Just changed front indicators
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I bought the fron lenses from a company called Marcus Glenn
www.marcusglenn.com/
It worked out at about £40 for the pair inc. VAT and postage. They are brand new, you can find 2nd hand ones cheaper but new ones are hard to come by. They are off landrovers and NATO spec vehicles.
Side indicator came off ebay, I went for slightly smoked ones to match the silver, but you can get just about any colour you want. Chav it up!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21654&item=4523219764&rd=1
£7 posted
I also got some new bulbs as the existing are clear, you can get orange bulbs from Halfrauds for a couple of quid. I opted for some Philips silver vision to avoid fried egg look and you get a nice blue shimmer behind the lense.
www.powerbulbs.co.uk/product.asp?numRecordPosition=2&P_ID=174&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=103
The last thing you need is mastic, a couple of quick from Homebaseor B&Q etc. I used the 24hr setting stuff hence the string.
Fitting is pretty easy, I found that by just taking the front plate off access was easy enough.
1. Simple gentley push the old front lenses into the car to break the mastic.
2. Unclip the block connectors about 20cm up the wire from the back of the lense and remove whole unit including the screw on bulb holder.
3. You'll see from the old lenses how they were held in place. Clean the area inside the front bumper that the mastic will bond too with some white spirit or similar.
4. Put new lenses in place without the screw on bulb holder, these will need securing in place. I used string and some sticky back picture hooks, in hindsight a bit of hot melt glue or superglue would have worked just as well.
5. With the lenses in place mastic them in as per the orginals, you have to make sure its well pushed in and also doesn't foul the threads for the bulb holder.
6. Wait for it to dry, I left it for a day and a half.
7. Put new bulbs in holders, screw on to lenses, re connect block connectors
8. Put hazzards on to test and replace front plate.
Side indicators are just clipped in and pull out. Take care not to mark paint. These are a straight forward replace.
www.marcusglenn.com/
It worked out at about £40 for the pair inc. VAT and postage. They are brand new, you can find 2nd hand ones cheaper but new ones are hard to come by. They are off landrovers and NATO spec vehicles.
Side indicator came off ebay, I went for slightly smoked ones to match the silver, but you can get just about any colour you want. Chav it up!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21654&item=4523219764&rd=1
£7 posted
I also got some new bulbs as the existing are clear, you can get orange bulbs from Halfrauds for a couple of quid. I opted for some Philips silver vision to avoid fried egg look and you get a nice blue shimmer behind the lense.
www.powerbulbs.co.uk/product.asp?numRecordPosition=2&P_ID=174&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=103
The last thing you need is mastic, a couple of quick from Homebaseor B&Q etc. I used the 24hr setting stuff hence the string.
Fitting is pretty easy, I found that by just taking the front plate off access was easy enough.
1. Simple gentley push the old front lenses into the car to break the mastic.
2. Unclip the block connectors about 20cm up the wire from the back of the lense and remove whole unit including the screw on bulb holder.
3. You'll see from the old lenses how they were held in place. Clean the area inside the front bumper that the mastic will bond too with some white spirit or similar.
4. Put new lenses in place without the screw on bulb holder, these will need securing in place. I used string and some sticky back picture hooks, in hindsight a bit of hot melt glue or superglue would have worked just as well.
5. With the lenses in place mastic them in as per the orginals, you have to make sure its well pushed in and also doesn't foul the threads for the bulb holder.
6. Wait for it to dry, I left it for a day and a half.
7. Put new bulbs in holders, screw on to lenses, re connect block connectors
8. Put hazzards on to test and replace front plate.
Side indicators are just clipped in and pull out. Take care not to mark paint. These are a straight forward replace.
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