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Tp81



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2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black
Front Grill
My land rover is due to arrive in December, has anyone painted the standard silver grill with success? I have ordered the KBX grill but like the look of all black I have seen in some images.





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Martin
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Do you want painted black specifically, or would the standard black plastic (as fitted to non-XS or LE models) grille be OK?  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Tp81



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2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black
Ahhhhhh, apologies for the stupid question. A lot to learn. Laughing
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No probs, all been there Laughing  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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farmer giles



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standard black grille and light surrounds always look best on a new LR, especially if it is black anyway.




give it 10 years and the grille fades to grey anyway
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Thud



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Zermatt Silver
All black Land Rover (not Ebay) grill and light surrounds are the nicest of all the grill options.
There are some really good plastic trim products with UV block to help with the phototodegredation. (Think that's a word.)
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boode



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England 2003 Defender 90 Td5 HT Rutland Red
I sprayed my faded black grill/ surrounds with Halfords Black Bumper paint - looks new and fresh - gives a slight matt finish
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Thats a nice 90.... of mine lol. Thumbs Up From the Atherstone Car Show this year.

I've had a few front ends painted now - matt works well, as does gloss on certain colours. Worth having the mirror heads done at the same time.

Gloss:

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Matt:

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Re: Front Grill
Tp81 wrote:
My land rover is due to arrive in December, has anyone painted the standard silver grill with success? I have ordered the KBX grill but like the look of all black I have seen in some images.





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..........where ya get that pic from...

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Post #180532 31st Oct 2012 1:06am
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Tp81



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2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black
...trawling your website for info. Hope you don't mind. Thumbs Up

I have sent you an email asking for some further details on modifications, let me know if you received it or not.

Thanks in advance.
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I like black surrounds

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Ian/Ada,

What a nice looking all black front, at least it was until that slow witted pheasant committed hari kiri all over it.

Got those replacement panels yet?

Rob
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adafish



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defender4 wrote:
Ian/Ada,

What a nice looking all black front, at least it was until that slow witted pheasant committed hari kiri all over it.

Got those replacement panels yet?

Rob
.............waiting on some PROPER wurthers 1st...lol Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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defender4



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That was a low blow Sad . My assistant let me down.

Meanwhile ... Confused
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2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 DCPU Santorini Black
A big brown box arrived at the wifes work today
Hope shes going to bring it home Whistle It's good to be back from the dark side


DC110 -2012 Black with black hood and black x-tech
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