Gloss black front trim alternatives

[MLR]

Hi all
After an unfortunate incident involving a bollard I need to replace my front lower grille panel. ‍ I'm thinking of going for gloss black for the main lower panel and the bottom fog light trims and adding a lower lip too. It looks like veedubtransporters, vanstyle and transporterhq all might do something suitable. Has anyone got any experience or recommendations of the gloss black trims from any of them please?
Thanks!
Mike

 

[Jordan Papworth]

Hi Mike.
Did you ever get sorted with the gloss black upgrades? I am currently exploring options to do mine, I was set on Vanstyle as they offer free fitting, but they do not stock the bottom light trims.

Interested to hear your experience.

Thanks.

Jordan

 

[MLR]

Hi, yes I did. I bought them from veedub transporters. They only had the lower ones with holes for front parking sensors (which mine doesn't have) but the holes aren't noticeable. I'm pretty pleased with them. Fitting was relatively easy. Definitely buy a trim removal tool kit though as it makes the job much easier

 

[Jordan Papworth]

Hi.

Thanks for the quick response.

I am tempted to order the top and bottom grill from Vanstyle as the fitting is free and they are only an hour away, and then fit the bottom ones myself as you have done.

Great looking van BTW

 

[MLR]

Thanks! I'm very pleased with how it turned out. The bottom fog light surrounds are the trickiest ones. I ended up removing the whole bumper which made the job easier. From memory there were some retaining lugs that you need to gently cut away as they have been secured by applying heat to soften and melt them. I watched a few YouTube videos beforehand so I knew what to expect.

 

[MLR]

Here you go. These were still in my playlist

 

[Jordan Papworth]

Spot on, thanks so much!!!

I am currently in the process of ordering from vee bud transporters, with a view to fitting the parts in Jan.

Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated.

 

[MLR]

Spot on, thanks so much!!!

I am currently in the process of ordering from vee bud transporters, with a view to fitting the parts in Jan.

Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated.

Cool, hope it all goes well