Didz1982
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Ok so I found some bits on here and some bits elsewhere. Figured I’d feedback on how I did it and issues I ran into.
Bumpers- they don’t just bolt on. The front needs the metal support from behind it off the donor facelift too. You also need the tow eye for the front as it’s shaped differently.
Rear was worse, the shape of the mk1 shell has bulges that we’re behind the old bumper. These stop it mating and so need hammering flat.
Also the bumper bracket below the higher lights needs removing too.
Then it should mate pretty well. Remember to paint all the sectiones u've damaged the paint on. It’s not visable, but will help protect it. tips for bumper removal... other than the screws on the arches to the liners, front and back, there are some plastic studs/clips under the seal on the top of the back bumper and under the grill on the front. But also 1 each side inside the front wing, accessed through the cut out in the liner, or down the side of it. And 1 each side hiden behind the rear arch for the back. Pull the small section off on the 5door or pull the majority away on the 3 door.
Headlights need a good couple of inches cutting away to make them fit. So from where the bottom of the light sat to roughly the height of the horn mount. I actually found I had to grind the top of the clip of the horn mount down, right down to the captive nut.
Again, the old bracket needed removing too. (Unpainted area to the right of light gap)
wiring- it’s all different plug wise. Most wire colours were the same, watch for level motor as it’s the same colour as the side light bulb. Colours were wrong, but easy to work out from the plug pin layout.
The wiper stalk swap does not make both lights come on for full beam as many thought it might. For that feature u’ll have to bridge the full beam and dipped with a Relay/resistor.
I found two plugs in the vicinity of fogs, which I presume will be for it. But again not the same and I don’t have a switch yet anyway. So that’s for a later date.
errmm... screws, u need the long screws from the facelift rear lights to refit them. The lights are thicker. Also all the connectors are different on the rear too, but easy to change over. Take as much of the donor loom as u can with the plugs, this applies for all lights ur doing.
think that just about covers it. Feel free to ask if there’s something I’ve not covered.
Bumpers- they don’t just bolt on. The front needs the metal support from behind it off the donor facelift too. You also need the tow eye for the front as it’s shaped differently.
Rear was worse, the shape of the mk1 shell has bulges that we’re behind the old bumper. These stop it mating and so need hammering flat.
Also the bumper bracket below the higher lights needs removing too.
Then it should mate pretty well. Remember to paint all the sectiones u've damaged the paint on. It’s not visable, but will help protect it. tips for bumper removal... other than the screws on the arches to the liners, front and back, there are some plastic studs/clips under the seal on the top of the back bumper and under the grill on the front. But also 1 each side inside the front wing, accessed through the cut out in the liner, or down the side of it. And 1 each side hiden behind the rear arch for the back. Pull the small section off on the 5door or pull the majority away on the 3 door.
Headlights need a good couple of inches cutting away to make them fit. So from where the bottom of the light sat to roughly the height of the horn mount. I actually found I had to grind the top of the clip of the horn mount down, right down to the captive nut.
Again, the old bracket needed removing too. (Unpainted area to the right of light gap)
wiring- it’s all different plug wise. Most wire colours were the same, watch for level motor as it’s the same colour as the side light bulb. Colours were wrong, but easy to work out from the plug pin layout.
The wiper stalk swap does not make both lights come on for full beam as many thought it might. For that feature u’ll have to bridge the full beam and dipped with a Relay/resistor.
I found two plugs in the vicinity of fogs, which I presume will be for it. But again not the same and I don’t have a switch yet anyway. So that’s for a later date.
errmm... screws, u need the long screws from the facelift rear lights to refit them. The lights are thicker. Also all the connectors are different on the rear too, but easy to change over. Take as much of the donor loom as u can with the plugs, this applies for all lights ur doing.
think that just about covers it. Feel free to ask if there’s something I’ve not covered.
