Looking online for a replacement bonnet rubbing strip that fits above the radiator surround and have come across a variety of materials and colours ranging from white, khaki, olive, dark green and a charcoal. Does anybody know the original material and colour that would have been used for an S2 in deep bronze green?

I have attached images of a few types.....

Khaki.

I have the Kahaki one on my Limestone IIA. It came from Dunsfold Land Rovers as new old stock.

I have the little steel spring clips you show in one picture but I think some earlier versions got split copper rivet like things?

Don't trim the strip too short either. I have seem some that are trimmed to the wing top and then you end up with a loose tail that never sits in the right place.
On my one the original strip was trapped between the grille panel and the wing with about an inch, maybe inch and a half of excess length.

Craig.

Thank you for the replies. It is interesting as a lot of these suppliers say that it is an original Land Rover part. Time to look at the small print.

When I fitted mine, the old bifurcated rivets were still in place. I think they were copper or brass. Certainly non-ferrous

I've got two new strips in LR Genuine Parts bags. They are old stock. One is brown (darker than Khaki) and the other is an olive green. Both same part number...

Conclusion - its a commercial vehicle and such things were unimportant.

Britpart do one made out of a nylon webbing which looks similar in structure to the traditional canvas ones we are all familiar with. I've used them on several rebuilds where aesthetics are not an issue. It is more durable, but the material is white, so it looks dirty and tatty quite quickly.

https://www.britpart.com/all-parts/300824

Bit naughty describing it as a canvas strip though.

Might I suggest any bonnet rubbing strips supplied by Land Rover Parts after it was used on production are likely in my experience to have not been from the production supplier , as I found out when I was contacted by Tony Arnold about a strip that was way too short for its intended application .  It turned they were coming from a  independent Land Rover repair company who bought the section  in bulk reel and cut it to length and supplied it to  Parts . Unfortunately they cut it to length having measured it in metric units rather than imperial i.e. cm ilo inch , and it was a factor of 2.54 too short .  The Drawing was a chart listing the material , section and separate lengths by part number, first started back in the 1930's on Rover Cars. It does often fade quickly as after 30 years the one on my S1 is very bleached .

The length given in the parts catalogue is 35".
.W.

I don't think we ever reached a conclusion, in an earlier forum discussion, as to when the copper bifurcated rivets were replaced by the spring clips, did we?

Was it during production of "our" vehicles - or SIII?


Stirring the fog a liitle bit, I think my March '69 IIA might have the spring clips (but the fog hasn't totally cleared yet..... ) 

     I have seen a variety of colors the last one I got 4 years ago was white and yes it looks dirty almost immediately.
 The suppliers used to send you a longer strip  (by 10-12 inches or so) the extra is for where the bottom vanity panel (in front of
 the radiator) joins into the left and right side wings.
 They dont do that anymore.

  Victor

I've just purchased one for mine from  Woolies Trim. Cheaper than any I found on ebay. The strip was 1.3m long, so plenty long enough and was £5, the 10 bifurcated rivets were £2.

It's a khaki colour, which I'm quite happy with. 

Quote from: Exile on Mar 07, 2024, 06:32 PMI don't think we ever reached a conclusion, in an earlier forum discussion, as to when the copper bifurcated rivets were replaced by the spring clips, did we?

Was it during production of "our" vehicles - or SIII?


Stirring the fog a liitle bit, I think my March '69 IIA might have the spring clips (but the fog hasn't totally cleared yet..... ) 

Mine 69 2a had until I removed it the spring clips and it was long enough to tuck down the wings

my dec 63 built, registered jan 64 had the spring type, looked original to me, as rotten as the rest of the vehicle

My '61 has bifurcated rivets