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How Do I Hang My Spots???
Just back from Pilling Land Rover, Welwyn Garden City.
They just supplied & fitted my New LR 'A' Frame.
£200 for Frame & £112 for fitting - 3 hrs labour for £112 ..not bad eh?
Anyway, a quick look before I drove home, and I cann't see where I can hang my Spot Lights from!!!
On the section where I would have thought, there is a bracket which secures the Frame to the Grill.
I know this has got to be the place to fit, but how do I go around it with this bracket in place???
By the way, put the LR Bonnet decals on the 'A' Frame.
Think it looks OK, but will need to remove the decals on bonnet leading edge.
First look from close up and you think you've got double vision.
Will post pics later.I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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Its very straightforward (well this bit is). They are mounted in the same place (and using the same bolts) as the two part plastic clips between the A Bar and the Grill - I have actually binned those clips on mine now - its damn near impossible to get the grill off with them in place Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
7th Mar 2007 11:10 pm
BarryG
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looking at your spots there mate , are the the Lance 140's ? if yes how do you rate them .?
Im going to get a pair soon and dont know what to go for . the 140's or the very very expensive
Land Rover Ones
8th Mar 2007 3:22 pm
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Barry.. that picture is of my motor ...they are Striker 170's ...and they are the dogs I would have Lightforce over any other unit every time 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
8th Mar 2007 7:33 pm
ronp
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Looked at fitting instructions on LR site, but not giving sufficient instructions on hanging from 'A' Frame [plenty about mounting to bumper].
I'm not using LR Spots ..... don't know if they have a different fitting to the standard Bolt, Nut & Washer system?
Is there a bracket I need to buy??I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
8th Mar 2007 8:39 pm
SN
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ronp wrote:
but not giving sufficient instructions on hanging from 'A' Frame [plenty about mounting to bumper].
I'm not using LR Spots ..... don't know if they have a different fitting to the standard Bolt, Nut & Washer system?
Is there a bracket I need to buy??
The key thing is that for each one, your mount point is a flat square about 1 and 1/2" across - you'll need two holes in it - for the bolts you already have in your A-Bar, which currently hold on those plastic clips which go across to the grill. The LR lamps come with plastic blocks which do the job - onto which the LR lights are then bolted (bolt heads covered by little LR logos).
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8th Mar 2007 8:51 pm
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Ron...if you have only one bolt on your lamps then this will still work fine 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
8th Mar 2007 9:20 pm
ronp
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OK, from what y'all sayin [that's american], I remove one of the bolts on this retaining bracket ....
and my non standard LR Spots will thread into this hole?????
soz if I'm bein thick!!!I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
8th Mar 2007 10:09 pm
SN
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As long as your spots have a bracket which terminates in an upward facing horizontal plate with a 9mm (there or thereabouts) hole through it!Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
8th Mar 2007 11:56 pm
BarryG
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dickgriff wrote:
Barry.. that picture is of my motor ...they are Striker 170's ...and they are the dogs I would have Lightforce over any other unit every time
Well if there good enough for DG then there good enough for me
..... Sold ....Im going for the Lance 170's ... next problem when to you get them from
had a look on ebay and I get then in Aus for 345 Aus Dollar's and 163 shipping (508 Aus all in )
that's 300 Euro or 204Uk pounds.
Is there a local Uk/ireland reseller ? is 200 Uk a bit on the height side. ?
Cheers
B.
9th Mar 2007 1:54 pm
ronp
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edit: Decided to go for these myself and ebay my others.I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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Look at the fitting instructions on 
...they are Striker 170's ...and they are the dogs 
