had a bit more fun with the D3 over the Bank holiday weekend, as it was raining I decided to repaint the brand new grille

I wanted the centre parts to be gloss black, as the car will have a Stornoway and black theme to make it a bit more modern looking.

Here's the finished result:



Meticulous masking and preparation are the key. This took 4 coats of black and 3 of lacquer. 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

Also, I took off the Stornoway handle covers and replaced with black ones. I've kept the grey ones in case I change my mind, also replaced the Stornoway side vent with a black one to match too.

Pic to follow. 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

Before and after

Grey/Black is a great combo

These are the tyre I will be putting on the newly refurbed rims. Quite an aggressive AT pattern these, but also great in Winter too.

Noise levels no higher than General Grabber AT's.

 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

Why Gaz?

Remove my pic or your post? 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

My post saying remove please and this one (I was posting a pic when yours was not working...)

quite aggressive tyre choice Adam, you shouldn't get stuck with those! Have put some cooper LTZs on mine which so far have been fine and they are not much noisier than the wranglers which i took off!

Liking the black and grey look. Brings it more up to date.

out of interest where did you source the car? trade mags or forum? There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

For the first time ever for me it was a private sale purchase, a guy advertised it on the D3 forum but wasn't a regular there. His location was near my office so I went to have a look, the history stacked up, loads of receipts and all the right stuff done at the right time, for example the D3 needs cambelts doing at 7 year old or 105K. Most people leave it till the 105k rolls past but that could be 5 years later than it was due!

Some cars advertised by fancy looking garages were saying Full service history but again, there were massive gaps, one in particular I wanted to see had not been serviced in 4 years and the cambelt had not been done either. They said that was full service history!

Mine has been done on the dot, every 12 months and cam belt done as soon as it was 7 yrs old. Perfect  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

The forum is always the nicest way to buy! I often think most of the bad ones will get fobbed of the the trade so private sales probably give the better chance of a good vehicle, even if the risk is higher.  Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto HSE Zambezi Silver

By the way Adam, the lightbar I was talking about earlier was Seabass, not Edfors (as Stan pointed out in another post). MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Got the V5 through while I was away in Poland this week so have transferred my 'spare' private plate onto it.

Funny how that makes a car feel yours all of a sudden. 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

Definitely. Just got my V5 through yesterday so putting mine on today!
Nothing like putting your name on something. Jordan


'56 SC 4.2 ‘21-Current
'56 SC 4.2 ‘16-‘18

I ran Goodyear MTR's on my D3 and never got stuck, ever.

Bit noisy on the road but great off the road. Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

The MTRs are a more aggressive mud terrain pattern than the Duratracs though, so should be noisier. 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