Picked up my L405 a couple of weeks ago

[labrit]

CAUSEWAY GRAY: best colour!!!

Ivory on ebony interior with black morzine headliner and black piano trim.

Optional extras:
22" Style 6 rims
1700 watt system
Seat style 16
Deployable towbar - essential for Central London driving...
Foglights - why is this even an option?
Privacy glass on rears and qrtrs
Full size spare
Surround cameras - gimmicky but cool.
Panno roof - a must have option

Standard options I love:

Soft close doors
Duel screen nav
Stream music via Bluetooth - no more cables or restricted phone use if you use an iPhone.
Heated steering wheel - amazing!
Loads more that ill discover I'm sure!

Lets just say I now get the whole 4x4 thing now - it's such a pleasure to drive and is extremely relaxing. Traffic seems to not be an issue anymore as there's just so many gadgets along with the uber comfy ride to keep me happy.

Dealership were fantastic and did a great handover, which you'd expect and topped it off with a hamper which was a nice touch.

Since picking the motor up i've:

Tinted the front windows.
Painted all silver trim and badges gloss black.
Front grill is Satin Black.
Painted the lower bumper front and rear along with sills which had a cheap plastic finish to body colour.
Scotch guarded the interior.
Had the rims powdercoated satin black.

Josh

[seawise]

looks great - de blinged to an extent - nice. like the idea of getting rid of all the glitzy brightwork.

[andyxxx]

It looks very nice

I like the colour and hope to see one in the flesh cos I will be shortly speccing my car up and would like to be drawn away from Santorini black!

I will go for similar options as you (minus the cameras) but the Mrs isn't bothered about the sunroof - which to me is a must.

[grand cherokee]

tinted the front windows?

thought you had factory tints?

also do your later 'additions' affect warranty?

[BigBazza]

Yeah painting the letters will defo invalidate the warranty!

[grand cherokee]

BigBazza said:

Yeah painting the letters will defo invalidate the warranty!

oh smart arse!!

i was thinking painting body panels and wheels/extra tints?

would you pay circa £100K and put warranty at risk?

i asked the question to the OP - not you!

[Triple7]

That looks the biz!

Personally I like to stick with the 'factory fitted look'.

[anonymous-user]

Looks great.

[NomduJour]

Think I saw you on Piccadilly on Monday (if not your car has a twin).

[Aeroresh]

Could do with a bit of contrast colour to break the shape up a little....its not a small car and theres a danger making it look like a stealth van all in black imo.

[fhkj]

Looks great, ordered mine last week! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the badges etc pained black??

Thanks, FJ

[grand cherokee]

fhkj said:

Looks great, ordered mine last week! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the badges etc pained black??

Thanks, FJ

rather than painting existing badges/letters you can buy black ones from 'Powerful' on ebay

painting badge etc in situ would not be good - masking correctly would be virtually impossible and removing and respray is not easy without a fixing template etc

[fhkj]

grand cherokee said:

rather than painting existing badges/letters you can buy black ones from 'Powerful' on ebay

painting badge etc in situ would not be good - masking correctly would be virtually impossible and removing and respray is not easy without a fixing template etc

That's pretty much what I thought, was just interested as the OP did say that he had them (and some other parts) painted?

[grand cherokee]

fhkj said:

That's pretty much what I thought, was just interested as the OP did say that he had them (and some other parts) painted?

why were all these 'mods' not done by the supplying main dealers bodyshop?

as for powder coating wheels - best of luck - first small chip and water gets underneath and coating fails - i speak from experience!

[fhkj]

grand cherokee said:

why were all these 'mods' not done by the supplying main dealers bodyshop?

as for powder coating wheels - best of luck - first small chip and water gets underneath and coating fails - i speak from experience!

Got powder coated wheels on my outgoing X5, which has lasted ok! Hopefully the OP will reveal all about the other 'painted' mods!

[anonymous-user]

Delivered a Barolo suercharged car yesterday with Espresso leather and 22's.

[labrit]

fhkj said:

That's pretty much what I thought, was just interested as the OP did say that he had them (and some other parts) painted?

The trim and the front bumpers were removed to be painted; you can't just paint the badges in place and expect it to look good - new ones were ordered, painted and fitted. This was not a cowboy job and completed by a top London body shop that conduct a great deal of work for exotics and main dealers.

In regards to the rims they've done my LP560 rims since I curbed a few of them and haven't had a single issue, though they are gloss as opposed to satin black. Time will tell how well they hold up though I'm certain ill curb them long before anything detrimental takes place as a result of what has been assumed is a poor finish.

Josh

Edit: added info on rims.

Edited by labrit on Monday 18th March 20:49

[fhkj]

labrit said:

The trim and the front bumpers were removed to be painted; you can't just paint the badges in place and expect it to look good - new ones were ordered, painted and fitted. This was not a cowboy job and completed by a top London body shop that conduct a great deal of work for exotics and main dealers.

In regards to the rims they've done my LP560 rims since I curbed a few of them and haven't had a single issue, though they are gloss as opposed to satin black. Time will tell how well they hold up though I'm certain ill curb them long before anything detrimental takes place as a result of what has been assumed is a poor finish.

Josh

Josh, thanks for the follow up, am I allowed to ask who did the work for you?

Thanks, Francis