bellautos
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My job today i thought id share with you all.
As many of you know i have an old 2004/5 D3 which my wife drives and ive decided to give it the D4 look at the front.
I had some panals pre painted by my friends body shop to save me time when building it up.
Here are a few pictures of before during and after i did the job today on my own 
Ive since been back to the garage and taken back off the colour coded wheel arches as the colour was slightly out because these were painted at a different time by a different painter and he used the wrong paint code GRRRR.
It wasnt a bad job to do its just a bit fiddley on your own lifting newly painted panels onto the car making sure they were not marked, I of course had to do a bit of simple wireing modification to allow for the new D4 Xenons with LED's and Cornering lamps which wasnt to hard to do once i swallowed the lighting diargam for the D3 and then the D4.
Old look V New look 
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Pete
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MacLeod 313
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Hey Pete, that looks 
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disco XS
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sweet!! got my alloy badges from you today, thanks
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Russell
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Nice job Pete  MY12 D4 HSE
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Cracking job there Pete
Do the wings need any mods .. Or do they fit straight on ? G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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Makes quite the difference 2004 TDV6 SE Zambezi Silver
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bellautos
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Its quite weird really, i know its the same car but it looks totally different sat on my drive to the one i drove away this morning.
Im well pleased with todays achievements  Just the mirrors rear bumper and tailgate handle to paint now.
Pete
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bellautos
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Wiggs, every thing is bolt on , a real peice of pi** job tbh it was more about taking time not to mark the panels while refitting, i was quite amazed how soon it was in bits baring in mind i was working alone today while answering the phone etc etc.
The hardest part and that was nothing was adding a GND to pin 16 of the light connector for the cornering bulb,removing a few unsued wires from the connector and of course using the CCF edit on the for ever usefull BBS Faultmate MSV2 to turn OFF the adaptive ecu.
Get your orange one done, youcouldhave a G4 D4
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DG
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Very cool Pete Existential Phenomenologist.
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Martin
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Very nice work Pete 06 D3 SE / 04 Mini JCW / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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Martin
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You need to change the plate now  06 D3 SE / 04 Mini JCW / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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Fantastic 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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bellautos
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I know, its tipical she was nagging me for that plate for months, i got it her from crimbo and now its no good at all lol.
Ill find D4 BAS or simlar for it Click here to download the BAS 3.90 interface software.
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Spooky
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Looks very smart. I always did wonder whether the bonnet was the same on both types.
So, which is different; is it the D4 headlamps are not as tall, or that the grille is deeper??? Regards,
Mick
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2 very enthusiastic Pete
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