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| nicedayforit Member Since: 11 Jun 2011 Location: Beside the Solway Posts: 3979   
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Having been bemused by the price LR charge (�99) to hold an umbrella in place on the underside of the rear loadspace cover I thought I'd have a go myself. This is my solution for anyone that may chose to have a go.
I chose to polish the exposed side of each aluminium disc and drilled two 5mm dia holes in each 10mm from the edge. I shortened each of the Velcro straps to an overall length of 200mm including the buckle using Superglue instead of stitching to form the return over the buckle. Be very careful if you chose to do this to get the Velcro straps the correct way round. I positioned each of the Velcro straps on the rear of the aluminium discs with 40mm of strap/buckle protruding to one side and glued in place. Again be careful to get the Velcro straps the correct way round. You should end up with this.
I measured the thickness of the rear loadspace cover which is 14mm thick and chose 12mm self tapping screws to fix the discs/straps in place. I determined the position the position of each disc on the underside of the loadspace cover and lightly marked the screw holes with a bradle. I then put a blob of Superglue in the rear centre of each disc and the corresponding positions on the parcel shelf and screwed each disc/strap into place. Be very careful tightening the screws, the panel they are screwing into is fairly soft hence the Superglue to additionally hold the discs/straps in place. You should end up with this,
With the umbrella in place,
That's it  With a saving of approx �95 on LR's price. 
Discs from, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400823467840?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT Straps from, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00JORP...ge_o00_s00 |
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1st Sep 2015 11:10am |
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| Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 04 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16339 
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1st Sep 2015 11:20am |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35650 
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entered in the wiki Dave. |
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1st Sep 2015 11:25am |
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| nicedayforit Member Since: 11 Jun 2011 Location: Beside the Solway Posts: 3979
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^ Ta. |
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1st Sep 2015 11:26am |
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| steptoe Member Since: 23 Jul 2012 Location: london Posts: 382
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Section of polyplumb pipe laid in the angle of the boot held in place with velcro. In fact cut the one section in half and you've two sections of pipe, cable tie together and storage for two umbrellas. |
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1st Sep 2015 12:07pm |
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| horse86 Member Since: 09 Dec 2014 Location: PA Posts: 863  
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isn't it ironic how you will get soaked running from the door to the trunk to get the umbrella |
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1st Sep 2015 1:44pm |
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| Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 8001 
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http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic32627.html  
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1st Sep 2015 1:52pm |
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| Zirconblue Member Since: 16 Apr 2015 Location: Kent Posts: 1277 
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the Jaguar umbrella holder strap kit is only about �23 from main dealers. Part number C2C5101.
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1st Sep 2015 5:10pm |
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| Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 8001
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Personally, I'd rather use velcro than a buckle - something like this would be perfect -
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1st Sep 2015 5:39pm |
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| gregdav Member Since: 26 May 2014 Location: just north of stafford Posts: 1077 
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Please stop putting these ideas in my head. |
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1st Sep 2015 7:41pm |
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| Zirconblue Member Since: 16 Apr 2015 Location: Kent Posts: 1277
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and if you wanted leather straps, a couple of nato pattern watch straps would do the job. |
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1st Sep 2015 8:18pm |
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| Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 
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perfectly simple yet so effective.... Looks great. |
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1st Sep 2015 9:21pm |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35650
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i've had more thoughts on this and methinks this could be mounted just under the rear seats instead of the parcel shelf... ... - .- -.
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2nd Sep 2015 10:08am |
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| Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 8001
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^^ I think you're right - I just checked and atlas in the L405 there is an almost perfect little shelf that would take 2 umbrellas in opposite directions -
The rear seats don't tumble over in the L405 so they can stay there - that would be the only concern in an L322 |
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2nd Sep 2015 10:34am |
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