The rear door pillar is quite wide and makes the freely look short, i think...

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Much better. The way it should have come from the factory.

That looks good, as previously said, it should have come from the factory like that.  Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

Mine has got factory finish black pillars  Trevor

'60 reg SD4 XS (long gone!)

Why not just buy a black FL2 to start with?

I did lol  telfire

2010 Freelander 2 Black TD4-e with Privacy Glass
(White side Repeaters)..... SOLD

2011 Honda CRV-EX 2.2 Diesel Black.. Much better customer service than Land Rover..

I like that a lot !!!, I'm getting it done 2007 HSE, Auto, silver...gone but never forgotten.
2013 xs manual black

It is something I have considered doing for a long time. Now I have seen it done, I think I will do it.

trevd01 wrote:

Mine has got factory finish black pillars

That makes a huge difference to the side view, I think it looks a bit stunted from side on, not unlike a Tonka toy , much nicer now!

andyrussell wrote:

I like that a lot !!!, I'm getting it done

I imagine instead of using paint an alternative could be to use that type of vynil wrap stuff in matt or semi gloss then it could be reverted back to standard if the need arose when selling it on?
Maybe you can get the stuff in gloss finish too then it would look like a continuation of the privacy glass  I was only wrong once and thats when I thought I was but wasnt.

2010 Freelander 2 XS Stornaway Grey
2010 Aston DBS Morning Frost
2010 Bentley Continental Brooklands Green

Remember, part of the rear door window frame has to be done as well, also you would have to paint the return in part as well or you will see an original colour in the gap.

I don´t think it can be made without paint.
We discussed at the car painters if the paint should be glossy or matte but as the other pillars are matte we settled for matte.

Darker privacy film was added, the windows were not dark enough, I thought. Now it´s a bit too dark when reversing, but light inside from the glass-roof.

Todays venture was changing the hse alloys to Volvo alloys.

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I have looked into this today. It can be done with vinyl quite easily. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

torssell

Not too sure about the alloys?

I spoke to a chap in Cambridge recently who put 20in RR supercharged alloys on his FL2 HST, now they looked good

Mav71

If you go ahead & do it with vinyl please post some pics and any tips you gain from the experiance, I quite like the look of torssells. What if there were no hypothetical situations?

I'd never have believed it made such a positive difference until I saw the photos. That was a gutsy move to change the colour spec at the spray shop but I believe it's made a huge difference. It's reminds me of the new Evoque due out soon. It would have to be pretty easy to apply some black adhesive (vinyl?) and take some piccies. I'd do it myself but the ship takes a long time to travel to the land downunder so my order hasn't arrived yet. I've ordered Stornaway Grey and my best efforts in Powerpoint (don't have Photoshop) indicate a huge difference. I don't know why but the FL2 always looks short???