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bigroly



Member Since: 05 Dec 2017
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7
Australia 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Zermatt Silver
DIY Freelander Facelift Grille

Hi all, I've seen a few posts about this around the forums so I thought I might share my experience with doing this myself.
A while back a kind fellow in a carpark did me the honour of reversing into my bumper putting a decent sized crack in it. I had read that the facelift bumper bar is a direct fit into the older models, after pricing it up to get a whole new 2nd hand bar vs quotes to rebond and repair the crack, thought eh why not.

Before:

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Removing the existing one is fairly simple albeit somewhat fiddly particularly with the side bolts around the the wheel well. The guys at PowerfulUK have a great video showing where all the hidden bolts are here:

Remove headlights and follow steps to take out all the bolts, take off the bumper careful to unplug the fog lights and disconnect headlight washers, it'll eventually look like this:
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At this point I also just took out the cross member and gave the intercooler a quick clean at the same time because why not.
The only modification to the facelift bumper required was cutting a small 'tongue' piece right in the middle where it slots on top of the radiator, this seems to have changed between models but otherwise a direct fit and all bolt holes line up perfectly!
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Fitting it myself saved some labour cost for repainting as they were able to just mask the holes and spray, I was able to take it to a panel beaters afterwards and have the "zermatt silver" matched with the rest of the car. Final result: (spiffy as!)
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All in all took me maybe 3 hours (mostly dicking around with the intercooler) and about AU$600 in parts + $300 for the paint job.
Post #374658 6th Jul 2019 3:28 am
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ozjeff62



Member Since: 28 May 2018
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 494
Australia 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Ipanema Sand

Hi Roly

Nice work, good straightforward procedure. But if he reversed into you, why didn't HIS insurance co look after the bills?

Cheers MY11 SD4 SE Auto
Post #374660 6th Jul 2019 6:39 am
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bigroly



Member Since: 05 Dec 2017
Location: Melbourne
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Australia 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Zermatt Silver

He did, we exchanged details but after getting some ideas about how much it would cost (i assume most panel beaters will probably charge insurers even more) I gave the dude a ring, explained it all and offered to fix it myself if he would cover parts and the paintjob rather than go through insurance (likely costs less to him in premiums at the end of the day - the entire exercise didn't cost a whole lot more than the excess on most policies).
Post #374661 6th Jul 2019 6:51 am
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bxzx16v



Member Since: 11 Jul 2013
Location: Sunny Sheffield
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England 2012 Freelander 2 SD4 Sport Auto Barolo Black

The facelift bumper looks way better than the older style one , good job well done Thumbs Up .

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
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Post #374663 6th Jul 2019 8:21 am
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westville



Member Since: 12 Jun 2015
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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Fuji White

Good job - now you only have to paint the side vents and front grill black Whistle No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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Post #374667 6th Jul 2019 9:47 am
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