Hi All-

I've got a green 97 LSE that was left out in the sun for 12 years. It's pretty groaty on the top, hood, and driver's side where the sun beat down on it. The rest is really pretty decent. I know clear coat is not specific to our trucks but I was wondering if there's really anything I can do about it? I'm doing my best to keep costs way low, so not looking at re-spraying or repairing anything, but I've got a decent d/a and would be willing to go at it if there's a good way to bring it back on the other side, like with a rattle-can clear--I know there are some decent ones.

I'm not trying for pristine, I have a front fender with some damage that I'm not going to repair. It'll still be rough when I'm done. I'd also consider, maybe even prefer, doing some sort of livery treatment but I can't find anything for the D1s other than the Camel trophy stuff. Livery: like some sort of decals, design scheme, etc. I thought it would be cool to replicate what the British army used or something, but a.) no D1's to the best of my knowledge and b.)they don't seem to mark up their LR's the way the US did with Jeeps. But something along those lines, a basic stencil and spray paint. Ideas, that's what I'm after. Camo would hide everything but not sure I want to go that far.

Here's what it looked like before it got rained on, which actually did clean it up a bit: https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...39/#post742028 . Still haven't touched a soapy rag to it but it's probably not going to look much better when I do.

Any suggestions to personalize this and minimize the "roughness" would be appreciated.

 

Might want to try a carbon fiber looking wrap on the raised center part of the hood. I was thinking about that on my old truck as when I polished it so it was nice and shiny, I would get a terrible glare when the sun was out. You can do a wrap yourself and they look great. Did the roof on my smart car and it turned out great.

 

It will be a thorn in your side. Send it to me and I will take it off your hands.

I love it. D1 for the win!

 

If you want to go with a stock color you can order rattle cans from paintscratch.com. I have had good results with their product.

Given the amount of organic material in your engine bay and around the cabin air intake, I'd remove the cabin air blower and clean it out.

 

Paint scratch is a solid product. Used it on one of my vehicles.

 

Thanks guys for the rec. I checked it out and considering the clear is toasty on the top, hood and drivers side, plus some other spots as well, I think it would end up getting pretty pricey with rattle cans. They say each can covers 4 square feet, so...that's a lot of cans. I was hoping to try to sand off the flakey bits using maybe 800, 1000 and 1500 and then use something like 2K Clear and blend it s well as possible. Anyone done that before?

I'm also OK with leaving it as-is if it'll be a huge hassle and/or expensive. The pics from the first post were before it got "washed" by a rain storm (I've also cleared out all the debris from and pressure washed the engine compartment, gutters, etc) and I think it will pass for its intended use.