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Heat shield damage
Further to the exploration of TFC's excellent advice with my service man at GS...I can confirm that a cracked or snapped heat shield fairing caused by off-road activities IS covered by the warranty.
Did you use the 'are you telling me this vehicle isn't designed to go off-road' line? The End
23rd Jun 2006 9:47 am
DG Site Moderator
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Didn't get that far ...I looked him straight in the eye as I was asking though..I think he felt menaced 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
23rd Jun 2006 9:50 am
nwoods
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That's good news. I just added a bit of wear to my undersides last weekend:
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23rd Jun 2006 5:09 pm
10forcash
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Unfortunately that's not the heatshield DG was referring to...
'our' issue was with the rigid & brittle heatshield between the exhaust pipes and the spare wheel
looks like you've given the fuel tank shield a good tw**ting as well
23rd Jun 2006 8:14 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Good to see the shield did its job, and did not peel off like a piece of tin foil.
23rd Jun 2006 8:19 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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23rd Jun 2006 9:32 pm
nwoods
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10forcash wrote:
looks like you've given the fuel tank shield a good tw**ting as well
Yeah, that thing is pretty thin. I'll be hammering it back to flat this weekend. Not quite sure how to pull the plastic gas tank back into shape.
What I wouldn't give for a few more inches of ground clearance!
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23rd Jun 2006 9:42 pm
10forcash
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Fuel tank should be OK once it's been filled with fuel a few times and left in the heat of the day 8)
did you get it into extended + manual mode?
23rd Jun 2006 9:48 pm
nwoods
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10forcash wrote:
did you get it into extended + manual mode?
Coil springer. 7.5" of clearance, and dammably sensitive exhaust piping
23rd Jun 2006 9:59 pm
10forcash
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ahhhhhhh sorry, forgot - not many coilers over here
23rd Jun 2006 10:00 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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As a matter of interest, what is the ground clearance of an air sprung D3 in off-road, and extended mode?
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