Sorry two completely different subjects and yet both quality issues....

Every interior trim panel I have removed has very poor quality fixings, many have bent or broken pins/clips, probably caused by previous owners but maybe from new. In my opinion they are just too flimsy for cars of this price, when I compare with my MY 2000 vw golf I cannot believe how poor they are. I had many items of trim removed and replaced with no issue with broken or bent clips/tabs etc. In my mind the VW parts were far better quality.

Also as regards rust, my Golf has no rust at all and yet my RR suffers from wheel arch rust something that I expect to only occur with 1970's/80's cars. To get perforation issues on a 2006 car is just totally unexpected especially on a car that originally cost 70-80k

As far as the rust is concerned and because of the covid-19 problems I cannot get the car to the body shop so I will put on my cowboy boots and hat and fix the problem with glass fibre and filler in an effort to halt the rot until the body shops open again.

I know I am not alone on this forum with these kind of issues but it still grates that these issues can occur on a car of this quality/cost.

My last Land Rover was a Discovery 2 and I had none of these issues so what has happened for quality to fall to this extent?

Do the newer models suffer as well? Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

Trim clips usually fail due to lazy folk not lining the trims properly and just wacking it... Having said that they do get brittle with age, I tried to wait for a warm day to pop trims or leave the heater on full for a while to warm it up...

IMHO You are doing the job twice if you patch it up with fiberglass, all you will do is lock in moisture that will sit behind your nice finish and do more damage than if you had left it alone... if you want to do something then treat the rust with Dinotrol it will keep it subdued until you can get it done properly...

The later 322's were actually worse for rust...!! Pete

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2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
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They are of an absolute awful build quality for what they cost.

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Trim clips usually fail due to lazy folk not lining the trims properly and just wacking it... Having said that they do get brittle with age, I tried to wait for a warm day to pop trims or leave the heater on full for a while to warm it up...

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IMHO You are doing the job twice if you patch it up with fiberglass, all you will do is lock in moisture that will sit behind your nice finish and do more damage than if you had left it alone... if you want to do something then treat the rust with Dinotrol it will keep it subdued until you can get it done properly...

Could you not arrange for the body shop to collect it once they re-open?
You'll be investing a lot of time and effort into something that you'll never be happy with

I would imagine that some body shops will be starting to function again soon if not already. Personally I would leave it alone bar a bit of rust treatment etc. Putting fibreglass and filler on it isn’t a good idea it will just bodge it up a bit......

If you want to protect it to stop water getting in then clean it up, and get some waterproof tape to put over it for the time being. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

Just to close this post, I've listened and agree with you all.

It will go to the body shop when possible, so black gaffer tape it is for now! Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours