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Fitting front/rear lamp guards?
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evisu140
 


Member Since: 15 Jun 2009
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United Kingdom 2009 Discovery 3 TDV6 GS Auto Santorini BlackDiscovery 3
Fitting front/rear lamp guards?

Hi,

Are front/rear lamp guards easy enough to fit? Do I need to drill any of the body work or do they fit to existing screws etc. Any help would be grate, I'm considering buying a set for my D3.....

Cheers,

Jason  
Post #48228916th Jun 2009 11:21 am
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SN
 


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Front ones are a no-brainer - pop the headlamps out, stick plugs into ready and waiting holes, attach hidden bracket - put headlamp back in and screw down outer guard - job done.

Back ones need drilling of bodywork BEHIND lamp units - instructions say you should use Rivnuts into 7mm hole (ISTR) but I never had the rivnuts on mine so drilled 4mm holes, gunked up with a bit of mastic and self tapped the screws in. Just need to follow the old 'measure twice, cutdrill once' adage to get them straight Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)   
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PaulP
 


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Front guards fit using existing holes etc - no need for drilling.

Rear guards need a couple of holes drilling, but are behind the rear lights and would therefore be invisible if you take them off at some point.

Fitting instructions are available here:

http://www.ownerinfo.landrover.com/extfree2viewlrprod/index.jsp 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG  
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evisu140
 


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Awesome link, thanks for the help guys.......

Very Happy  
Post #48229916th Jun 2009 11:50 am
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Steve H
 


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Had these guards on my GS and was a bit concerned about the drilled holes at the back. Self tappers and unprotected steel didn't seem a good idea on a car designed to run in mud and water so I kept them coated in grease as far as possible. One thing to watch for is the positioing of the rear guard brackets. when I inspected the car before I bought it (it had been a demo car) I found that the inner brackets had been rubbing on the edge of the rear glass and had worn a groove in it. The stealer polished the edge of the glass smooth again but failed to see that spacers were needed to align the bracket correctly. I had no trouble after I made up small small spacers to fit behind the outer brackets. D4 SDV6 XS Orkney Grey  
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