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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
John, I jhope you are not too late but try following this link
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Fri Jan 12 2007 2:23pm |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
I think Rob has a life (unlike most of us) so he will doubtless respond when he can!
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Fri Jan 12 2007 8:02pm |
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tasmod Member Since: 07 Aug 2005 Location: NE Lincs Posts: 396 |
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Mon Jan 15 2007 3:56pm |
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XUJG Member Since: 03 Aug 2006 Location: Left Posts: 437 |
Thanks Rob for the response.
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Mon Jan 15 2007 10:21pm |
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phil. Member Since: 29 May 2006 Location: California Posts: 13 |
rob sorry to hear about your troubles. it's really sad too because it's the owners who are really losing out, not LR. |
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Tue Jan 16 2007 11:43pm |
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dubcat_se Member Since: 05 Jan 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 15 |
What's wrong with the LR sill plates? Are they poorly fitted, bad quality or what? I just ordered my RRS Tdv6 and added LR sill plates because everyone was telling me that sill plates are a must-have. |
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Thu Jan 18 2007 10:35pm |
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JayMann Member Since: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Stop acting like snob when you just won the Lotto! Posts: 22898 |
This is a pic from MDP's RRS
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Thu Jan 18 2007 11:38pm |
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umbertob Member Since: 22 Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 944 |
Right on. LR's sill plates consist of two parts, the "decorative" one you see in the picture with the LAND ROVER logo looks nice over the plastic trim near the seat but doesn't really protect anything. The actual OEM sill plate stops well short of its edge, leaving the most vulnerable part of the sill exposed to scuff marks. Tasmod's wraps around the edge of the sill as you can see. His version is also substantially longer than the one offered by Land Rover, covering a larger section of the sill than the OEM. And it costs about half I think. |
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Thu Jan 18 2007 11:50pm |
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JayMann Member Since: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Stop acting like snob when you just won the Lotto! Posts: 22898 |
RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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Fri Jan 19 2007 8:38am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
If I was LR I'd be paying Rob a substantial licensing fee to sell them as LR parts. The existing LR ones are nowt more than decoration.
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Fri Jan 19 2007 10:55am |
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LRtuning Member Since: 26 Jul 2005 Location: London and Melbourne Posts: 403 |
Trademarks and the 'unauthorised use' is a real pain.
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Fri Jan 19 2007 11:06am |
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MAW Member Since: 06 May 2006 Location: Lincs Posts: 3104 |
Nothing stopping the robbing dogs adopting Rob's design is there...? |
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Fri Jan 19 2007 11:11am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
Don't know if Rob holds a patent on his design. Obviously he won't have been able to patent/trademark the wording...
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Fri Jan 19 2007 11:12am |
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LRtuning Member Since: 26 Jul 2005 Location: London and Melbourne Posts: 403 |
Trouble is it will cost Rob a small fortune to patent his design. A liecensing deal with LR would be best....everytime Rob sells a set of sill plates he would have to give LR a 'cut'.....not fair but maybe the only way |
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Fri Jan 19 2007 11:17am |
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