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- Written by: Gordon
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The LED rear lights have different mounting fixtures and as such some of the existing fibre glass in the Rear Clip light receptacles needs to be cut away.
I use tape to cover the hole and the use the tape as a support to apply a couple of new fibre glass layers.
Removing the tape when the fibre glass has set and a coat of black stone chip paint finishes the job.
Just need to repeat for the other light locations.
The aperture for the front indicator needs to be opened out a bit. I use the same method as the rear with a sanding drum and engineers telescopic snap gauge
The indicators need to be attached to a backplate to secure them in plac. I decide to have a trial run using an old number plate to fabricate a pair of 'test' back plates before committing to the real ones.
I trial fit the pods that cover the rear of the front light assemblies. I have both the original covers and the new slimmed down ones.
The original ones seem to fit over the lights with no problem although there are numerous stories of tyre rub with these - hence the facttory redesigned them I guess.
Because of this I do want to use the slimmer ones but they don't seem to sit very well, with gaps around the edges.
I use some engineers marking blue on the lamps and the fit the cover and can then see where the are touching. I snad this are down a bit but do not seem to achieve to much.
I will have to come back to this.
Finally I paint the inside of the front clip with some black stonechip paint.
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Complete rear light prefit, begin front lights prefit and prefit roll cage supports.
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To fit the rear LED lights, the existing apertures need to be enlarged.
I use a drum sander to remove the fibre glass. I keep a check on the size using an engineers telescopic snap gauge and check that against a vernier, comparing with the diameter if the light fittings.
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I have the later LED lamps for the rear, but the main wiring loom is for the earlier non-LED lamps.
The instructions provided by Ultima are straight forward to follow, effectively some wires change place and need lengthening or shortening.
The loom tape needs to be removed back sufficiently to allow this rework.
All joins were soldered and then insulated with some heat shrink sleeve and then all cables need new connectors crimped to the ends.
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The door hinge slots and mounting holes have been poorly cut by the original builder. I mark out the hinge location and then grind back the fibre glass from the inside.
I then build up the inside with fresh fibre glass layers. The outside face is repaired with fresh gel coat and polished. The new holes and slot are then made.
Unfortunately some of the marking leached into the gel coat and is visible around a couple of the holes. This should ot be a problem as I plan to make a plate to reinforce the mounting for the hinges - just to be sure.
