NEW PARTS TO STOP MY LAND ROVER DEFENDER GETTING STOLEN! (PART 2) 

They look great! Very happy because I have some on order myself. Just as a bit of help to anyone who reads this comment, DO NOT skip using copper paste or similar when fitting these hinges. The galvanic corrosion that can occur between stainless steel and aluminium can be a right pain, especially if you live near the sea. I'd always recommend Tef Gel which is a Teflon-based paste that entirely eliminates the chemical process, I'm a Marine Engineer and we use it on everything. It's about £16 on ebay and lasts ages.

New hinges look great, have looked at them previously but were out of budget. Think you need to fit the Optimill windscreen washer jet next as need to see that fitted lol !

I like how solid and tough they look and I am positive they definitely are!

Instead of replacing the hinges, you can fit the steel plates that hook behind the door seal lip so removing the bolts securing the hinge to bulkhead does not free the door. You can also hammer ball bearings into the Torx bolt heads to make using a Torx tool or drilling the heads off impossible.

"Silky"......👍 Love the content Doc, thank you!

My bulkhead screws were rusted in !!! still didn’t stop them, coz they just cut though the hinges instead. These hinges would be very expensive to replace

Great job - I’ve been watching the Mahker channel too as becoming Defender obsessed 👍🤘👌

Great looking hinges.

2:38 from what I can see the bolts are just Torx pin / 6 lobe !? Pretty standard and not specially made for Optimill. There ARE various keyed and uncommon bolts available, but usually you have to register to buy them and the matching tools are expensive.

I've not got the hinges yet ,I've just bought mine would you know roughly size of bearings to use for the bolts instead of replacing hinges

Just doing the same such nice bits of kit.

I've got the rear door hinges on mine and doing the rest gradually - are you planning on doing the optimill bonnet hinges and window blocks as well?

Lovely looking Ninety, my favourite colour.

Very jealous! Been wanting those for a while

Hello Doctor hope your well I’ve started this job today having a nightmare with the bolt into the old spire clips it’s just spinning did you encounter this if so what was your fix Regards David

What mm was the silent coat snd dodo Matt. Much difference with adding it to the doors?

Those front door hinges are no more secure than standard hinges. Thieves undo the front bolts, so hidden rear bolts do nothing. Those Torx bolts with the central pin are common, as are the tools to remove them. Far better to use regular Torx or Allen head bolts and hammer a ball bearing into the socket once tightened up - that will be a pig to remove to get a tool onto the bolt or to drill the head off. TMD sell plates that fit under the nuts on the inside of the door, the plates hooking around the inside of the door seal lip on the bulkhead so even if those bolts are removed, the door is still held to the A-pillar (the rear bolts through the door frame can be turned, but as soon as they become loosened, the nut inside, being nylon, will turn with the bolt and not undo, so the plates will be kept in place). Bonnet hinges are worth replacing, though.

They look great, just so bloody expensive

There would be less theft if Defender owners stopped buying dodgy stolen parts off eBay and suchlike.

Hi Doc Hope your ok mate love the upgrades look really nice to in black too It’s slowly getting there mate… But where do you stop ???👍👍👍👍

Great video to help prevent your doors being stolen. I do think the front door hinges could have been designed like the rear hinges, with no exterior bolt heads to drill out/grind off, this would make it more difficult to steal the doors. Good to see the novelty of tapping the sound deadening, once it is fiited hasn't worn off😂👍

They look awesome! Very smart upgrade!

Removable steering wheel is the best anti theft feature.

If one were to throw a few extra quid at them, wonder if they’d make some without the Optimil branding on them. With a 110, I really do not want “Optimil” showing on over a dozen places on the vehicle 😂

Hi doc , look really great , and great idea security hinges , and matches with the gloss black and so well made they are too . Regards mark

Checked this out with a member of the mobile community who 'surprise surprise' often specialise in nicking Landrover bits....he had a look at the vid, then told me it would take him 10 mins to knock up an old chisel (grind it down then he would knock it into the top of the 'special bolt' and wind it out. Still always better to park in a garage guarded by big dogs.....Nope forget that he said he would just poison any dogs? (tip if you dog starts frothing at the mouth and whining - maybe diahorrea......don't both of you take it to the vet....that is one of their trickses you see...while you are at the vet, they have your Landie or anything else they want.......awayyyyyyyyy. hi ho silver....awaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!

Can these be sprayed, body colour?

Great videos and great content you done a great job of your land rover 👍

Doc, they look fantastic and you have upped your security!!! Cracking vlog buddy.

Super job👍great videoing, they look stunning, and will most definitely make it harder to get in, yes as some people have commented , you can drill the bolts!! Or angle grinder the pins, But that goes for almost any car ,, ie smash a window etc, the main plan is to have a “robber scum” look and say too much hassle…

i use aluminium anti seize i find it hangs around longer than copper grease

You will have to let me know how your doors close after adding those hinges. Do you get any more wind noice

The new hinges are a massive improvement both cosmetically and for security 👍🏻

Can the bolts u can c on the side doors b drilled out

So what stops a thief just drilling out the bulkhead bolts?

Do you have the link to the spire clips? :-)

Savage job …. Expensive hinges?

I’ve had doors cut from my car with a reciprocating saw in the past. I wonder how the aluminium would stand against a saw or grinder…

Definitely a worthwhile modification! 👌

getting these

I don’t get this the bolt r still exposed so it can be removed and stolen

How much did they cost?

At around 50 secs in you do give away the secret.

Your wasting money tthey cut them with battery grinder

Just replaced all my doors

That are not „Special“ screw heads 🤷🏼‍♂️ just torx with a „security“ pin

Your not upto date mate 90 percent are towed away