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Still shouldn't be too long and we'll be out having fun again 
Agree with rfoster, had a neat stone hole in one of mine, lived with it for some time due to the percieved hassle of changing; once the reflector started to corrode I bit the bullet and bought a new one. Pretty straightforward:
Steering on full lock (right for drivers side and left for nearside), carefully peel back wheelarch liner and tuck behind wheel. This gives you access to the 3 cheap plastic wingnuts that hold the headlamp in place, these are probably pretty rusty so give them a good dose of WD40 or similar, brush the worst of the rust off the threads then undo the nuts. It is advisable to count the turns so that you can get a good initial alignment on re fitting. disconect the wiring and pull the sidelight bulb out of its hole.
You can improve access from above by wedging open the front hatch and removing the radiator shroud.
Remove the mounting cradle from the old light and transfer to new light, you may need to snap off a small moulding on the new lamp surround (identified by comparison with old).
Refit is reverse of above. I lost the thread on one of my nylon nuts so replaced the lot with stainless from my local yacht chandlers for about a pound.
I fitted new +50% bulbs at the same time and the difference was.........
Undetectable to my eyes!!
Right, suns out so off to dry out the car after getting an inch of hail in the cockpit last night.
Steering on full lock (right for drivers side and left for nearside), carefully peel back wheelarch liner and tuck behind wheel. This gives you access to the 3 cheap plastic wingnuts that hold the headlamp in place, these are probably pretty rusty so give them a good dose of WD40 or similar, brush the worst of the rust off the threads then undo the nuts. It is advisable to count the turns so that you can get a good initial alignment on re fitting. disconect the wiring and pull the sidelight bulb out of its hole.
You can improve access from above by wedging open the front hatch and removing the radiator shroud.
Remove the mounting cradle from the old light and transfer to new light, you may need to snap off a small moulding on the new lamp surround (identified by comparison with old).
Refit is reverse of above. I lost the thread on one of my nylon nuts so replaced the lot with stainless from my local yacht chandlers for about a pound.
I fitted new +50% bulbs at the same time and the difference was.........
Undetectable to my eyes!!
Right, suns out so off to dry out the car after getting an inch of hail in the cockpit last night.
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