Right, that is why the OP started this discussion. He wants to add this feature to his Defender and it appears that someone in Ukraine has done it and made a video. I assume the full size Range Rover has soft-close doors so the parts may be easy to find from within the JLR family. But being Ukraine, these are probably just generic motors that are spliced into some essential electronic feature and the whole car has since burnt down immediately after filming.

 

Yes, fully aware why it was started. Someone made a comment that their defender had soft close doors and my comment was a response to that.

The outfit is using factory parts you can see it the video. Either L494 or L405 parts. The question is whether they need additional wiring or programming to make it work. Their response to me when I inquired was "it's complicated".

 

I think you're talking about me. My rear door is soft close. Not sure if all trims get it (HSE X-Dynamic) but i didn't realize it until after slamming it many times.

 

I don't see where anyone commented that they have soft close passenger doors on their Defender. Maybe it was edited? Sorry for the confusion, no offense intended. Happy New Year!

 

I hope these guys are ok now the Russians are coming, I reckon their inventive problem solving solution to get the passenger doors to have the soft closing function is great


I agree it would have been nice to know a little more on how they went about how they did it, but only time will tell if someone else problem solves how these guys went about how they did it, I agree the parts bin use of parts is most likely what they did, maybe the part or function replicates the tailgate function that must already exist in the system

https://lr-chip.com.ua

when you look at their website in chrome browser, it auto translates the website, they do a lot of stuff, quite impressive

 

I just want to know if it involves splicing harnesses as I won't do that. It looks like they are using OEM parts based on the picture of the table they have in video. The l494 and L405 are the only cars I believe that offer soft close so identifying those parts is easy, it's the additional brackets, cables, etc that becomes difficult.

 

Wondering if anyone else has made progress on this. I plan to dive further in once I have the tailgate one done from Hunters Prestige.

 

I've been interested in this for a while but no one seems to be willing to share the method. Trying to find out how intrusive it all is.

 

If the locks fit 1 to 1 mechanically and all necessary settings are the L663 CCF, it should not be too hard to do. I can easily imagine an additional 12v feed to power the soft close motors. This would be right up Simon's alley. I'll have a chat with him...

 

Why is this a thing? I’ve had this feature on many cars over the years and haven’t on others. I’ve just never found it that hard to close a door.