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D2 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
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I got the L brackets trimmed down but ran into another problem. One of the wires that I fixed gets in the way when trying to reinstall the light assembly.
The wire that's in front as seen in this picture is too thick because of the clear terminal end cover and the heat shrink tube. I ended up breaking the repaired wire . I tried to trim the rear rectangle hole and found out that it's metal not plastic. ] A simple fix is turning into a nightmare . Last edited by Audifan; 10th November 2020 at 12:27 AM. Reason: switched pictures to attachment |
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I forget exactly what I did to mine to get an LED installed, but I think I added on some thin flexible extension wires with a blade connector on one end and a blade socket on the other.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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I bought the correct size female spade connector but the problem is that the male end in the light assembly is fairly thick so the female connector doesn't snap together very easily.
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Hmm. Should I just print a complete replacement using LEDs?
Is the glovebox still in the car at this point or have you removed it? |
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Ditto. The longer tails made it easy then to remove and change lamps. i also just glued plastic tabs on the rear where the originals had broken off.
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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I wonder if the foot well, door puddle lights would fit in the large rear rectangle hole? I'll give it a try later and report back.
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I have it reinstalled but I don't have the front hinge retaining clips installed. I have it this way so I can easily drop down the front part of the glove box to have easier access to the light assembly. The rear hinges were a huge pain to get reinstalled.
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It never occurred to me to take it out by just disconnecting the hinges. I always just unbolt the whole thing.
The puddle lights don't fit. That would have been a sensible and far simpler solution, but since the sadist who designed the glovebox didn't look in the parts bin we have this stupid frangible bespoke thing My dimensional test model will be off the printer shortly... |
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This seems to work ok, although its a tricky one to print with the large overhang.
I will put a 2W LED chip in each flat surface underneath. Those should arrive tomorrow |
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I tried to see if the rear foot well light would fit but not even close as it's a lot longer. I pulled out the door puddle light and it wasn't even close as it's too wide and too long.
Last edited by Audifan; 10th November 2020 at 12:33 AM. Reason: switched picture to attachment |
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