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Here you can see the light assembly. The
plastic bezel has been attached to the lamp prior to this picture
being taken. |
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This is the back side of the same lamp assembly.
The gold knob top and right is the aiming adjustment. |
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At first I thought the bumper cover was to be
removed, but actually the whole project is done from the outside.
The brush guard was removed for clarity. This is the paper
template for the cutout. I traced the shape of the cutout
with a razor blade, which left the outline of the plastic to be
removed. |
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Here's the cutout. The piece visible inside is
the retainer into which the bezel attaches. I followed the outline
of the cutout by drilling holes all around the outline, then
"connecting the dots" with a razor knife. A little
smoothing with a file and it's good to go. There's some room for
error, but be careful. |
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Here's the light assembly in place. The wiring at
this point is not done. The lamps came with an elaborate
wiring harness that places the switch in a panel on the dashboard.
The drawback is that the cubby next to the steering column is
replaced by the switch panel. I elected to make my own wiring
harness which turns the valence lamps on with the parking lamps. |
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Well, FreelanderLiving.com was replaced by
MuddyOval! :)
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The finished product- a much more modern looking
front end. The Freelander headlights are adequate, but the
additional driving lamps make night driving much more pleasurable. They
are quite bright!! |
