Defender 90 Rust Repair and Cavity Wax Package

Rust Repair and Cavity Wax Package for the Defender 90: an underbody inspection, welded repairs to the chassis and bulkhead where needed and a full cavity wax treatment.

A Defender or Discovery 1 is only as good as its chassis, and the original was painted steel that rusts from the inside out: rear crossmember first, then the outriggers, then the main rails behind the rear wheels. A galvanised replacement chassis is the permanent answer and adds decades to the vehicle. The bulkhead rusts in the footwells and along the top rail, and on a Defender it is the other half of the same decision. The 90 is the short wheelbase and the one that gets used hardest off road, so the parts on it are the ones we see worn out fastest.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Defender 90, chassis code LD 90
• Engine: 200Tdi, 300Tdi, Td5, 2.4 and 2.2 Puma diesel
• Production dates: 1983 to 2016
• Quality: Standard
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions on these vehicles are frequent and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: rust found at the MOT, and the rust that has not been found yet
• Labour time: about 16 hours, included
• Coding: none. This vehicle predates the modules that need it
• Also needed: nothing
• Torque: welded
• Weight: about 30 kg
• Warranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first

What arrives

• Inspection report
• Repairs
• Cavity wax

Fitting

Labour guide: about 16 hours, included. Land Rover changes specification mid production, often by VIN rather than by model year, so send the VIN or the registration with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything leaves. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return. We are an independent Land Rover specialist and parts supplier. We are not Land Rover or Jaguar Land Rover and are not appointed by them; the model names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. Everything we sell is chosen for vehicles that actually get used: towed with, loaded, driven through water and parked in fields, rather than for the brochure.

Which version to buy

Standard is the standard specification, which is what most vehicles need and what we would quote unless you told us otherwise. There is one specification of this, because it is the one we would fit to our own vehicles and a cheaper version would not be doing you a favour.