rear indicator/reversing lights

does anybody know if there is a way of swapping the wiring over on the back of a freelander so the lights in the bumper are the fog and reversing lights and the ones next rear door do the indicators and brake lights

Hi,

Just one address:

http://www.freelanderowners.com/LightsMod.asp

Good luck.

cheers. has anybody tried this mod

You may have to be careful where you take your FL for the MOT, after this conversion has been carried out, I believe some testers will fail it on this, if they know it has been converted. Why I dont know. (maybe they drive Discos).

I know lights HAVE to be in certain positions, so high up, so near the edge of the vehicle etc.

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989



SCHEDULE 14
(Regulation 20)

requirements relating to optional reversing lamps

1. Number: Not more than two
2. Position: No requirement
3. Angles of visibility: No requirement
4. Alignment: To the rear
[...]
7. Colour: White
8. Wattage-
(a) A reversing lamp bearing an approval mark: No requirement
(b) A reversing lamp not bearing an approval mark: The total wattage of any one reversing lamp shall not exceed 24 watts
11. Tell-tale-
(a) A motor vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1954, provided that the electrical connections are such that the reversing lamp or lamps cannot be illuminated other than automatically by the selection of the reverse gear of the vehicle: No requirement
(b) Any other motor vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1954: A circuit-closed tell-tale shall be fitted
[...]

SCHEDULE 11
(Regulations 18 and 20)
PART I

REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OBLIGATORY REAR FOG LAMPS
1. Number: One
2. Position-
(a) Longitudinal: At or near the rear of the vehicle
(b) Lateral-
(i) Where one rear fog lamp is fitted: On the centre-line or off side of the vehicle (disregarding any sidecar forming part of a motor bicycle combination)
(ii) Where two lamps are fitted: No requirement
(c) Vertical- (i) Maximum height above the ground-
(A) Any vehicle not covered by sub-paragraph (B): 1000 mm
(B) An agricultural vehicle, engineering plant and a motor tractor:
2100 mm
(ii) Minimum height above the ground:
250 mm
(d) Minimum separation distance between a rear fog lamp and a stop lamp-
(i) In the case of a rear fog lamp which does not share a common lamp body with a stop lamp:
A distance of 100 mm between the light-emitting surfaces of the lamps when viewed in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
(ii) In the case of a rear fog lamp which shares a common lamp body with a stop lamp:
100 mm
[...]
10. Electrical connections:
No rear fog lamp shall be fitted to any vehicle so that it can be illuminated by the application of any braking system on the vehicle
11. Tell-tale:
A circuit-closed tell-tale shall be fitted
12. Other requirements-
Where two rear fog lamps are fitted to a motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1986 or to a trailer manufactured on or after 1st October 1985 they shall form a matched pair.

Cheers

Blippie

willhipperson said:

does anybody know if there is a way of swapping the wiring over on the back of a freelander so the lights in the bumper are the fog and reversing lights and the ones next rear door do the indicators and brake lights

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The way I have seen it done is adding extra tail lamps where the fog lamps are by fitting bulb holders within the cluster. Apparently it was all done with the same parts as the original fitment.

They might have been dual intensity bulbs and been both tail and brake lamps, but I can't remember. That would be trickier.

Cheers

Blippie