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BenRK

Member Since: 19 May 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 164

My 2010 4.4 TDV8

Thought I'd start a thread with the indent of documenting ownership of my recent purchase, a 2010 4.4 TDV8 Vogue

I was fairly specific with what I wanted, my ideal combination was black exterior with ivory interior with no mudflaps or side steps. This one came up at a decent price and although it had a few issues I decided to take a punt on it. Ever since I made the silly decision to sell my old 3.6 TDV8 I have been longing for another so just had to get it out of my system!

So here it is just after a quick wash the day after I bought it

I spent the whole day going over it and working out a little list of issues and areas I'd like to address which are as follows

2 new tyres and wheels to be refurbed (or a new set bought)
New tailgate straps
Seats refurbed
Tear in drivers seat investigated
Wheels balanced
Keys replaced

So I got straight to it. Firstly was to rip the carpet up and find out what in earth the small area of rust was all about, this turned out to be a bracket where the accelerator bolted to, it had become a little worn and rust therefore I tidied it up with a wire brush, applied a rust inhibitor and then painted it

Then I bought some ivory dye from Amazon and hit the seats

And also replaced my shabby keys with some cheap £10 Amazon ones which are brill!

And that's where I'm at so far. I'm on the hunt for some mats to protect the carpets and other bits and pieces just one step at a time. If anyone can rotate the photos for me that would be great as I am on my phone and it's a right pain

Last edited by BenRK on 19th Apr 2021 1:37pm. Edited 1 time in total

16th Mar 2021 9:17pm

RJH

Member Since: 22 Mar 2015
Location: Coventy
Posts: 398

2011 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Santorini Black

Nice, welcome to the club. Great combination in my opinion but I’m biased
That seat has come out great.
Add a iiD tool to the shopping list

Rob. 2011 (MY12) 4.4 TDV8 Vogue
2016 Golf GTI PP

Gone
Audi A4
VW Passat
VW Corrado G60
VW Golf GTI
BMW E30
Mini
Vauxhall Chvette

16th Mar 2021 9:48pm

diesel Dave

Member Since: 14 Aug 2015
Location: Stockport
Posts: 491

2019 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Santorini Black

Great job on the seat

17th Mar 2021 12:01am

Furnitureman

Member Since: 26 Jan 2021
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 352

2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 V8 Cairns Blue

Seat looks great do you have a link to the dye please 2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 TDV8
2006 Discovery 3 HSE 260k miles and still going strong with a new owner

17th Mar 2021 1:10am

Gsxr1250dave

Member Since: 20 Oct 2018
Location: London
Posts: 1053

Keep them comming, nice combo

17th Mar 2021 1:40am

BenRK

Member Since: 19 May 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 164

It's called colour lock. It was about £42 for a 15pml bottle delivered if I remember correctly. I went over the front seats quite a bit and then at least one coat on the rears and used about half a bottle. Good stuff just take your time and make sure the seats are clean.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DKZW5VI/ref...&psc=1

17th Mar 2021 8:59am

DaleL322

Member Since: 04 Mar 2021
Location: Stamford
Posts: 176

2009 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Stornoway Grey

Great looking car.. I look forward to seeing what you do with it 2010 MY Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Vogue SE - Stornoway Grey with Semi-Aniline Ivory Leather and Piano Black Trim

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic58777.html

17th Mar 2021 9:32am

BenRK

Member Since: 19 May 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 164

So, tackled a few jobs recently

First was replacijg both bass speakers in the front doors as mine were blown. I got two brand new from duckworths for £100 delivered. Actual replacement of speaker dead straightforward but getting the door card off back on , what a bloody nightmare!!
Anyway I now have lovely crisp clean audio. Below is the old knackered one, the new one looks exactly the same obviously

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Then I tackled the illuminated tread plates. Neither side worked and I initially thought a fuse or relay might have been knackered. However after reading a thread on here I bought a few 30cm strip lights from eBay

Once in my possession I took off the old lights and cut the connectors, wiring them to the new cables and fitted them in the trim, not in the original place but stuck opposite the clear lettering. They work spot on and was a nice easy thing to do. I am absolutely shocking with electronics so happy it turned out good

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Finally a quick wash

23rd Mar 2021 11:49pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3346

2012 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Baltic Blue

That’s a good looking car.

Top work on the seats! Was it a fairly straight forward process? Mine could do with sorting but I don’t know if I’m brave enough.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

24th Mar 2021 1:32am

scotsjon

Member Since: 02 Mar 2021
Location: highlands
Posts: 44

2016 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Farallon Black

I can’t believe how good the seats look, top jobbing 👍

J

24th Mar 2021 8:57am

BenRK

Member Since: 19 May 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 164

Seats were dead straight forward. I just gave them a could clean using some wipes and left them to try for a few minutes then applied a gold few coats of the dye.

Initially I tried to mask off the black piping but that was too fiddly so I was just careful around the edges. Had the heated seats on to help them dry a bit quicker too. Very happy how it turned out. Slightly better pic here

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Thanks a lot!

24th Mar 2021 9:36am

DaleL322

Member Since: 04 Mar 2021
Location: Stamford
Posts: 176

Great work on the illuminated sill trims 2010 MY Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Vogue SE - Stornoway Grey with Semi-Aniline Ivory Leather and Piano Black Trim

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic58777.html

24th Mar 2021 1:20pm

BenRK

Member Since: 19 May 2020
Location: County Durham
Posts: 164

Have made a few changes over the past few weeks to the TDV8. One of the biggest things on my list from when I first picked it up was t get the rear windows tinted. I felt so exposed driving around with clear glass and really didn't think it suited the car. I went for limo black and got it done at a place on the Team Valley Gateshead at a reasonable price. Used them before for my disco and cant fault them to be honest. Few pictures of when I got it back

Next step was to get my private plate back on which had been sitting on retention for quite some time after selling my 330d

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i then decided I wanted to tackle the rear arches and the sills. On my last L322 I could see specs of rusting starting to appear on the sills but never did anything about it, I wanted to take all the plastics off this and have a good look. to my suprise there was very little rust at all, just some starting to show on the inner arch where it meets the sill. I decided to give this a coating of Kurust before applying Hammerite under body seal. Must admit, wasnt too keen on the idea of Hammerite from all the bad reviews but in all honesty seems like a cracking product and hope iit will prevent any rust forming anytime soon. Nice and easy job. Had to buy a pack of sill trim clips from ebay though as I obliterated nearly every one.

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then managed to paint the backbox using my favourite ever paint, Hammerite stone chip shield.

Dave had a quick check over make sure everything was running right too

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also managed to blag some genuine mats for the 2010-2012 model years with the little holes for the carpet clips, managed to find them on ebsay from a Land rover dealer for the grand total of £39 including delivery!

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and then a quick shot of it parked up next to my disco taking all the space in my street

Also I've given it a full service including all oils and filters (minus transfer box oils as couldnt get a hold of the correct oil) also topped up coolant, calibrated the suspension and generally just keeping on top of it for now

17th Apr 2021 11:32am

Andy S

Member Since: 16 Jun 2013
Location: Sevenoaks
Posts: 1096

2015 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Aintree Green

Seeing those mats just reminds me how much better they are than the ones LR sell you for the L405; the drivers side mat doesn’t go behind the pedals in the same way and it means you get a load of grit and dirt on the carpet in that area. A real pain to clean.....

17th Apr 2021 12:56pm

Philip

Member Since: 05 Jan 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 2626

2019 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Aintree Green

Agreed, the L405 driver’s mats are just rubbish.

17th Apr 2021 1:03pm

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