The lacquer is peeling off from the grill of my 2014 FL2. The underlying paint looks OK.
The "piano black" surround is not peeling only the grey honeycomb part.
I wonder is it possible to remove the lacquer without damaging the underlying paint and then simply re-lacquer it.

 Jules

Mines way worse than that I just ignore it

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Get it to a paint shop and it should be around £100 to clear it up unless your handy with a spray can. MY13 HSE LUX Aintree Green
MY57 SE Stornoway Grey. Gone
Nissan X Trail
Discovery V8 LPG
Series II Land Rover

My 64 plate is the same, damn annoying on a motor that isn’t 5 years old yet.
LR should fix it, it’s their crap paint. 64 plate TD4 SE Santorini Black
2021 Mazda MX5 GT Sport Tech

I must be one of the lucky ones owned my dynamic from new MY14 and it came with a Santorni black grill from factory

Still like new :mr green:  MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

My 2013 XS has done it too. Waiting for it to get a bit worse before I do something about it... See it so often on FL2s, but seems to be random models that are affected.

Somebody in the production line cutting corners maybe?

Bluebird1999 wrote:

My 64 plate is the same, damn annoying on a motor that isn’t 5 years old yet.
LR should fix it, it’s their crap paint.

Mine's still under Landrover approved used 2 year warranty until this December and its going the same way. I thought about making a claim on it but read somewhere that paintwork defects are not covered by the warranty  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Read somewhere maybe on here that using a power wash causes the paint to come off

LR NUT wrote:

Bluebird1999 wrote:

My 64 plate is the same, damn annoying on a motor that isn’t 5 years old yet.
LR should fix it, it’s their crap paint.

Would be an easy claim to make within the manufactures
3year warranty outwith that and even with extended warranty it’s tougher BUT not impossible.

Had mine done twice by dealership (4 year warranty when i got the car 2 year LR warranty , 2 year dealer warranty )
they said as it was over 3 years old, and out of warranty , and said it was previously been painted,
when I told them that it was them that had painted it , less than 6 months before, Right Sir lets get it booked in
NO CHARGE at this time ...!!!  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

jules wrote:

I wonder is it possible to remove the lacquer without damaging the underlying paint and then simply re-lacquer it.

Bluebird1999 wrote:

My 64 plate is the same, damn annoying on a motor that isn’t 5 years old yet.
LR should fix it, it’s their crap paint.

Not only Freelander grills pealing. Range Rover text on front & back of car. Seems to be a bigger issue.

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Gosh that's bad - considering how much these RRs cost it is awful in fact. Jules