Finally Replaced the Front Letters...

[Finlayforprez]

Just put the matte black letters on the front - looks great!

Back is next.

 

[PALR4]

That does look good, how did you mark them to get the placement just right?

 

[Finlayforprez]

That does look good, how did you mark them to get the placement just right?

It was actually really easy. I bought black matte letters from the UK and they came with a cardboard template, though it was not a perfect fit and needed to be altered a bit. They have better templates for the Range Rover front, but not Land Rover.

Take a look at the photo below and you can see how I created the template. To summarize, I cut the strip up into individual letters and then placed them on the existing letters with the lower left side of the letter flush with the lower left part of the rectangular template (except the "V", that needed upper-right placement).

After I taped the top of the template (not the bottom, so I could flip it up to clean), I removed the old lettering (using an old credit card), cleaned well, and then taped the bottom down as per the picture below. Then, I just pushed the new letters on to the lower-left of the template or the upper-right for the "V".

The result came out awesome - the letters look great and are perfect.

Tomorrow or next weekend I will replace the "HSE" and "LR4", but I also bought "Discovery 4", so I may do "Discovery LR4" or something - what do you guys think???

 

[PALR4]

Wow... I like the idea of a template, but I'm not sure I would trust myself to do that properly. Good job...!

 

[LR34]

I'd like to solve the puzzle, Pat...is it "LAND RIVER"?

 

[Kaaae]

Looks great David.

 

[sparrky]

Looks great!

 

[Shaggy]

I'd like to solve the puzzle, Pat...is it "LAND RIVER"?

Ha ha, so close but that's incorrect.

 

[Finlayforprez]

Hahahaha! I promised I spelled it correctly

 

[still-one]

I guess I am showing my age, the black doesn't do it for me. Same with black wheels.