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Riyo

Member Since: 26 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 89

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Santorini Black

Fitting KBX grille and some other bits 2012 110 with aircon

So ordered a few bits from Tune My Defender yesterday, was pleasantly surprised to see them turn up on my doorstep in Aberdeen this morning. Glossy mirrors / momo wheel, KBX grille and them wing top bits. I read a few guides on fitting before hand and wasnt expecting much trouble with the fitting.

First i opened the bonnet and took off the 4 small screws at the front with big washers, then the 2 big screws (one either side) at the bottom, the grille came out fairly easily exposing the 2 aircon brackets that were fairly rusted even on my 12k 2012 110 so i covered them up in some copperslip. The next part was the only fiddly bit getting the firtree clips out, i gave them a wiggle from front and back and they felt pretty rock solid so did a bit of browsing looking for tips, some guys prying them out with special tools and others just using a hammer. A hammer is usually my weapon of choice so i gave the back of them a dollop of washing up liquid and a few minutes and then gave them a few gentle knocks and voila out they came.

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view from back of grille (firtree clips)

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installed the new grille into the existing mount and then put back together with the headlight surrounds, getting them all back on took a bit off time and alot of the holes didnt seems to line up and needed shoving, tightening, retrying to get all the screws in, the procedure for the grille says loosely tighten the 2 screws nearest to the grille in the headlamp surround first but the screws seemed a mm or 2 too short and wouldnt engage until after i had fastened up the rest and then gave it a shove, i cant help feeling the kit should come with some longer screws for these inner ones.

Anyway maybe its just the standard land rover tolerances

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After:

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im well happy with the look and the bits. I fitted the steering wheel too and am really loving the extra space and circumference of the Momo Jet, although i didnt fit the centre 'carbon fibre' ring as i think it look better without - il post some pics tomorrow of the wheel after ive finished off the plasti dipping on the silver trim.

prepping for the plastidip tomorrow!

going to try black lettering too

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Last edited by Riyo on 19th Jul 2014 11:44am. Edited 2 times in total

18th Jul 2014 9:55pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
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2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

KBX grille not SVX grill

19th Jul 2014 7:49am

dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Veneto (Heart & Head)
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bpman wrote:

KBX grille not SVX grill

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19th Jul 2014 9:43am

david mitchell

Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
Location: Meath
Posts: 418

Looks much better riyo.

19th Jul 2014 10:10am

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

A KBX grill is either a love it or hate it modification the same as chequerplate. I think it enhances the front end significantly and worth spending the little extra for the 'premium grade' with the stainless steel mesh perhaps?

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19th Jul 2014 11:17am

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
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2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Mal, always amazed when I see a picture of your truck with those gigantic yellow spots... Just thinking about it, if you would ever move over here, your truck would be a nice addition to the Lake Geneva storm warning system, which is currently made up of 22 high powered yellow spot lights all around the lake which will start flashing at specific speeds to alert lake users to various degrees of storm risk. With your truck we could bring the total of those spotlights to 24.

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19th Jul 2014 11:33am

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Very nice, like the KBX a lot.

19th Jul 2014 11:53am

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
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Treat yourself Steve. You know you deserve it.

Paddocks was the best pricing when I bought.

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19th Jul 2014 12:40pm

g-mack

Member Since: 07 Jan 2014
Location: northumberland
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i kinda like the kbx front end

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19th Jul 2014 12:45pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Stop tempting me Mal, I could easily blow £1000 this month if I let go.

19th Jul 2014 2:05pm

Riyo

Member Since: 26 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 89

Plasti dip arrived today and gave it a go, i, really impressed with the results, just got to see how durable the finish is. I made a bit of a cock up on one side under the drivers door where some water got onto the drying plasti that i may redo and i ran out of paint at the end so didnt finish it properly but was a good first run. (2 cans used ~£20 worth), im really impressed with the lettering too in matte black and it was really easy to peel round the edges in the complicated bits.

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19th Jul 2014 5:16pm

TR51

Member Since: 17 Apr 2012
Location: Dorset UK
Posts: 333

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey

Personally I reckon it looks much better with black CP

Each to their own but it looks ace!!

19th Jul 2014 5:24pm

david mitchell

Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
Location: Meath
Posts: 418

Stunning

19th Jul 2014 5:26pm

Riyo

Member Since: 26 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 89

Yeah i think the silver is a bit too much of a contrast and the black is more discreet, im just thinking it may be going OTT on the black though lol, ive got some black 18"s coming next week so im going to need to break it up a bit with something

19th Jul 2014 5:27pm

Riyo

Member Since: 26 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 89

as promised some pics of the momo jet wheel too, feels alot nicer to drive with, more elbow room and without that fake airbag lump

i didnt fit the middle carbon ring as i thhink it looks better without, taking the old wheel off was a doddle, i am getting a slight rubbing noise at certain points in the wheels rotation, im not sure if its the boss on the plastic console or what but hoping it goes away. When i tightened the main nut up after the boss went on i did torque it up quite tight, i hope i havent bent something giving the rubbing noise

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19th Jul 2014 5:38pm

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