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Drifting
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UPDATE: I was able to get the installation cost down to a little more than half. I think I was lucky having other JLR dealers in the area that quoted me significantly less. But now, I realized on the Defender X-Dynamic, the bottom portion is gloss black and the wheel arches are matte black. Surprised JLR did not try and make sure the wheel arches would match whichever trim you select. I would much prefer all the black pieces to be matte. There are a few threads on this topic, but it certainly does dampen my interest in getting the wheel arches. I also do not want to paint the wheel arches gloss to match. But one possibility could be doing a satin wrap to the gloss black to dull it a bit...
TReK
Joined: May 2021
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From: Kirkland WA
So I read about that piece and it looked like it was removed as a part of the process to install the hitch itself. I will have to take another look to see if there was something I missed.
To be fair about the process I bit off more than I could chew in terms of time and I tried for about 20 minutes to get the bumper off (by myself) without trying to rip it out and struggled, so I hastily bolted/screwed everything back in.
To be fair about the process I bit off more than I could chew in terms of time and I tried for about 20 minutes to get the bumper off (by myself) without trying to rip it out and struggled, so I hastily bolted/screwed everything back in.
Lights in my wheel arches too FWIW
Lights in wheel arches.
Winching
Joined: Nov 2020
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From: Pacific North West Wonderland
Hey Moretti
Did you remove the small piece of plastic trim in the rear bumper around the hitch? It doesn't feature in the PowefulUK video as they had no hitch so I was wondering if perhaps that is what is needed to clear the hardware with ease. It's the piece between the license plate mount and the hitch itself I'm talking about. I asked a bloke on FB who did the same install of the recovery eyes. His also had the hitch in place and he said he had no issues removing the rear bumper.
I'd be interested to know your process and hopefully avoid similar problems when I install the recovery eyes myself.
I was bummed out that I could add them to the build without including a whole bunch of other stuff I don't care about. Bright pack I think it is.
Thanks for any pointers.
Did you remove the small piece of plastic trim in the rear bumper around the hitch? It doesn't feature in the PowefulUK video as they had no hitch so I was wondering if perhaps that is what is needed to clear the hardware with ease. It's the piece between the license plate mount and the hitch itself I'm talking about. I asked a bloke on FB who did the same install of the recovery eyes. His also had the hitch in place and he said he had no issues removing the rear bumper.
I'd be interested to know your process and hopefully avoid similar problems when I install the recovery eyes myself.
I was bummed out that I could add them to the build without including a whole bunch of other stuff I don't care about. Bright pack I think it is.
Thanks for any pointers.
So I read about that piece and it looked like it was removed as a part of the process to install the hitch itself. I will have to take another look to see if there was something I missed.
To be fair about the process I bit off more than I could chew in terms of time and I tried for about 20 minutes to get the bumper off (by myself) without trying to rip it out and struggled, so I hastily bolted/screwed everything back in.
To be fair about the process I bit off more than I could chew in terms of time and I tried for about 20 minutes to get the bumper off (by myself) without trying to rip it out and struggled, so I hastily bolted/screwed everything back in.
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