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Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7926

2013 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

Changing L405 Grills / Fins - easy DIY job

I swapped mine over today - easy job

I had Atlas & went to colour coded, but I guess just as many people will go the other way.

Mine came from Khan on eBay - I made them a cheeky offer & secured a Santorini Black set for just over �100. They fix to the car using 8 pop fasteners & 2 strips of sticky tape. As they were used, I needed to replace the adhesive tape - which is quite thick, wo ended up using 3 layers of this on both the front & back edges, so �20 worth of adhesive

Here's what the panel looks like -

and you run a strip of adhesive up the left & with edge - it's obvious when you have it in front of you.

The bottom has a slight lip that sits inside the Atlas coloured moulding on the door -

Removal was easy (though I broke a few of the pop connectors on the first one) - I used a filler knife & screwdriver wrapped in a rag, started top rear & just prised off.

The whole job took 10 minutes

I had enough of the pop connector thingies from the ones I'd bought and the ones I took off the car to put the new ones on & have some spare.

I fear the new ones are better stuck than the originals, but as I don't plan to change them again any time soon, that's fine with me.

[Edited to add the part number for the clips]

Should anyone need the clips -
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic57794.html

Last edited by Alistair on 18th Dec 2020 9:07pm. Edited 1 time in total

9th May 2015 8:01pm

stan
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looks much better Alistair, thank you for the 'how to'.. ... - .- -.

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9th May 2015 8:17pm

Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
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Marmite - there will be just as many who prefer the silver.

Colour coded is the default - Atlas costs extra - so every one that you see, someone has paid money for.......

9th May 2015 8:25pm

stan
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you have the honour of the first L405 how to in the wiki.. ... - .- -.

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9th May 2015 9:15pm

Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7926

9th May 2015 9:55pm

Cam-Tech-Craig

Member Since: 03 Aug 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
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2015 Range Rover SVAutobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

V Nice sir... Like it both ways

9th May 2015 10:17pm

RR2008HSE

Member Since: 06 Jan 2013
Location: British Columbia
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Ditto. Both nice.

10th May 2015 12:20am

jettec

Member Since: 16 Jul 2013
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 229

2013 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Fuji White

They both look very nice, I really want to put the autobiography black gills on with color coding to the car. Just the little chrome accents down the fins I think this is a nice subtle way of showing the gill lines on the doors.
However the autobiography gills are very pricey . Around $1500 dollars.
Thankyou for sharing your how to do job info.

10th May 2015 12:54am

362bkr

Member Since: 15 Oct 2014
Location: Devon
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2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Carpathian Grey

And it's a yes from me

10th May 2015 8:10am

J600.COM

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thumbs up from me, looks awesome

10th May 2015 8:50pm

Lawnman

Member Since: 03 May 2015
Location: Cheshire
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2017 Range Rover Autobiography TDV6 Barolo Black

Looks great and thank you for the detail of how to change them, I am hoping you will know the answer to this. Just purchased Sep 14 Vogue with no Fog Lights is it possible to retro fit them. Thank you in advance

11th May 2015 5:14pm

d3rm0

Member Since: 12 Feb 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 438

jettec wrote:
They both look very nice, I really want to put the autobiography black gills on with color coding to the car. Just the little chrome accents down the fins I think this is a nice subtle way of showing the gill lines on the doors.
However the autobiography gills are very pricey . Around $1500 dollars.
Thankyou for sharing your how to do job info.

I would like to do the same plus the front grill but as you said $$$$$$$ for a bit of plastic

11th May 2015 7:51pm

Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7926

Lawnman wrote:
Just purchased Sep 14 Vogue with no Fog Lights is it possible to retro fit them. Thank you in advance

I'm sure it's possible, but I have no idea how & doubt it's easy.....

For a start, does your instrument stalk in the car have a front fog light on it ?

11th May 2015 8:38pm

Lawnman

Member Since: 03 May 2015
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 33

Hi Alistair, I will have a look, never thought of that thank you for coming back to me

11th May 2015 8:51pm

wealy

Member Since: 29 Jul 2013
Location: Kings Bromley
Posts: 1020

Is it easy to change the strip along the bottom of the door?
It doesn't look right in silver?

23rd Mar 2016 7:53am

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