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Hobby Boss Land Rover Defender Hardtop

long_tom

Joined: March 18, 2006
KitMaker: 2,362 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 - 12:10 PM UTC
DEF Model makes several types of replacement wheels, but which ones would be proper, and for which scenarios?

JohnTapsell

Joined: August 24, 2011
KitMaker: 227 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2019 - 01:38 AM UTC
35007 - the G90 sagged wheels are the only option for a standard hardtop XD. the Hobbyboss kit is not a 110 Defender - it's the later XD 'Wolf'.
You can backdate it to a Defender but it requires some work, not least building a whole new hard top because the XD uses a moulded composite hardtop unit which you'd need to replace. There are visible chassis changes too.
Djiti Productions do a really nice resin rag-top that you might be able to get away with.
Being an XD, it defines the time period (mid/late 90s onwards) so you can't do a UN white Landy in Bosnia for example using an XD.
The lightweight 'alloy' style is unique the WMIK and the Snatch Vixen. I think their RSOV Michelins would be OK for a Defender but not an XD.
You can backdate it to a Defender but it requires some work, not least building a whole new hard top because the XD uses a moulded composite hardtop unit which you'd need to replace. There are visible chassis changes too.
Djiti Productions do a really nice resin rag-top that you might be able to get away with.
Being an XD, it defines the time period (mid/late 90s onwards) so you can't do a UN white Landy in Bosnia for example using an XD.
The lightweight 'alloy' style is unique the WMIK and the Snatch Vixen. I think their RSOV Michelins would be OK for a Defender but not an XD.

long_tom

Joined: March 18, 2006
KitMaker: 2,362 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2019 - 10:42 AM UTC
Thanks for the heads up. I have the kit, but currently have no project in mind at the moment.
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