Time to tart up the LR3 a little, and start to make it my own.
Started with with EBN 500041 - Sill Protection Plates
Stainless self adhesive sill guards - come with double sided tape already attached, and cleaning wipes to clean the paintwork before you stick them down.
First challenge was finding a metric tape measure to position the sills correctly - US tape measures are all Inches!!!!
Finally dug out an old UK one, and used masking tape to mark up the correct position on the US passenger side front sill.
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Figured lots of tape and measuring here would prevent fatal cock-ups later on!
Note - I did not push the sill plate all the way back under the rubber seal - otherwise it only covers 2/3 of the door sill!
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Self adhesive tape - just peel and stick after wiping down the paint with the alcohol wipe provided.
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Success!
Now the back door sill...
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Make sure you follow the measurements on the LR instructions - it's like IKEA - no words, just crucial little details in the diagrams!
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US Drivers side - all done
Next, it's time for smoked indicators to go with the black and white look of my LR3.
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Purchased from FleaBay - easy enough to fit - come with Orange Bulbs (of course)
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Looks much better!
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Better look than stock IMHO 08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
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16th Sep 2008 2:30 am
Neil Pettersen
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Why didn't you get sill plates that cover all the paint ?
Is yours a set of two or four pieces ?
16th Sep 2008 6:42 am
StornowaySA
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cdodkin
Just picked up the same indiactors - how easily do the side lights come off? any trick to it?MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
Changing indicators is easy. Push the repeater unit gently forwards on its retaining spring and the rear end can be lifted out. Reverse process to put the new ones in. 30 second job.Too much intellectual firepower can damage your common sense.
Neil Pettersen - This is the 4 plate set from Land Rover - it doesn't cover the sill edge as you can see
There are non oem models on FleaBay that cover the sill edge - but I wanted oem.
I'm thinking that the non LR versions will extend beyond the door seals, potentially allowing water ingress when fording/wading - could be a case of nice sills but wet feet! 08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
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BlackPerth - as James R says, easy enough to swap out, however...
Be careful how far forward you push the lens unit against it's spring, before lifting out the rear section.
I managed to snap one of the springs in the new FleaBay lamps by over compressing it, and had to send back for replacement!
The bulb housing just twists out and is a bayonet lock into the lens unit.
Make sure you insert the new bulbs into the rather flimsy contacts carefully, you can jam it in there and bend the contacts if you're not looking.08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
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16th Sep 2008 3:02 pm
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Nice pic's, boy is your vehicle CLEAN do you actually take it out the grage? Experience is a difficult teacher, because she gives the test first and then the lesson afterwards!!!!
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do you actually take it out the grage? 
