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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671   
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2nd Dec 2020 9:06pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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The original grille and surrounds, i sanded them back with wet n dry, then primed and then used gloss black, all rattle cans and from Halfords, as you can see they have toned done nicely, not 100% clean front though
Click image to enlarge  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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2nd Dec 2020 9:17pm |
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| db950 Member Since: 01 Feb 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 560 
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Freshly painted last week.
Black base coat and matt lacquer... Click image to enlarge 1997 Ex-MOD 110, Pop Top Camper, build thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72352.html 2014 Discovery 4 SE Tech Instagram @the110camper |
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2nd Dec 2020 9:18pm |
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| Bev Member Since: 03 Apr 2013 Location: Perthshire Posts: 267  
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I prefer the grey front end on a blue Defender, not sure why though
My Oslo Blue defender is in the process of a refurb and it’s currently black front grille and light surrounds. Click image to enlarge It looked like this when I first picked it up though Click image to enlarge And it currently looks like this 2002 Td5 | 90 County Station Wagon | Oslo Blue
2006 Td5 | 90 County Station Wagon | Tonga Green (Gone ) 2002 Td5 | 90 County Station Wagon | Zambezi Silver (Gone) |
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2nd Dec 2020 10:03pm |
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| MussEd Member Since: 20 Feb 2013 Location: East Lothian Posts: 354 
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Mmm...Hadn’t really considered painting them myself. The light surrounds would be easy enough I’m guessing but the grille must a right pain in the jacksie I imagine. Some food for thought, thanks guys.
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2nd Dec 2020 10:10pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Here's mine in recently painted satin black:
Click image to enlarge More details here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/post854628.html#854628 Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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2nd Dec 2020 10:41pm |
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| MussEd Member Since: 20 Feb 2013 Location: East Lothian Posts: 354
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You know I’m a big fan of your work Darren - but you’ll also remember that I recently had a bit of an issue painting drive flanges(still a work in progress!) The multi faceted nature of the grille makes me think my feeble efforts with a spray can will end up looking rank amateur.
On the other hand I’ve already got plastic primer, normal primer, satin paint and lacquer in the shed. The stars are aligning! |
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3rd Dec 2020 10:14am |
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| ChrisDefender Member Since: 29 Oct 2015 Location: Midlands Posts: 453
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Not a pure matt finish, but a raptor coating. Been on quite a while now and still very happy with it.
Took a lot of prep, sanding, cleaning, priming and paint but worth it, hard wearing, doesn't fade in the summer sun and matches the finish of my side sills, steps and rear bumperettes 
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Also, if you have a standard grill, I suspect it will rattle towards the top. If you go here towards the bottom of the page you can see how I fixed mine - it's as quiet as a mouse now! https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic2032-18810.html |
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3rd Dec 2020 11:44am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10379
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Top tip Chris, my v8's grill is the only thing that rattles... I never thought of stopping it, though now I just might!
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3rd Dec 2020 2:40pm |
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| ChrisDefender Member Since: 29 Oct 2015 Location: Midlands Posts: 453
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Cheers Greeni, just pleased I can add something to the forum, after all the help I have had from many people.
I hate rattles (I know, it's a Defender!) but I reckon I have got to the bottom of 99% of them now! 
If your grill is like mine it moved about 5mm or so, and that did the trick for me. Needed a few layers on mine to fix. Rock solid now. Cheers mate. |
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3rd Dec 2020 2:43pm |
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| hank Member Since: 12 Sep 2016 Location: South Wales Posts: 2294  
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Here's mine when it was oe, black then 'series' / zunsport
Variety is the spice of life after all
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge > 110 XS Double Cab |
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3rd Dec 2020 3:43pm |
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| Matt110 Member Since: 29 Jun 2014 Location: UK Posts: 680
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That's a lovely finish. Can I ask what paints you used? Was the base matt or gloss? |
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3rd Dec 2020 4:04pm |
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| db950 Member Since: 01 Feb 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 560
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Thank you
The basecoat I used isn’t actually a standard basecoat, you could just use a normal black (RAL9005) 2K basecoat though. This is a direct to surface paint which has very high adhesion qualities so no primers at all needed, I use the same on bare steel, aluminium and plastic. Black= PPG Selemix Direct 7-530 10% gloss level Lacquer= Max Meyer Matt Clear 0710 The fluorescent lights in my shed make it look more reflective than it is really, in daylight it’s a nice flat matt finish. 1997 Ex-MOD 110, Pop Top Camper, build thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72352.html 2014 Discovery 4 SE Tech Instagram @the110camper |
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3rd Dec 2020 8:07pm |
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| bankz5152 Member Since: 02 Feb 2017 Location: South London/North Kent Posts: 2149 
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Click image to enlarge Instagram @defender_ventures Empire Tuning - Agent |
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3rd Dec 2020 8:17pm |
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