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Daz

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• Jun 16, 2018

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I have just purchased a td5 110 in Bonatti Grey. One of the wheel spats is damaged, do I try and find a second hand one and get it sprayed or swap all four for gloss black ones (which I already have).
Which do you guys think looks best and any pics are welcome.
Cheers
Daz

 

Daz

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• Jun 16, 2018

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Daz

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• Jun 16, 2018

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Only pic I have of mine at the mo.

 

defenderdog

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Daz said:

I have just purchased a td5 110 in Bonatti Grey. One of the wheel spats is damaged, do I try and find a second hand one and get it sprayed or swap all four for gloss black ones (which I already have).
Which do you guys think looks best and any pics are welcome.
Cheers
Daz

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Just get them painted. Don’t go down the whole gloss black arch route. Next you’ll be painting the roof and bonnet black

 

dag019

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• Jun 17, 2018

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I would not fit black ones, I think it would look odd. like the utility ones, or the original ones which had black arches

 

potus

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Personally, i'd keep the coloured spat and get it painted. Nice looking truck btw.

 

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Mingus

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Or, not give a monkeys chuff about a bit of damage. its a fender.

 

dag019

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Mingus said:

Or, not give a monkeys chuff about a bit of damage. its a fender.

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This one, they should have a whole plethora of dents to tell a story! This is why I left them all in when I repainted mine!

 

Daz

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• Jun 17, 2018

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potus said:

Personally, i'd keep the coloured spat and get it painted. Nice looking truck btw.

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Thanks, had it a month and was filthy all round and on very rusty steals. Set of boosts on it, clay barred and polished and now looks a different truck.

 

Daz

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Mingus said:

Or, not give a monkeys chuff about a bit of damage. its a fender.

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Fair coment, just being fussy as its new to me at the mo.

 

Daz

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• Jun 17, 2018

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When I bought it

 

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Daz

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Now, bonnet and door off as had bulkhead corner repaired.

defenderdog said:

Just get them painted. Don’t go down the whole gloss black arch route. Next you’ll be painting the roof and bonnet black

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Thought never crossed my mind

 

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dag019

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Daz said:

Thanks, had it a month and was filthy all round and on very rusty steals. Set of boosts on it, clay barred and polished and now looks a different truck.

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None of that is how you treat a Land Rover you should be out getting it muddy and adding to the dents not polishing and detailing it!
Should have kept the steels. Quick wire brush and a lick of paint would have been good as new. You can’t straighten alloys by hitting them with a rock when you bend them in the desert

 

Daz

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• Jun 17, 2018

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It's not going to stop me using it for what its designed for dont worry.