Hello All,
I wanted to introduce myself as I recently purchased my first Range Rover. I have been looking at Range Rovers for a while. I always loved the classics and then really wanted one ever since the first sport supercharged came out. I ended up settling for Jeeps for a while but now I am all grown up with a 2016 Range Rover Sport Autobiography. I purchased it CPO with 27k miles. I had originally ordered a Jeep Trackhawk but after seeing it at the LA auto show I was disappointed. I sat in a Velar for all of 30 seconds and then it was all I could think about during the two hour drive home. The next day I backed out of the Trackhawk and purchased this.
Since I have had it, I powder coated the wheels black and added the front window tint. I also had the entire thing (front to back, top to bottom, inside and out) coated after being paint corrected. The entire undercarriage was ceramic coated (removed and coated skid plates etc), the plastic pieces and wheels were also ceramic coated. The paint was coated in Silk (a glass, SiO2) which offers the same protection as ceramic but is easier to maintain and debadged the rear.
It is currently in the service department (already :roll
for the keys not registering to unlock, lock or start the vehicle. I had the battery replaced in the FOB but that didn't fix the problem. Apparently this is pretty common and the truck needs to be reprogrammed or something to that effect according to the case manager at the dealer.
My future "build" plans are as follows:
- Second set of wheels (20") for off road tires as the 21" wheels have very limited tire choices.
- Remove the exhaust resonators and change out the exhaust tips.
- Add an oil catch can.
- Paint the brake calipers Yellow.
On the maybe list:
- Wood accented steering wheel from England.
- Smaller pulley and tune
- Tow hitch
I do plan on actually using it off road. I probably wont do much rock crawling but medium difficulty (blue rated) trails are certainly fair game.
I look forward to getting to know every one through the forum. I also look forward to learning more about these awesome vehicles and hopefully contributing to the discussions as well.
Cheers! :dance:
I wanted to introduce myself as I recently purchased my first Range Rover. I have been looking at Range Rovers for a while. I always loved the classics and then really wanted one ever since the first sport supercharged came out. I ended up settling for Jeeps for a while but now I am all grown up with a 2016 Range Rover Sport Autobiography. I purchased it CPO with 27k miles. I had originally ordered a Jeep Trackhawk but after seeing it at the LA auto show I was disappointed. I sat in a Velar for all of 30 seconds and then it was all I could think about during the two hour drive home. The next day I backed out of the Trackhawk and purchased this.
Since I have had it, I powder coated the wheels black and added the front window tint. I also had the entire thing (front to back, top to bottom, inside and out) coated after being paint corrected. The entire undercarriage was ceramic coated (removed and coated skid plates etc), the plastic pieces and wheels were also ceramic coated. The paint was coated in Silk (a glass, SiO2) which offers the same protection as ceramic but is easier to maintain and debadged the rear.
It is currently in the service department (already :roll
for the keys not registering to unlock, lock or start the vehicle. I had the battery replaced in the FOB but that didn't fix the problem. Apparently this is pretty common and the truck needs to be reprogrammed or something to that effect according to the case manager at the dealer. My future "build" plans are as follows:
- Second set of wheels (20") for off road tires as the 21" wheels have very limited tire choices.
- Remove the exhaust resonators and change out the exhaust tips.
- Add an oil catch can.
- Paint the brake calipers Yellow.
On the maybe list:
- Wood accented steering wheel from England.
- Smaller pulley and tune
- Tow hitch
I do plan on actually using it off road. I probably wont do much rock crawling but medium difficulty (blue rated) trails are certainly fair game.
I look forward to getting to know every one through the forum. I also look forward to learning more about these awesome vehicles and hopefully contributing to the discussions as well.
Cheers! :dance:
