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Welshdragon



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Wales 2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Monte Carlo Blue
titanum silver spokes

Yet another job ticked off the todo list.
Was fed up looking at the polished black plastic spokes on the steering wheel I too decided to go silver, oh so much better look.
Spray painted titanium silver and 3 coats of lacquer, all done in the conservatory too Thumbs Up Laughing


from this



prep up ready
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grey primer


titanium silver and lacquered






Finished.

 If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

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paulmoran2



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England 2013 Range Rover Vogue SDV8 Mariana Black

very tidy Thumbs Up GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
HAVE 1999 Discovery 2 GS 4.0 V8 - Silver - Off Road Toy
GONE 2013 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue. Black with Silver roofline and 22" s
HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

Post #260706 21st May 2014 2:23pm
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Prop



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Looks very nice, and a definite improvement over the black.

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rej



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England 2006 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

I have the silver ones to fit on mine, just not gotten round to doing it yet as tossing up whether to get a new steering wheel as well as mine is pretty shiny. There is a difference between knowing your sh!t and knowing you're sh!t

2005 Registered 2006 MY 4.4 AJV8 Range Rover Vogue

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mike37



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I've seen the silver spokes you can buy on powerfull and i think they'd look nice. The airbag puts me off though. Was it difficult?

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paulmoran2



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England 2013 Range Rover Vogue SDV8 Mariana Black

+1...worried about the Airbag removal too GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
HAVE 1999 Discovery 2 GS 4.0 V8 - Silver - Off Road Toy
GONE 2013 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue. Black with Silver roofline and 22" s
HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

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supershuttle



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England 2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Luxor

I was going to buy new spokes but now I'll get the old rattle can going. I use Simoniz Silver wheel spray which works a treat and looks very much like Titanium.

Is removing the airbag simple? Geoff

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this will help chaps,

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic17317....eel+spokes ... - .- -.




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Scottyav



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United Kingdom 2007 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Zambezi Silver

air bag is a doddle you can use a knitting needle as well un spiked or grind the end off a thin screwdriver push into the hole either side of the back and pull as you insert to get it off a side at a time my mrs could do it Smile _____________________________________________________
Zambezi silver Vogue Se unique Smile

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corinthian99



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United Kingdom 2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

Looks great, was thinking of something along those lines. Question though - did you use a primer and if so what type?

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northernmonkeyjones



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United Kingdom 2016 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Santorini Black

Air bag is pretty simple to take off, it just needs a bit of patience to get the clips to release, was easier for me as i had a wheel i was replacing so could see the clips. 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

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Welshdragon



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Wales 2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Monte Carlo Blue

thanks chaps, ok to answer a few questions, the air bag is a doddle to do, just disconnect the negative on the battery first. The primer I used was a plastic grey primer, this one from these guys...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-X-BULK-Plastic...20c3f25081


The silver is a BMW paint code 354

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/spray-paint-Lacq...51b06569e2

I used mentholated spirits first to clean of the black rubbery coating then sanded down with 240 then 600 paper.

3 ( maybe 4 ) coats of lacquer and job done.
Left for 15, 20 minutes between coats ( except primer that was 12 hours) and 1 hour between lacquer drying and fitting as it was nice and warm today in the conservatory, fitted all together and job done!

Its worth doing and not that Im a tight arse, 90 quid for plastic pieces is just taking the rise imo.

The youtube how to's helped Thumbs Up





In less then 24 hours you guys too could have nice shiny spokes Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

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Bellini



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United Kingdom 2007 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Zermatt Silver

£90 for plastic pieces from certain sellers. I paid half that for the same items from a different seller. Genuine parts, too.

Anyway, easy job, even for a twit like me. Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

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n1cktdv8



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2008 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

This looks like the next job for me....I changed the wheel on my D3 some years back. Turn to 90deg and release clip, is it similar ?

Little surprised Conor (Googsy) isn't on this thread...I may beat him to 'piano spokes' Whistle Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

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Googsy



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Ireland 2008 Range Rover HSE TDV8 Java Black

He he i have the silver ones already since i upgraded my wheel ages ago. Im done with piano its taken ages. Btw i bought a piano black gear lever to finish Thumbs Up bet you missed that on yours Whistle Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

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