Member Since: 26 Dec 2019
Location: Dorset
Posts: 10
Discovery 3 front grille upgrade
Hi New to this forum and to Land Rovers. I have had my first Discovery 3 for a couple of months and love it.
I am thinking about changing the front grille for a Discovery 4 style.
My car is a very dark blue, almost black. Is this Buckingham blue? I was trying to find a grille with colour matched sides and silver mesh. Dies anyone have any advice? Are the Beanie grilles still available?
Many thanks
26th Dec 2019 3:35 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6563
Check eBay, breakers and PowerfulUK.
AFAIK Beanie grilles are not actively being made anymore.
And welcome
26th Dec 2019 5:35 pm
carbore
Member Since: 06 Apr 2016
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 545
I have a PowerfullUk one. It's ok, but the tabs the click it in broke in a few places.
Also this one, and a few others, are very open mesh. I was worried about stones in the rad so I put some stainless mesh behind the grille. Looks pretty good despite the fact its actually stuff for reinforcing plaster I had left over from the house build.Disco 3: Lotus Elise S1: Ferguson T20: Audi A2
11th Jan 2020 7:10 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
I have had a couple of aftermarket D3 grilles from Ebay, a grey one with silver and a black one that I sprayed the silver grille black to darken it down as it was a bit too silver on the car
Second the comment about the tabs - they do snap really easily on the aftermarket ones
Another option is to get a factory D3 one and make your own version of the Beanie Grill by cutting and joining the parts from an early D4 grille or parts from the Full Fat Range Rover like in this thread...
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