Hello
I have been wanting to do this since just after I brought the car. Well, my local garage had an offer on some of the pieces this winter. So, I am going to replace the Atlas parts with Shadow Atlas. I will take photos before starting and along the way. It will be another week before all of the parts are there (door handles not yet ordered).

I know some of you have done the black pack, therefore I have a couple of questions.

1. How easy is it to remove the front bumper? What time should I allow?
2. How easy to remove the letters and replace them? I am the most worried about this.
3. Grille badge is it easy to move it over?
4. Door Handle small caps: is it 3 of one type and 1 that is different for the key? - I think I have found more about this than the parts guy.
5. Any spare clips I should buy before?

Thanks
Iain

Parts List - 2020 Autobiography LHD SWB
VPLGB0122 - Front bumper accents (need to remove bumper for the vents)
LR106487 - „RANGE“ Front
LR106488 - „ROVER“ Front
LR098082 - Grille 2018+
VPLGB0429 - Side Vents
VPLGB0106 - Door Claddings Accents SWB
VPLGB0105 - Rear Bumper Accents
LR106489 - „RANGE“ Rear
LR106490 - „ROVER“ Rear
LR109346 - Tailgate Accent Strip
LR098257 - Door Handles
LR106293 - Door handle small cap LHD driver's door
LR106289 - Door handle small cap - other doors SDV8 AB MY 2020
MINI Cooper S Cabrio
Kit: Jaguar XK140 (in progress - the website is link to build)

Of course, nothing is easy. When picking some of the parts at the garage, someone in the warehouse had been naughty taking out a Shadow (dark atlas) part and replacing it with another colour, 1 of the door handle and all 4 of the small door handle parts. So waiting another week for them.

Tonight, I thought I would have a go at the tailgate strip. It came off easy but caught on the Licence plate holder. One of the screws came out with no problem; the other didn't.

One of the plugs which you screw into came out.

So the doors are done…

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Letters are scary but easy when you know how.

You will need masking tape, lots off it and a sharpie/black marker.

Tape up over the letters and around them -- marking where the letters are on the masking tape. " " type marks under letters. You can simply then remove the template (I found best way was to place a vertical bit of tape on the bonnet and "lift" it out the way to keep the original position)

Then I cleaned the area and grabbed a drill + polish to buff the water marks and stains inevit left by the letters. Once done I wiped the area with isopropyl alcohol and then placed the template down and stuck the letters on

Difficult to explain, have a look on Youtube there are a number of videos showing similar methods (doesn't have to be specific to RR but there are lots!)

On another note - Love the colour of your car and the shadow trim will look awesome. Mine came from factory with the black pack but I did retro fit some bits to the L322

Good luck

Tonight was the turn of the grill.
Before

I am now changing the trim on the handle. The rear part of the handle isn't sitting as flush as it think it should, Has anyone else changed the handle on their car and could maybe give me tips? I will post a photo later I need to go and be Papa's taxi for a few hours. SDV8 AB MY 2020
MINI Cooper S Cabrio
Kit: Jaguar XK140 (in progress - the website is link to build)