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youcut33m - Thanks for sharing and glad you like the fairing! We would love to see some pictures of it in the wild when you get a chance!
Thanks for the support!
CFC
I finally got around to taking a picture with the new faring!
We should have new pre bent brackets ready soon! Here's a shot of the prototype, no powder coat yet but we think it will hep with
installation for everyone.
Crowdshared solutions leading to great results. Can’t wait for the prebent brackets and already sprayed my bolts black, which is a great look. Will post pic when done. Youcut33 is the ladder original or an add-on, and does that create any wind noise (guessing no). Been thinking of that as a cool look add on, and useful for using the roof rack too.
The ladder and “lunch box” are genuine JLR parts, but I installed those myself after I took delivery of my Defender. I haven’t noticed any wind noise coming from those. The ladder makes it easy to access items loaded on the roof rack for sure.
this is my alternative option for a wind deflector.
The fairing is from ikamper. While not designed for the defender expedition roof rack, the width is good and there is flexibility in the deflector such that it can follow the shape of the roof rack quite closely.
The other advantage is that the mounting brackets supplied are long. This means they reach powerfuluk’s roof rack blocks. I bolted them underneath at the front using 65mm m8 coach bolts in place of those supplied by powerful.
The outer brackets had to have the pre-cut slots widened by around 1mm to accommodate the m8 bolts. The centre bracket has also been bent through 90 degrees and the excess cut off. This is not necessary for fitment, but it gives a neater appearance. I used a 16mm m6 button head bolt to secure the bracket. The fixings are being changed to black to blend with the roof rack.
The only modification i needed to make to the rack itself was drilling a single 6.5mm hole in the standard deflector exactly half way along (43cm).
The height of the fairing is adjustable and, with some trial and error, i am very happy with the fit and how it looks.
It has made a difference too, with wind noise now significantly reduce with both the sunroof closed and open.
Links to the fairing and brackets for anyone that wants to try this solution are as follows:
hey hugo... How have you liked your fairing up to this point? I am asking because i find that i like the look of yours the best from the ones i have seen online and i need to buy one.
Thanks man!
We should have new pre bent brackets ready soon! Here's a shot of the prototype, no powder coat yet but we think it will hep with
installation for everyone.
Just following-up as to status of the new pre-bent brackets. Are they back from power coating? Looking to setup a time to swing over from Arvada and arrange a purchase & pickup!
