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IMMensaMind



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United States 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Chawton White
My Newly Completed and Totally DIY Overfinched(ish) RRS S/C

For those who visit rangerovers.net, you may have seen me embark on this project at the end of last year. Here was the project thread:

http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/viewtopic...rfinch+DIY

And here is the conclusion of this project:

I did more custom tweaks than I thought I would; the latest (and last) one involved replacing the OEM amber side lenses in the headlights with a clear version. This is a common mod, but most people just cut a flourescent light ceiling tile and put that in place of the reflector. I didn't like that idea, so I thought I'd give silicone mould making and resin casting a shot. I cast a set of clear replicas of the OEM amber lenses:



And put them in the headlight case, along with painting the graphite colored lens body white to match the Rover:



Then, I painted all the parts:

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...and let them cure a while, and added ClearBra material to the exposed parts. I test fitted the whole thing:

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So, here is the final finished product (along with 2010 LED tail lights):

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With the LED rings lit:

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I'm very glad I'm done; I'm burnt out on it....but I love it! :mrgreen:

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Mr. Green  I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy!

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ChrisP



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United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Now that is absolutely stunning,especially love the rear bumper and tailpipes Thumbs Up MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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mrfixit



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2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

As Chris said stunning Very Happy What intensity halo's are they as they look just right?

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Ady 555
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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Thats alwhite Thumbs Up

Post #302376 Thu Jun 09 2011 7:44am
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Royle



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You've done a great job of it! Thumbs Up

Post #302379 Thu Jun 09 2011 8:11am
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Linko



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United Kingdom 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Cairns Blue

Looks fantastic! Thumbs Up

Where did you get the LED ring lights from? Do you have a link.

Cheers,

Mark

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Jonny Fresh



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Awesome!

Post #302383 Thu Jun 09 2011 9:15am
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I am not a fan of adding bodykits and renaming cars to something they are not, like Khan or Overfinch



Though i think that looks great, even better that you still have kept the Range Rover badging in place too Thumbs Up

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awd man



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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

Very nice Thumbs Up

Can I ask how you fixed the LED halos to the headlight housing? Gluegun? RRS gone
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Endjin



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Looks great Thumbs Up You obviously are lucky enough to have the skill to do this yourself! I'd be terrified to attempt something like that on my car.

Are you going to colour code the Front/Rear PDC sensors and the headlight washer heads? I think it would look even better if you did. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
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Ady 555
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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

I personally would paint the grill finns black to match the lower air intakes, but a very nice clinical job you have done there. those headlights look very professional as does the rest of the car. Thumbs Up
Ady

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IMMensaMind



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United States 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Chawton White

Thanks for the kind words, everyone: glad you like it!

To answer the questions/comments:

1) LED HALOS are Umnitza Orion LITE; 120mm lo beam; 106mm hi beam. Lightwurkz sells these - and has a prepackaged RRS kit that they sell on Ebay that I thought was too small - so I asked them what alternative diameter options they had, and went with these. I think their intensity is just about right.

2) I thought it would be true to the Range Rover name to keep the lettering. I even reused the original lettering (it's easy to simply reapply 3M double-sided tape to the OEM lettering, rather than buying more).

3) I intentionally did not color-code the PD sensors; I thought it would be too much white (I don't mind the black contrast), and I didn't want anything interfering with the signal. I also intentionally left the headlight washer jet bodies black for that same reason - all a matter of taste, though.

4) It's an interesting idea to paint the grille black, and I had thought of it. I felt that I would have to paint the letters and side vent bits black as well if I were to do it, though, and then there's the problem of the wheels being silver, so I thought I'd leave it black. For now. Laughing

If I get tired of it later, though, those are options. I even kicked around a matte black for those parts, as well as the wheels, but I would ring the lip of rim with Chawton White. That might look really good.

That's a while away, though: right now, I'm just going to enjoy it as is!

Regards,

Mike I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy!

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awd man



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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

Umnitza Orion LITE

Not the V2's then

I've asked Lightwurkz for a quote to supply V2's Censored

I'll re-email them

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Siberianfox



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England 2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Siberian Silver

Thumbs Up Thumbs Up looks great. I like the halos.!!! Smile

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felstmiester



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United Kingdom 2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Halo's do look cool. Well the whole car looks pretty good to be honest. i'd love a white one. Bow down

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