Hi All,

I have an order on the XS version (UK) and I want 20"s due to the offroad tyres I can order. I will go with an all black look (which I know will need to paint bumpers and badges), but not sure I like the 5095 wheels. I prefer the upgradable ones, but if I am painting them (thinking Satin), should I just keep the 5095 rather than upgrade to the version I like more in the 5098?

I would be curious to see if anyone has painted the 5095 to see how they look like. pics would be welcomed.

Thanks

 

You can paint them, & I have done this on previous version Defender wheels, albeit silver. Nice thing about painting, as you scuff them up off road, you can freshen them up easily. On the other hand, powder coating them looks worlds better and resist scratching in the first place more readily. My wheels get thrashed, so I went the paint route. Don't know how the new Defender's wheels, which are 20's which model I am actually getting (?), my order does not list them by that kind of number. I frankly will most likely get some steelies that will accommodate the bigger brakes without spacers. Part of the reason I have driven Defenders for so many decades is their narrow track. Less conflict with rocks on the old trails I frequent doing ground truthing my aerial work.

 

I have an XS model. I just recently made some alterations including powder coating the wheels and painting bumpers black. Hood and roof have a black wrap.

 

I have this stored away as we are planning to black out our 22MY XS being built in January. The dark grey 5095 wheel is now available as part of the Urban Pack on the UK configurator

 

Thanks! Is it just me or the satin wheel upgrade on 20s in the urban pack is £3,830???

 

Yes, had to check it several times myself. Our local wheel repair guy is £450 to powder oat 5 wheels 🙈🙈

 

haha yes insane price!!

 

Hey @Moretti ,
Where did you go to get the wheels and bumpers painted? I am in PNW and will be doing the same for my Defender.

 

I am in the Portland metro. I priced a few places but I used a shop to do PPF and they had people they worked with that did painted the bumpers and someone else who powdercoated the wheels. The process took a while so we sorta had three separate things going on at once which saved some time.

Where are you at?

 

I am southeast of Seattle so less than a couple of hours from Portland. I have been shopping around getting quotes lately but the price ranges have been wildly all over the place and I have not worked with any of them before.