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Following on from the thread http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/coming-soon-underpigeon-near-you-218296.html and my recent purchase, I had time this evening to fit the aforementioned.....
My initial thinking was to make a small plate to fit in place of the existing puddle lamp lens as I didn't want to drill holes in the existing door/panels/door cards, but alas, our machinist at work is flat out with 'proper' work at the moment, and I couldn't wait any longer (been a couple of weeks now since they arrived
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I made a call to Land Rover Dealer local to me to enquire on the price of replacement Puddle Lamp Lenses should I balls it up, following Bix's comment that if they are that cheap you may aswell take a punt on modifiying the existing and pay for replacements should it go wrong!
Here goes:
Pop out the Puddle Lamp lens from under the door pocket
Remove the existing Lamp
Using the supplied Hole Cutter , take the hole saw part off and use it as a guide to line up the hole and mark with a pen, then using a sharp drill smaller than the supplied one with the Hole Cutter, drill a pilot hole. You want to get this dead centre, else the Locking Ring may foul on the reces the lens fits into on the door...
The using the Hole Cutter supplied, carefully drill through the plastic lens.....plastic is easier to drill if it is warm, so on a cold day (when the plastic is brittle) warm it up in some hot water for a few minutes first!
Fit the New Logo Lamp into the hole and using one of the locking rings to hold it firmly in place....
I decided to cut the existing wiring connector off the vehicle wiring and use 'Bullet' connectors to complete the wiring, this way if I want to revert back to original Puddle Lamps, I can fit 'Bullet' connections to the cut off connector and revert back.
It is always prudent to ensure the Positive Wire has a connection on that is sheilded when discconected, also ensure you get the polarity correct for the Logo Lamp (Vehicle Brown wire is the Earth)
Tuck the cabling into the door and push the Puddle Lamp into the hole again.
It was still too light to see the logo, but here it is projected onto my hand, I will update this post with a photo taken when it gets darker so the full effect can be seen
Only issue so far is the position means the top of the white circle border is clipped by the door edge, I will fettle with that and see if I can adjust, but happy days in anycase!!
Repeat for the other side!!
EDIT: Night Time Shots (Sorry for the quality taken on iPhone)
My initial thinking was to make a small plate to fit in place of the existing puddle lamp lens as I didn't want to drill holes in the existing door/panels/door cards, but alas, our machinist at work is flat out with 'proper' work at the moment, and I couldn't wait any longer (been a couple of weeks now since they arrived
)I made a call to Land Rover Dealer local to me to enquire on the price of replacement Puddle Lamp Lenses should I balls it up, following Bix's comment that if they are that cheap you may aswell take a punt on modifiying the existing and pay for replacements should it go wrong!
Here goes:
Pop out the Puddle Lamp lens from under the door pocket
Remove the existing Lamp
Using the supplied Hole Cutter , take the hole saw part off and use it as a guide to line up the hole and mark with a pen, then using a sharp drill smaller than the supplied one with the Hole Cutter, drill a pilot hole. You want to get this dead centre, else the Locking Ring may foul on the reces the lens fits into on the door...
The using the Hole Cutter supplied, carefully drill through the plastic lens.....plastic is easier to drill if it is warm, so on a cold day (when the plastic is brittle) warm it up in some hot water for a few minutes first!
Fit the New Logo Lamp into the hole and using one of the locking rings to hold it firmly in place....
I decided to cut the existing wiring connector off the vehicle wiring and use 'Bullet' connectors to complete the wiring, this way if I want to revert back to original Puddle Lamps, I can fit 'Bullet' connections to the cut off connector and revert back.
It is always prudent to ensure the Positive Wire has a connection on that is sheilded when discconected, also ensure you get the polarity correct for the Logo Lamp (Vehicle Brown wire is the Earth)
Tuck the cabling into the door and push the Puddle Lamp into the hole again.
It was still too light to see the logo, but here it is projected onto my hand, I will update this post with a photo taken when it gets darker so the full effect can be seen
Only issue so far is the position means the top of the white circle border is clipped by the door edge, I will fettle with that and see if I can adjust, but happy days in anycase!!
Repeat for the other side!!
EDIT: Night Time Shots (Sorry for the quality taken on iPhone)
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