hi, i need to remove my front scuttle/window wiper trim, it looks like it has been cleaned with a solvent in the past and has now gone very discoloured, i all so want to re-paint the silver vent trim on the bonnet that the washes are mounted in...
has any one got a good colour match for the silver, any advice for removal of either will be great, it looks pretty easy but its the silly things like, hidden screws or one of the wipers has a left hand thread ect,you now what i mean.
daveo V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
1976 Harley Davidson Iron Head Sportster

If you mean the standard finish Brunel Grey trim colour (same as door handles and bonnet vents etc.) then Halfords offer an instore paint mixing service which I have used before with great results.

From memory, I think it is referred to on their computer database as Land Rover = Brunel Grey Chrome Matt - it takes about 10mins for them to mix up and costs approx £12 for standard size aerosol / spray can.

I needed it to touch up some scuff marks on the grey trim of my side steps and could not notice any difference between the factory finish and my own handywork.

Apply/spray a few light coats of Plastic Primer first - once dry, lightly spray several coats of the Brunel Grey at 30min intervals, slowly building up an even Matt finish (don't worry about the darker spots which appear when paint first touches surface - being metallic paint, these disappear as the paint dries)

Hope this helps

Last edited by delamo on 8th Apr 2010 11:57am. Edited 1 time in total

Now that's a nugget piece of info!

I needed Brunel spray a few months back but dealers couldn't help and no one seemed able to source it.

Nice one. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

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hi, just been to halfords for that paint, got one of them 18 year old dicks who thinks he knows every thing, kept asking for the paint code from the vin plate, kept telling him thats not the colour of the car but the plastic trim ect, he then says you cant paint the trim....i asked him to check the computer for the name Land Rover = Brunel Grey Chrome Matt, he then asks me if i have a paint code  V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
1976 Harley Davidson Iron Head Sportster

They are priceless....bless them.

There's a reason they work in Halfords.  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Yeah they are not old enough to work in McDonalds .............  ====================================

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Sorry to hear that daveo

My Halfords is just down the road from me - I will go and find out the exact references for you today.



I want to get one of those clay bars that the other members have been recommending anyways ...

The Halfords paint code for Brunel Grey is...


BLVC LBO


Paint Colour Description - (LRVO) Brunel Grey Silver Chrome Matt


It is in the list of paints for Rover cars and is the only colour listed with Brunel in the title.


Hope you have better luck this time

If you don't mind I am going to steal that and post as a sticky, it's very useful to know, especially as Dealer can't supply it.

Thanks Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Of course, not a problem RRUK - glad to help! What's a sticky

Hope daveo has better luck now with the oxygen thieves at his local Halfords

A 'sticky' is a topic which is automatically kept at the top of the forum so people can see it instead of it disappearing a few pages back. 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

It's also a locked one too so no need for replies. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB