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That's my answer then, the spoiler stays in the garage, balanced on top of the spare wheels with tyres l bought last year
Should've check this before I bought my spoiler. I bought one exact same in color match (Grasmere Green). Installed then within 24 hours, I took it off.
Super clean Defender design and lines were not working well with Type-R style of angled spoiler. I think it looked good when Hunters or Urban modified full cars but for more of stock forms, it was out of place.
I should check this thread more often before I do any mods. =)
I bought Clear Sight mirrors (used rear view mirror, new shark fin camera + housing, Fakra cable), mud flaps, rear tow eyes while back and finally installed past weekend.
• Clear Sight Mirror: Install was very straight forward. only hard part was fishing Fakra cable from shark fin to mirror. Other than that it was surprisingly easy job. Even Gap tool was instant.
As it does not show right behind anymore, it requires some learning curve and adjusting time. But very clear sight on highway driving is awesome.
• Rear Tow eye install: taking rear bumper out was a puzzle. When I thought I removed all, it wasn't close. Keep finding more hidden screws. Mix of Philips, Torx and clips. Painful. Didn't disconnect any of wires behind the bumper. Just put bumper sit on the stool and installed tow eyes. As I didn't like rough finishing and gloss pain of OEM, installed eBay version with Satin finish.
• Classic Mud Flaps: rears were pretty straight forward. I did same time when I was installing back of rear bumper. But fronts were unexpectedly harder. I may need to re-do front passenger side as it's not sitting perfectly.
Next set of mods:
• Gloss black hood trims: I like matte trims on the lower body but for the hood, I think I will like gloss black. Purchased V8 take offs.
• Walnut wood interior trims: Purchased OEM new from eBay for good price. I never thought I will install wood trim on my car but Grasmere green defender need some color inside. And hoping it adds some colors and make it more classic inspired feel.
• Silver Under Shield: I currently installed black one but decided to try out silver.
• Paddle Shifter Steering Wheel: Still debating on paddle shifter steering wheel. First, I just hate alcantera on steering wheel (first thing I replaced on my 911 was Alcantera steering wheel) and it's really hard to find leather steering wheel for paddle shifter as it's kinda newer side. And as Defender is so comfy, I do not even use Dynamic mode (GAP tool) so I'm not sure I'll actually use paddles.
Hey where did you get the black lettering for the spare wheel cover? I want to the the same to mine but I haven't been able to find anything.
As there's no OEM option for Grasmere Green wheel cover since it was never offered, I bought it off eBay. They have a few options:
Black area: matte vs. gloss, lettering: OEM style no color vs. gloss black. So I picked gloss black. Search on eBay. They have pretty much all colors. Under 250 price tag, color match was pretty good and took about 2-2.5 weeks.
Same! I can't figure out where you buy the mirror.
I bought my mirror used from eBay. You will be able to find one that is from parting out cars from damage.
And the brand new shark fin camera + camera cover is also from eBay. It's from European seller.
Then only thing you need is female to female Fakra cable (12 ft. was plenty long for D90) from either eBay or Amazon.
These are only 3 (or 4 if you count the camera cover) parts you need to install. Then GAP tool config will do the job.
While I was doing it, I did mirror tab hardware detector.
Other than fishing wires from shark fin to camera, rest of projects were much simpler than I thought.
I bought my mirror used from eBay. You will be able to find one that is from parting out cars from damage.
And the brand new shark fin camera + camera cover is also from eBay. It's from European seller.
Then only thing you need is female to female Fakra cable (12 ft. was plenty long for D90) from either eBay or Amazon.
These are only 3 (or 4 if you count the camera cover) parts you need to install. Then GAP tool config will do the job.
While I was doing it, I did mirror tab hardware detector.
Other than fishing wires from shark fin to camera, rest of projects were much simpler than I thought.
