A little upgrade job for the weekend

Removed main covers
Removed puddle lamps
Scrubbed with scotch brite
Sanded with 1200 wet and dry
Degreased with alcohol wipes
Red primer 2 coats
Sand down with 1200 wet and dry
2 400ml cans of touch up paint from Duckworths
(I think you are supposed to sand again here but I didn't)
1 400ml of lacquer (which comes with the touch up cans)
Baked in oven for 3 hours @ 30 degrees

Once really hardened off will get a three stage Magueirs work over

Lacquer is a right pain to spray, doesn't come out like paint, and you really have to lay it on thick to get a gloss, making it difficult to avoid runs.

Colour match is pretty good given ten years have passed, although I guess you could spot the difference if used on the same panel as original.

See what a cat did to my A pillar in second photo

Here is a before upgrade:

Very good smashing job ,

Excellent week-end upgrade

Nice. Did that on my Vogue Td6 in Bonatti a few years ago, simply took the covers off and dropped them at the bodyshop while they where painting the bumpers (scratched corners)

You may respray you A pillars or just change them both.

Also you could use AutoGlym' vinyl cream on the black trims, including the mirrors' unpainted parts (spray it on a rag then apply; not on the parts though) l=Oo\________/oO=l l:OolΞΞΞΞΞΞΞloO:l

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RANGE ROVER HSE 4.4L V8 - 2004 - one-of-one Overfinch
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You need to stop rubbing pussy against your A pillar

Did you use a plastic primer for the mirrors?

My mirrors don't seem to look like that - ie nothing to unclip and colour code.

Mine look like a complete unit.......

Does yours have after market covers on, and you have painted those ?

If you see what I mean ?

Thanks
Mark 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

I stoop corrected.

They do look like that.

Not sure I'm confident yanking the unit apart.

Take it you have to remove the mirror from the door etc first, or can you pull them apart in situ ?

My car is going in the bodyshop at the end of the month for an upper tailgate swap, so could have them do the mirrors also..... 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

@ verydisco

Am sure those cat scratches will buff out

@ 47p2

no, just normal primer - we'll have to see if it holds!

@ mjdronfield

they come apart fairly easily - see here:

http://www.fullfatrr.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=341

Yes, remove "back" cover after unclipping the puddle lamp connector. One torx screw holds the lamp in the cover (or you can leave it there and mask the lens). .
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nice job  
Gone - Range Rover Supercharged 2006

Brilliant job looks great  Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
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Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

Looks good!  Si. <This is my name.

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Love your work Joe90. I have already done a modified version of your roof rack solution, and I will give this one a go also.

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Your Mirrors no longer match your wheels.....

Now who's gonna do the same on the 2005-10 mirror?
I am talking about doing an upper half painted/lower half not painted upgrade? See below:

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Current
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L SDV8 - 2013 - Indus Silver, on Almond.
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L V8 - 2002 - ex-2003 G4 Challenge Event Vehicle, Stage 3: Australia
RANGE ROVER HSE 4.4L V8 - 2004 - one-of-one Overfinch
RANGE ROVER P38a 4.0L V8 - 1999 - ex-2000 TReK Event Vehicle: South Africa

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