I saw a couple of comments on a thread relating to the new MY17 cars coming with black 'range rover' lettering front and rear. Called my dealer who happens to have an AB in the showroom to confirm it for me.

Turns out its correct and black lettering is now standard, not knocking anyone but for my car I would prefer the lettering to be silver as I have specced the silver 22" wheels. The dealer said its an easy swap for them to do before I collect the car.

My question to you is how much should I expect to pay for them to be swapped over? I have asked the dealer for the cost but just wondered what is the going rate?

thanks in advance

the dealer has just sent me a video of the car in the showroom and I may have spoken too soon as it doesn't look bad at all. I was trying to go for the classic look with the silver wheels but I don't think the black lettering takes away too much from that. Still be good to get an idea of cost if I want to change.

I think the black lettering looks better but its everyone to their own.ive got a white AB & I changed mine from silver to black.

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I prefer the black lettering as I think it looks more subtle, but obviously it is personal taste, if I did want the colour changing I would do it myself, it's easy to replace existing letters as you do one at a time using fishing wire and alcohol wipes for preparation, masking tape top and bottom, put marks on the tape where each existing letter is situated, then remove and replace each letter.

It takes about half an hour each end. There are plenty of videos on youtube.

ChunkRRS wrote:

I saw a couple of comments on a thread relating to the new MY17 cars coming with black 'range rover' lettering front and rear. Called my dealer who happens to have an AB in the showroom to confirm it for me.

Turns out its correct and black lettering is now standard, not knocking anyone but for my car I would prefer the lettering to be silver as I have specced the silver 22" wheels. The dealer said its an easy swap for them to do before I collect the car.

My question to you is how much should I expect to pay for them to be swapped over? I have asked the dealer for the cost but just wondered what is the going rate?

thanks in advance

thanks for all the replies so far, seems to be that the black lettering is the preferred choice anyway.

Don't want to go for the no-cost bright pack, I have been looking at pic after pic of AB in corris grey with silver letters and the 22s that I have become used to it.

I have watched the dealer video of their corris AB with black letters about 50 times now and I like it more every time, that's the benefit of also asking on this forum so thanks for that

Where did you access the video? (It's similar to my order, so would help me get excited if I could see it).

I had black lettering put on mine by the dealer before I picked it up. There are two types of black, matt (which I believe is now the standard) and gloss, I requested Gloss to match the roof an other trim on the car.

The dealer paid for mine as part of the deal, but IIRC they said it was about £90 a word, so c£360 for a complete set.

The gloss letters on mine:

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Gloss black is now standard on an AB, you have to pay extra for matt.

You can buy the sets of letters already mounted on a template if you want to change them, also in other colours than black matte / gloss or silver. Chrome and also red I know are available from one webstore that is often referred to on the forum for their great How To videos on YouTube. Also IIRC forum sponsor DCC4x4 also have sets of coloured letters on their website. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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My AB is a 2017 model which arrived mid Dec 16 but has silver grille and lettering. I don't know why. However I prefer it in silver.

Glad you prefer it, but it's odd.

definitely gloss black is the new standard lettering to tie in with the gloss grille etc. If you spec the stealth pack then everything changes to matt black.

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kmpowell wrote:

I had black lettering put on mine by the dealer before I picked it up. There are two types of black, matt (which I believe is now the standard) and gloss, I requested Gloss to match the roof an other trim on the car.

The dealer paid for mine as part of the deal, but IIRC they said it was about £90 a word, so c£360 for a complete set.

The gloss letters on mine:

Click image to enlarge

Whatever happens don't be tempted to go ebay for the letters as I did when quoted per word from my dealer, as they fade and look crap within 6 months of being fitted.

Lesson learned!