Managed to slam door on the seatbelt buckle and ripped the driver door trim
Anyone know if this is repairable and a ball park cost for repair?
I know the new door card is likely to cost near £500rrp (less from TLO), so am looking at repair options as well as breakers yards.
TIA, MrH
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21st Feb 2014 2:10 pm
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my passenger rear has black gaffer tape on it coving a hole I made when transporting a UPVC door , not too bad on an old D3, but I still swore, cant imagine how Mr H felt Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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21st Feb 2014 2:20 pm
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LR design fault, as far as I am concerned.
Seat belt should retract properly to prevent this from happening.
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Am also waiting to hear back from a retrimmer to see what they'd charge but I suspect the ebay option is the same if not cheaper.
Steve, can't blame LR if the driver twists the belt so much that it can't unwind enough to rewind
21st Feb 2014 2:37 pm
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Looks like it was caused by thoughtless, heavy handed abuse to me.
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21st Feb 2014 2:42 pm
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When I bought mine it had a few nicks (nothing like that) in the door card from seatbelts being shut in the door. I was going to walk away, but the dealer assured me he had a trimmer that could resolve it.
Salesman had previously worked at a Bentley/RR dealer (Murray in Edinburgh I think) and had a trimmer he used in the past for cigar burns in a Bentley Conti upholstery
We agreed that if it looked like a dogs dinner I would walk, else I would buy it. I was amazed to be honest.
The dealer is in the borders, bit far from you but let me know if you are interested and I will fwd the name of the salesman.
It can be done well...although to be fair they were a fraction of that size.
Thanks Andy, but I think that's probably a bit far away, I'm in contact with a local trimmer, just waiting for his quote.
I'm waiting for some more info re the ebay item - just to make sure the marks he mentions are too obvious and then I'll probably go that route as I can do the repair myself and not have to arrange to take the car to the trimmers etc etc.
Looks like it was caused by thoughtless, heavy handed abuse to me.
Hope you get it sorted chap
I hadn't spotted it when I first got in the car early today, only when I got back out to get something from the house. I did try to suggest it was SWMBO when she borrowed the D4 this morning, but as I didn't spot it straight away it may have been there a day or two and I had to admit it might have been me because I can remember catching the belt buckle myself a few days ago
So I couldn't shout at anyone, just quietly mumble profanities to myself - hey, nobody died
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My disco 1 did that. Only paid £800 for the while thing but still me off!
LAnd rover have obviously improved the belt...26 and on the 4th LR..
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21st Feb 2014 4:02 pm
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I found with mine it was the rear ones that didnt retract quick enuf and got caught on the wheel arch and made dents. When it in the saleman said that is the first placce they look as its known problem
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ouch ! How many times did you swear when that happened.....
, not too bad on an old D3, but I still swore, cant imagine how Mr H felt 
me off!
