Painting front grille and light surrounds

[Babs]

Hi guys,

The Deefer is going to the body DR in new year as a taxi driver decided to drive into the back of it whilst park near the bowsers at a petrol station. I suppose he could not see a 2.5Tonne bright white box. Moron!

Anyways I am planning on getting the crappy grey grille and light surrounds painted, but not sure what colour?

I'm considering either colour coding them white or going with gloss black.

What are your thoughts? Will the white be too much?

If anyone has done them could you please show pics.

I look forward to your replies, cheers

Babs.

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[Tombie]

Will look great once a few stones chip it up :)

[vnx205]

Don't be half-hearted about the job. Fit one of these. :D:D

Custom Made Defender Grills - sydney4x4accessories (http://www.sydney4x4accessories.com/85-custom-grills)

http://www.sydney4x4accessories.com/c/85-category/custom-grills.jpg

[manic]

paint them taxi yellow!

[jimr1]

:ohi ,i like the flat black it goes with all the other body parts , as has been rover cars ,range rover and land rover ,but in saying that i think all defenders should still have white roofs .:) regards.

[slug_burner]

here is an all white job that Bundalene put together
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[manic]

here is an all white job that Bundalene put together
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/738/nov2015.jpg
Looks good all white! v.nice.

[jimr1]

:mad: after looking at the white ,theres only one way to go black.

[Xtreme]

There's a pressure pack Bumper and Trim Paint for rigid and semi rigid plastics available from places like Auto One (possibly Super Cheap Auto also).
It's not difficult to achieve a good finish. I used the Satin Black on a D2 front bumper recently and was quite happy with the result.

[Babs]

here is an all white job that Bundalene put together


Slug_burner, thanks for the photo. The white does look good however there is something not quite right, I cant put my finger on it, it could be the bullbar throwing it off in the white.

I am thinking, either white lights and black grille or white grille and black lights, just to break it up a bit, everyones thoughts on that? :D

[chook73]

Slug_burner, thanks for the photo. The white does look good however there is something not quite right, I cant put my finger on it, it could be the bullbar throwing it off in the white.

I am thinking, either white lights and black grille or white grille and black lights, just to break it up a bit, everyones thoughts on that? :D

I agree that it will probably chip off pretty quickly with bugs and stones hitting it, having said that consider if you are going to add any chequer plate in the future as you might want to match it to that.

[newhue]

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4606/startechlandroverdefend.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/startechlandroverdefend.jpg/)

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/878/webluxdefenderfireice.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/webluxdefenderfireice.jpg/)

gunna do it, go all or nothing