I painted mine when I fitted a tow bar. Found some brush on heat resistant satin black barbecue paint in the back of my garage. No prep and took abot 5 minutes. Looks much more betterer!

I've always done mine...

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Miggit...i'd also recommend removing the lower front bumper winglets (2010+), the lower bumper splitter and the long silver trim under the full length of the fixed side steps (if fitted) as they are also prone to damage when off road.....don't ask how I know about the £65 silver trim

Funnily enough, i've just got a full under-body protection kit ready to fit on the disco (steering + diffs x 2 + transmission + fuel tank guards) and fitted rock / tree sliders to the Disco, so they'll be none of that prepping and spraying malarkey to contend with on one truck at least  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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But if you take the car off road, like it was designed for, a body kit wouldn't last very long.
And they are still getting it wrong, I noticed, much to my amusement that LR recommend removing the lower front spoiler before going offroad, If its in the way why fit it ?????????

I have a very expensive Breitling watch bought for me by swmbo'd that is capable of going to depths of 100's of metres under water. Its scratch resistant ceramic coated & has a glass face that will withstand any form of scratch apparently...

I wear it for special occasions only wouldn't dream of wearing it whilst i worked but am happy in the knowledge that if i happen to get caught out by a sudden downpour one day then it won't be ruined by water ingress...

I take good care of what i work very hard to earn! Just because my car is capable of climbing a rocky bank... Does NOT mean i want to wreck it trying! Just because my watch can withstand scratch's & water does not mean i want to wreck it trying!

I guess its the way my father bought me up "to appreciate what you work hard for"...

I have a dedicated off roader after all so why would i want to "rip off my bumpers" using a £50k car off road!

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it annoys me as well when peeps say 'what its designed for' ...i reckon 80% or more FF's dont go off road, but its nice to know that it can.. ... - .- -.




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Stan, its nice to know that when i take my Mum to Heinham for a "party on the lawn" and it rains, i won't be embarrassed to be stuck in the waterlogged field!

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Buying a car compromised by an ability and never using that ability seems rather perverse.

like a 200mph supercar and driving it at 70MPH, happens a lot  ... - .- -.




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Or a car that has 5,7 or 9 seats and using it on your own Extremely perverse

I was merely commenting on the fact that a FFRR is an offroad vehicle, and that is what it was originally designed to do. The fact that it is very good at going down the road is a testament to the excellent work that Land Rover have done to improve it's all round capabilities, whilest maintaining it's offroad abilities. Now Craigs car has had a body kit, and as he states why go offraoding in a 50k car, I agree, I dare say that if that was the only car available to him, and he had to go offroad, he wouldn't have lowered the body lines.
Plus there are a lot of owners that don't live in central London, and therefore think that a requirement to cope with adverse weather conditions is a good idea. I am as guilty as rest, my car spends 75% of it's life on the black stuff, but I wouldn't get very far towing 3.5 tons across a field with a 2WD vehicle, especially if it's been raining? in England? Never
I would imagine that most owners have brought their FFRR's because of their abilities to cope with most driving conditions, without any fuss. And if you spend most of your time offroad, you'd buy a tractor  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Paul, to much emphasis on ''a FFRR is an offroad vehicle, and that is what it was originally designed to do.''

...it was designed with the ability to go off road.. ... - .- -.




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Back to rear boxes please

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Craig, isn't it a kind of cruel to bring your mum to a garden party, when it rains cats and dogs and you need a FFRR to drag her out again? You are weird you Brits.....

and for the rearbox...I did not noticed I had one until this post.... now I have an other job to do so, THANKS

Stan, I beg to differ on that point, I think that you will find that the Range Rover was designed as a luxury off road vehicle, and was aimed at land owners that wanted a better driving experience than a Land Rover could offer, which wasn't hard to beat  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!