Faded hood cowling redone!

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Thanks, I struggled finding that for some reason. I found some but they weren't near as cheap.
 

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Good stuff, thanks for sharing as my cowling is damn near white it's so faded, CA desert sun ☀️
 

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I put a heat gun to mine and it worked very well. Not as good as a respray but it went from gray to black again and I didn't have to remove it.
 

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The heat gun will work on many plastic parts. Just be careful and practice on something else first.
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I put a heat gun to mine and it worked very well. Not as good as a respray but it went from gray to black again and I didn't have to remove it.

Seriously? You just run it past and it removes the white oxidation? That's a new tip for me!
 

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Took me about 15 minutes. And I think it came to 80 after shipping on parts.com. Totally worth it. I've tried the heat gun on the LR3 wheel arches and had decent results but I'm on the fence on whether it's as good as the black dye. As easy as the replacement was, I'd take that over the 30 bucks I paid for the heat gun. It takes some patience. Here is the difference between the two.


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Here's the video showing how easy it is to replace.

 

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Took me about 15 minutes. And I think it came to 80 after shipping on parts.com. Totally worth it...
Thanks for sharing the pictures and video link, which I watched.

How difficult was it to remove the body clips? In the video he shows prying it up against the glass with a towel covered metal tool. I'm hesitant to do any prying against glass. I've had bad luck with that and know that due to the age of the vehicle and sun exposure, some plastic is stiffer than others....
 

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I'd say the most difficult part was taking off the wipers. I'd say use a rubber mallet instead of a metal one like I used. Even with the cloth over the base I scuffed it a bit. It took a decent rap to get it loose but it also takes wiggling with pressure put in the right direction. He mentions this in the video but it wasn't apparent till I got into it. The spring is pushing/working against you. The clips came out without a hitch. When doing the re-install, the clips popped in really nicely which makes the seal and lets you know they're in correctly.
 

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I imagine another good time to replace this is when you get a new windshield. I usually break one windshield per year but no luck on this LR4. With 70K miles, it is really pitted from winter sand & salt. Makes driving into direct sunlight rather difficult. I sense it's going to crack soon, one way or another.
 

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