dalmatian dog. Some contrast is good, but I think, less is more.
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK 11 ай бұрын
Could be the new name for project 110!
@carltonr3417
@carltonr3417 11 ай бұрын
@@LRLiveUK 😂 I love it!!
@jamiehill-hj1xe
@jamiehill-hj1xe Ай бұрын
I had to swap watching due to the shear ridiculous amount of adverts you have set to play 😬😫😫😫
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK Ай бұрын
Sorry about that. KZfaq set them automatically. I'll look into it
@LRLiveUK
@LRLiveUK Ай бұрын
Just switched off mid roll ads. Let me know if that helps.
@jamiehill-hj1xe
@jamiehill-hj1xe Ай бұрын
@@LRLiveUK I’ll try that. Apologies, I was in a bad mood I think and took it out on a YT video… sad really. Keep up the good work 👍
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