One of the unwanted options ,on one of the two I may pick,.....are the lower side sills more prone to stone chips/ scrapes?...I do travel up and down tracks from farms and a bit if light off reading in winter,....just as all my other 3 freelanders have had black plastic,,,clean and wipe over with smart gel and the look likE new.....just wondering,.....is it a posers extra,.. Current: Freelander 2 GS, Orkney Grey, Factory fit privacy glass, design pack and Clearview pack. Almond Leather ,rear spoiler,rear mudflaps.my13.

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Looks much better colour coded. Black plastic looks cheap, IMO of course.

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Black plastic looks cheap, IMO of course.

Thanks chris

I think it all depends on what colour you go for, I like the look of The black trim on mine on the Stornoway grey, blends in nice with the black mudflats  BETTER looking half of the famous Twinlanders
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Sorry Slaneydore. Yours looks much nicer with colour coded mirror caps. I'm just saying that it looks nice colour coded because I'm biased.

Black plastic can look bad on some colours, white for example, but ok on others

I haven't found any extra stone chips on my white ones, infect there are very few at all down there, but then I have black side tubes and they do look to have a stone hit or 100 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Can't tell on black. Or maybe it's because I haven't looked.

Colour coded for me. It's standard on the XS ( Xtra Special )'but it was one of the options I had selected when speccing up a GS. Due to a lot of options I put on the car I was close to an XS in terms price so I just went the whole hog and got the XS.

No stone chips so far, still looks as good as new

Both cars you have mentioned sound nice specs it just depends on what you want from it and are prepared to pay. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

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I saw a Mauritius GS the other day without colour coding and it just looked wrong IMO. If you don't go for colour coding, at least get some mirror covers.

Colour coding should be standard across the whole range. But it's a start that it's standard on XS models and above even if they are TD4s.

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and a bit if light off reading in winter,....

Ok, Readers Digest, Amateur Gardening ?

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gilfishman wrote:

and a bit if light off reading in winter,....

Ok, Readers Digest, Amateur Gardening ?

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I recently saw a white FL2 with colour coded white plastic things at the bottom of the doors, looked smart until I noticed the black door protectors on the middle of the doors and it just looked wrong!! Mind you my car is the basic S model so the bottom of the doors have black plastic on them, still they buff up nicely and are a good contrast to the white body work (i'm not really good with colours so probably looks a dogs dinner! ) Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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My previous one, was Orange (Tambora Flame) without color code and looks fantastic, my new one is "Grey" Havana and love it with color code, that now is standard in all trims available in Mexico. So, it s just a different look...  Yuri
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