Driving light replacement

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:58 pm

Anyone in the Fife area done one of these before? Fancy giving me a hand with changing one?

minkypotglory · Post by **minkypotglory** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:11 pm

Neil's got a cracked light as well

Mags

P.S where is the best place to get a replacement one

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:39 pm

it's a doddle. take the grill off, then just unbolt the lamp. Takes about 10mins

Post by **simon** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:16 am

minkypotglory wrote:P.S where is the best place to get a replacement one

Try ebay.

The_Rossatron · Post by **The_Rossatron** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:22 am

Halfords also do both types that were fitted to S2s in case anybody's interested...

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:08 am

Isn't John talking about the S1 driving lights tho.... which are a whole world of pain away from changing S2 one's!!
It is do-able but technically it's a clam off job, and you'll see why

You can only screw in two of the three screws, and one of those is a nightmare. My dad made me three little tools, a different one each for turning the screw 1/3 of a turn. Took me well over an hour to do the first one.

S1 driving lights are much more expensive than S2 one's, but you might still want to consider changing both at the same time as changing just one will give you a dull one and a bright one. Something no one else will notice but bug the hell out of you

Scott

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:12 am

Once you get the light(s) gimmie a shout if u want an we can fit it.

scott

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:03 am

minkypotglory wrote:Neil's got a cracked light as well

Mags

P.S where is the best place to get a replacement one

http://www.elise-shop.com/index.php?mai ... ucts_id=43

Scottd wrote:Once you get the light(s) gimmie a shout if u want an we can fit it.

scott

Will do Scott

I am back at work for two weeks but will give you a shout when I get back.

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:53 am

Rather than replace the light, get a plastic protector, remove any loose glass, and then fit the protector to what's left - worked for me!

Cheers,
Robin

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:54 pm

But Robin we're still at that 'caring' stage

robin wrote:Rather than replace the light, get a plastic protector, remove any loose glass, and then fit the protector to what's left - worked for me!

Cheers,
Robin

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:40 pm

Anyone know, can you get replacement glass for them, or do you have to replace the unit (s2)? I just need to look at the things and they crack...

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:09 pm

bertie,
Do you work in the city chambers in glasgow?

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:43 pm

Scottd wrote:Isn't John talking about the S1 driving lights tho.... which are a whole world of pain away from changing S2 one's!!
It is do-able but technically it's a clam off job, and you'll see why
You can only screw in two of the three screws, and one of those is a nightmare. My dad made me three little tools, a different one each for turning the screw 1/3 of a turn. Took me well over an hour to do the first one.

Scott

Nope. After i knocked my drivers side driving lamp out by hittin a bird. i replaced the lamp and mounting bracket. And once the tools were out and the grill was of it did indeed take about 10 mins. All the bolds came out on probs at all though.

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:10 am

gordon wrote:Nope....

You mean yes!? Cause we are talkin S1 and it did take me that long. If you took 10 mins then I bow down to ur speedy driving light changing skillz!

Post by **Shug** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:19 am

Theres some variation on the fit of the front clams on S1s. Some are relatively easy to get at, some are the work of Satan. For the sake of my sanity, I just took the bloody clam off. Gave me an excuse to tidy up some other things under there at the same time.