After fitting all the piano black trim, I thought the bright silver gearshift surround looked a little out of place, so I decided to something about it.

Here are the pics :-









I think it has just finished it off nicely!

What do you think! Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

I like that. I like pretty much anything shiny. I haven't even ordered my piano black grab handles yet! I'll have to phone up Dan @ Duckworths. Is it a genuine LR part?

Nope, you can't get them I piano black. Mine is the result of 5 coats of gloss black, baked and then 10 coats of lacquer.

Then flattened off until every little blemish is gone, then some good old elbow grease with cutting compound and polish. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

Does look smarter than the silver I must admit, but if they were all black folk would be saying how nice they look in silver.

That sounds like a lot of work. I think I'll pass on that one.

Didn't take too long to be honest. The painting took about 20 minutes. Then about 30 minutes in the oven and left in the garage over night.

Flattening took about 15 minutes and polishing took about 1/2 an hour. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

Oven!? What temperature? Sorry about all of my annoying questions.

I only put it on the lowest temp for about 5 minutes until the oven was very warm. Then switched it off and left it in the retained heat. But don't leave the oven on as the car part will melt! Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

Last edited by Mav71 on 4th May 2013 9:38 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Mav when are you starting to take orders...

Nice ...look's good  Iain

I might do a couple more and see how they go. I am sure if I did another, it will be even better. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

I wonder if it could be vinyl wrapped with a carbon fibre effect?
Never really been into modding like this but carbon fibre for me would be good.
Anyone had any experience with such?

I would be interested Mav...support the cottage industry ... Iain

You should start an online business. I would certainly order one.

Looks nice Mav
Your freely looks pukka and clean it must take a lot of your time up, as I'm sure you don't just give it a Sunday clean
I reckon with you is a good 2 to 3 hours each clean ---- nothing wrong with that I'm heading the same way

Piano black trim looks a lot better than the wood or silver, but that's just my opinion and yours of cause

I don't like wood trim much either. Are you planning on parading your interior trim to Piano Black? Another good mod would be some colour coded mirror caps. I hate plastic ones, for some reason they really annoy me.

I'm looking forward to seeing some facelift pics.