Painted the landy..

[DreXeL]

I was bored with the green paint, so I bought some satin black paint and painted the Defender in true ***** Land Rover style with rollers and brushes:

Well happy with that, total cost of colour change about £40, another one of the joys of owning an old Landy

 

[Rybo89]

looks loads better.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Buy a £250 DVLA plate and that will look nothing like a 25 year old car. So timeless.

 

[DreXeL]

Buy a £250 DVLA plate and that will look nothing like a 25 year old car. So timeless.

Seriously tempted to do just that actually. It's true though, the only thing that really gives away the new ones is the bonnet bulge, other that that it's a classic timeless design, just a shame Land Rover probably won't be making them for much longer

 

[James_N]

Crikey! That looks awesome

 

[[TW]Fox]

Seriously tempted to do just that actually. It's true though, the only thing that really gives away the new ones is the bonnet bulge, other that that it's a classic timeless design, just a shame Land Rover probably won't be making them for much longer

Only landy enthusiasts know that. I wouldnt know whether yours was a 1989 or a 2004 or whatever without the plate giving it away.

 

[DreXeL]

Only landy enthusiasts know that. I wouldnt know whether yours was a 1989 or a 2004 or whatever without the plate giving it away.

Indeed, they basically haven't changed since the Defender was introduced

 

[rossk26]

looks awesome!

 

[G-MAN2004]

That looks so damn cool! Jealous.

 

[Cosimo]

The new coat looks very good.

 

[paradigm]

How much do you think the landy has cost you in total?

 

[Ezah]

Much better in black! Nice Job

 

[loltim]

Buy a £250 DVLA plate and that will look nothing like a 25 year old car. So timeless.

Why are you so keen on hiding a cars age? Is it just a vanity thing?

I'm not particularly interested in what other people think of my car, but if I did I'd like to think they thought something along the lines of "oh wow, that's in lovely condition for a 23 year old car", rather than fool them into thinking it's newer than it actually is.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Why are you so keen on hiding a cars age? Is it just a vanity thing?

I was just pointing out how timeless the shape of the Defender is

 

[loltim]

ok my bad.

I'm sure you've mentioned it on other cars before, though

 

[Kenai]

Why are you so keen on hiding a cars age? Is it just a vanity thing?

I'm not particularly interested in what other people think of my car, but if I did I'd like to think they thought something along the lines of "oh wow, that's in lovely condition for a 23 year old car", rather than fool them into thinking it's newer than it actually is.

A lot of people are oblivious anyway.

I was asked how I afforded such a new car in reference to my Y plated Mk4 Golf by someone at work a couple of years agoo

 

[danza]

Hewn from a solid block of the finest testosterone-infused awesome.

 

[Nightglow]

Great improvement,something about a black Defender, classic, looks superb.

 

[DreXeL]

How much do you think the landy has cost you in total?

Probably about £4.5k - £5k.

 

[Jez]

Love it!

Do you have any close up shots of the paint? Interested to know what the finish is like