dshickle
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: Epsom, Surrey
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Hi All,
Still trying to get the tow electrics installed for the Disco 4.
Requires removal of the bumper cover which requires remove the rear lights.
So looking at the lights - i remove the 2 screws and the light is loose, however, the instructions say to 'release the 2 clips'
I can't quite figure out how to 'release the 2 clips'.
Does anyone know if they just pop off like the trim clips or is there something more sophisticated?
Any help gratefully received.
David Not yet through the mid-life crisis - still growing up
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 18th Jun 2010 8:26 am |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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Remove the two screws and pull the light towards you - the two clips they mention are just pressure fit pins that wedge into rubber grommets.
Just give it a damn good yank and they'll come straight out - you won't/can't break anything  2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 18th Jun 2010 8:34 am |
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Verydisco
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: A bit there, a bit over there and sometime at home, France
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Hello
they are just popped in so they pop out
technique is to turn them a tiny bit.
Exemple : driver side light : open tailgate, take 2 screws out, with you left hand pull the vertical black plastic part of the light towards you, put you fingers behind it, put the palm of your right hand on the side of the light/right wing, the with you left hand pull firmly toawards you (not sideway at all)
they are so popped in they hold together even with the screws out, hence you difficulty to pull them out, though you have to take the bull by the horns !
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| 18th Jun 2010 8:36 am |
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dshickle
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: Epsom, Surrey
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Many thanks chaps, will have ago later this evening.
David Not yet through the mid-life crisis - still growing up
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| 18th Jun 2010 8:49 am |
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DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
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Just be careful when refitting that they are correctly aligned otherwise you could damage the pins that enter the bodywork and you can't buy spares. SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
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| 18th Jun 2010 9:43 am |
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NaraBronzeLR4
Member Since: 17 Apr 2010
Location: California
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I did the install for the electrics myself this evening. All went well except I couldn't find the little grommets to secure the wire to underneath the bumper. I managed to plug the first little plastic (white) one in just behind the big plug, but I couldn't get my hand far enough behind the weird iron swinging thing under the bumper for the other two, even after lowering the spare tire.
The wires seem to be tucked in okay but a little nervous they could come loose and rub while off-roading, etc.
Any ideas?
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| 25th Aug 2010 6:39 am |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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dshickle wrote:Still trying to get the tow electrics installed for the Disco 4.
Requires removal of the bumper cover which requires remove the rear lights.
You shouldn't have to remove the bumper cover to fit the electrics - well not in a D3 anyway.
So don't know why on a D4 .....
... or are you just being thorough ? ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
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| 25th Aug 2010 9:27 am |
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NaraBronzeLR4
Member Since: 17 Apr 2010
Location: California
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There's definitely nothing in the instructions about needing to remove the bumper to install the electrics. All I had to do was remove the little black cover above the hitch to install the plug for the electrics. Still stumped about how to grommet them into place though behind the bumper.
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| 26th Aug 2010 12:05 am |
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