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ronp
 


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De-blinged the front end.

Not a fan of chrome on the exterior, a bit too bling for me.

So as well as the earlier black-pack treatment and then ditching the painted wheel arches with black plastic ones, then later replacing the "Discovery" bonnet lettering with "Land Rover" .......... this week I took off the silver fog light rings and painted them black, then replaced the black grill with its silver surround for an all black grill.
I'm now eventually getting it back to the iconic D3 look. Wink

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Looks very 8) Thumbs Up
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^I agree. Thumbs Up
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Nice looker Ron. Then again, you always did have an eye for making your cars look good.
  
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Works for me too Thumbs Up
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I love the black grill and fog light rings, it goes really well with the cars colour. Thumbs Up
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Looks good. Thumbs Up
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Looks awesome
  
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Like it Thumbs Up

Black sump guard next?
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I wanted to swap my old FL2 for your FL2 when you had that the same RonP

Would you be up for swapping your D4 with mine? Whistle Laughing

another stunning car you've put together Thumbs Up
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I'm liking the black plastic arches and am thinking going black pack on my silver MY11 D4. Where did you get the arches from?
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nigethecat
 


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Powerfuluk does a set of unpainted arches as part of the D3 to D4 upgrade

https://www.powerfuluk.com/vehicles/land-r...t-abs.html
 I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!

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A colour scheme that suits me well Thumbs Up
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Is that a RLD sump guard? Did you manage to leave the deflectors by the wheels in place?
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ronp
 


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Thanks all for the positive comments Thumbs Up ...... still awaiting the negative ones. Laughing

To answer a few questions.
Plastic wheel arches - they'll be plenty about from forum members who've gone the other way, just needs a "wanted" advert and some will turn up.

Silver sump plate- yes it's an RLD, I simply cut & shaped the original deflectors/spats to fit.
For now will be keeping it silver, as there are still a few silvery bits on the D4 that I'll be keeping - wheel nuts/cap rims and of course the silver effect of the lights / mirror repeaters.

And finally, NO it's not available for a swap Rog. Evil or Very Mad
Laughing
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