Car was sublime, although a few minor issues reared their head. Tyres are absolutely mind blowing, on a good road surface they are basically inaudible up to around 80mph. You do notice more of the wind noise due to this, but I don’t think I’d buy any other tyre again. Game changer! I don’t think I could have used a more perfect car for the job, 5hrs of driving and I was not even remotely tired when I arrived (ny kidneys were near breaking point however!)

Grippy when it was warm also, which historically I have found Pirelli’s to be but was surprised an all season was so good in summer (ish). Had to perform an emergency stop for a very determined Paramedic down a small twisty road and happy to report brakes and tyres all did their job. On the brake side I do seem to be experiencing some noise from the EBC Greens up front which I am a bit miffed about, weirdly some days they make no noise at all! Very strange, didn’t experience this with the yellows in my M3. Great bite and pedal feel though.

Didn’t have time to fit a few items I’ve had a few months before we left, the silver bumper bar was looking out of place abs making the cad look a tad messy. But that will follow.

My lettering had become stained over time and it seemed nothing would shift the dirt. Tried APC various dilutions, G101, citrus, ONR, 2 different shampoos and whilst it was slightly better - nothing really sorted it. I stumbled across a vid on YouTube that mentioned it could be limescale/hard water stains, I jumped on this and tried out the Gtecniq cleaner for this. It took a number of passes and still wasn’t perfect, but it was better than before!

This photo was from last year and it had only gotten worse since but gives you an idea

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Followed up with the rear and another strip for the boot handle from powerful. This one was more bent than the silver one I got sadly. I didn’t do the best job straightening it. But I have to say, I am not sure this looks “right” from the back? I might swap back to silver. Thoughts welcome!

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Very nice sir... If you decide to go silver? I found some original JLR silver lettering amongst some old stock the other day... Drop me a PM if of interest sir?

Those tyres are superb. I’ve got them on my 4.2 and the 5.0 on the drive home from London was very noisy on the road in comparison.

I ordered a titan tailgate strip from PowerfulUK 18 months ago which was bent. They checked all the others which were also bent so it’s disappointing that they’re still having the same issues.

In the end I got one for my car from Duckworths.

I’ve had another on order from Duckworths for our 2012 AB for over 6 months now so it’s not looking likely that it’s going to come into stock

If anybody has one I’d be interested in it!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Will shoot you a PM Craig, thanks

dhallworth - I managed to fit it straight, so not the end of the world it just makes getting the perfect finish more difficult. I got it largely straight but ended up with a small lip underneath, not visible but every time I open the boot there is a slightly rough edge

It's held on with 3M tape, so I kept the silver one I removed which is still in perfect condition, so I can re-use if needed. And yep, had this issue with LR when I couldn't get an oil cooler! Went aftermarket in the end, glad I did as was about a 5th of the price!

After putting off ideas of changing car until after the summer (I've been enjoying the fast estate too much on dry and repaired tarmac recently), I have the potential option to buy a friend's white 4.4 VSE. I'd always said I wouldn't touch another white car after my ST200 many years ago (with white wheels no less, full Essex spec) but actually, with some tasteful tweaks, the L322 actually wears the white well, particularly the Fuji. I'm still not a fan of black wheels on cars but overall it looks good and yours looks really mint. You've convinced me that as long as the rest of it's okay I'll probably go for it. I just wish more of the later cars had been bought originally by people with a little more imagination than just shades of greyscale!

White isn’t a popular SUV choice for sure, I confess to not being a big fan outside of land rovers. I like the black wheels on this, the silver wheels look off on white, much better with the L405 having the diamond cut examples which balances out the strange contrast

You won’t regret (well maybe financially ) the purchase, nothing like a Range Rover!

Noticed the drivers seat was not cooling as well as it used to, also the AC was taking a while to get cool, so decided to have a regas and air on service. Arranged a mobile guy to come and sort.
A/C now chills almost instantly and proper levels of refrigerant topped up, no leaks and a happy Jambi.

BUT (always a but with these things!) The cooled seat, somehow seemed less cool still. Ruled out the A/C gas, so after a quick search on Google and here it was apparent I needed to check the seat filters. As you can see, the drivers one was a tad grim!

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For the MOT prep, I noticed that my third/high rear brake light was on the blink with only 2 LEDs functioning.so I decided to get a replacement went genuine as I didn’t like the look of wiring in the powerful ones.

Old one was pretty past it, all matte and scarred from 11 years of UV damage. Hilariously the day I fitted this half the LEDs decided to come back on. But best off replaced to get a fresh MOt.

Fresh LR part delivered, bargain off eBay.

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MOT all done and it’s annual service. Vehicle will be for sale this week, thanks to the lovely ULEZ expansion.

New (to me) car en route!

JamboM3 wrote:

White isn’t a popular SUV choice for sure, I confess to not being a big fan outside of land rovers. I like the black wheels on this, the silver wheels look off on white, much better with the L405 having the diamond cut examples which balances out the strange contrast

You won’t regret (well maybe financially ) the purchase, nothing like a Range Rover!

JamboM3 wrote:

*SNIP*

A quick road test confirmed that it made no real difference and still felt sub par.
So ordered a new one and fitted. What a difference!

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Are these the same part no. for driver and Passsenger?
Where do you locate these and how do you swap them?
Thanks

I believe they are as the filters are identical.

It’s located under the seat, just raise them up a bit you will see them. Really near the front, just twist them and they unlock. Made a huge difference to the efficiency of the cooling for mine!

Ace- thank you!