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TOP5N

Member Since: 03 Nov 2015
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 226

Headlight surrounds and grill

I cant make up my mind which headlight surrounds i prefer. I had the standard 90xs grills and surrounds on mine when i purchased it 6 months ago... they were silver grills on my grey defender but i wasn't too keen on them. I purchased some KBX surrounds and grill and had them colour coded, but have now put my original grills in to be colour coded... but have also seen the heritage grills colour coded which i also like the look of

So many decisions

1st Apr 2018 5:30pm

CarMan

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 1861

Just ordered Santorini headlight surrounds from Dan for mine to replace the Brunel ones. Already has the black grill. Looking forward to them arriving next week. Rob

1993 200tdi 90 hard-top
1998 300tdi 90 soft-top
2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold)

1st Apr 2018 5:35pm

JellyBean

Member Since: 02 Mar 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 142

Had exactly the same dilemma myself. Colour coded Brunel, KBX, etc. In the end went for Urban grill and vents.

1st Apr 2018 5:38pm

Sulisuli

Member Since: 30 Oct 2016
Location: South west
Posts: 4795

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Corris Grey

Fair play TOP5N your certainly leaving no stone unturned to achieve the look your finally after, is it 4 sets of wheels you tried to get the “look”

2015 HT XS 90
2008 SVX 90
2000 XS TD5 90

1st Apr 2018 5:40pm

TOP5N

Member Since: 03 Nov 2015
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 226

6 sets of wheels in the end

1st Apr 2018 5:42pm

Sulisuli

Member Since: 30 Oct 2016
Location: South west
Posts: 4795

Blimey, admire your dedication

your poor bank balance

2015 HT XS 90
2008 SVX 90
2000 XS TD5 90

1st Apr 2018 5:45pm

JellyBean

Member Since: 02 Mar 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 142

Click image to enlarge
What I went for ......

1st Apr 2018 5:48pm

TOP5N

Member Since: 03 Nov 2015
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 226

Nice... i like that.

1st Apr 2018 6:37pm

LandymanStefan

Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
Location: Surrey
Posts: 881

Carman how much are the Santorini ones from Dan?

1st Apr 2018 7:51pm

CarMan

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 1861

£140 delivered Rob

1993 200tdi 90 hard-top
1998 300tdi 90 soft-top
2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold)

1st Apr 2018 8:09pm

LandymanStefan

Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
Location: Surrey
Posts: 881

Hmm, going to get a couple of quotes to see how much the body shops will charge to spray my Brunel grey ones Santorini... it'd have to be cheap though as if I bought Santorini ones I could sell my existing ones for £40-50

1st Apr 2018 8:26pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7905

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Personally not a fan of the KBX. I do like the heritage grilles but also think colour coded standard grilles look spot on.

Great photo Jellybean!!!

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

1st Apr 2018 9:13pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Jellybean, that looks fab.

1st Apr 2018 9:23pm

lohr500

Member Since: 14 Sep 2014
Location: Skipton
Posts: 1316

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

I didn't care for the Brunel look on my Santorini Black XS, so I replaced the grill with a Nakatanenga version.

For the surrounds, I bought a couple of cheap unpainted black ones off eBay for around £10 each and spray painted them with a tin of Plastikote satin black.

Works well with Santorini Black bodywork and after 3 years of winter weather and jet washing, the paint is still OK on the surrounds.

I thought abut painting the Brunel grill and surrounds but then decided they were best kept as original in case I or any future owner wanted to put the Defender back to original spec.

2nd Apr 2018 7:39am

foxhound

Member Since: 02 Mar 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 363

1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi SW Alpine White

Re: Headlight surrounds and grill

TOP5N wrote:
I cant make up my mind which headlight surrounds i prefer. I had the standard 90xs grills and surrounds on mine when i purchased it 6 months ago... they were silver grills on my grey defender but i wasn't too keen on them. I purchased some KBX surrounds and grill and had them colour coded, but have now put my original grills in to be colour coded... but have also seen the heritage grills colour coded which i also like the look of So many decisions

Click image to enlarge

I chose these more discreet Naka headlight surrounds --the vehicle will soon be resprayed green.

110 Defender 300tdi & Penman trailer with ally exped top and roof tent

6th Apr 2018 12:54pm

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