I have been meaning to post these pictures for a while. I know the groove in the top of the luggage space cover is for an umbrella and it works fine when it is in the car, but as it is always hanging up in the garage I needed somewhere else for an umbrella. It used to be just Bentleys but now even Skodas have a tucked away umbrella. I made this modification with some plastic waste pipe and am very happy with it.
While I was there I put some leather straps on one of the two useless holes at the back (what are they supposed to be for?) so it can store a picnic blanket.
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7th Dec 2014 5:42 pm
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nice one -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
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7th Dec 2014 5:45 pm
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Now that is a cool mod 8) Cheers Ian
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7th Dec 2014 6:00 pm
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Awesome im sure ive seen one of the 5 seat model Discos with a cargo net over those recess bits to make extra storage points.Defender 90 CSW MY06
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7th Dec 2014 6:19 pm
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Like so:
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7th Dec 2014 6:59 pm
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Great idea especially the rug as those holes are a waste of space.Andy
7th Dec 2014 7:11 pm
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wvlenthe wrote:
Like so:
Yes thats the ones Defender 90 CSW MY06
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7th Dec 2014 7:27 pm
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12th Dec 2014 10:09 am
Paddy0174
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Great mod! Need to try this, as I'm going to get annoyed from the noise the umbrellas make under the rear seats...
Just one question: can you get the umbrella out while the seats are up or do you have to put them down everytime you want to reach the umbrella...?
Thanks for sharing anyway! Cheers Patrick from Munich
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12th Dec 2014 1:28 pm
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Fair do's ... that's genius D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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12th Dec 2014 2:51 pm
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Paddy0174 - yes you do have to flip the seat back forward to get at the umbrella but it was the only place on the car I could find. I looked inside the talgate first only to find it suprisingly full of Woofer.
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