My NSR light unit was cracked and although still working, it was offending me. Sooner or later water would no doubt ingress.
Being a nice sunny morning I have just fitted the used replacement unit bought off eBay.
My first thought was to check the forum for any guidance. I found the wonderfully clear thread on the pre-facelift cars, but couldn’t find anything on the newer vehicles. Forgive me if I wasn’t thorough enough!
This is an easy job but as I took a few pics along the way, I thought I’d pop something on here.
First task once inside the boot, is to remove the cover which is held by a similar knob to the pre-facelift cars.
Tucked under the carpet is the connector which you have to pull apart having squeezed the tags on each side.
After disconnecting the light unit, there are then 3 flanged nuts to remove with an 8mm socket.
The big one at the top with the long length of thread is the one that the cover knob engages on. Take care not to drop the flanged nuts as they are quite fiddly!
There is no need to remove any of the bulbs at this stage.
Once undone, the light unit comes away quite easily with the wire coming through the large oval hole in the body.
I took the opportunity to clean the area prior to fitting the new unit.
Next, I needed to remove the bulbs from the old unit and put them in the replacement. I decided to label them “A” to “E” first as in the pic below.
It may be that some are interchangeable but I don’t know, so this was the best way not to mix them up!
They are a simple twist and pull fitting.
Once the bulbs were in the new unit I gently offered it back in situ and popped the flanged nuts back, with just a few turns of thread.
Looking at the rear of the car I felt the unit needed to move to the left a little. There’s not a lot of play, but there was enough and I then tightened the left hand nut (looking from inside the boot) first to keep position. Then the large top one, and finally the last one.
It’s worth a final check to see that the unit has seated properly prior to reconnecting with the wiring loom and tucking it back under the carpet.
Then it’s worth starting the car and checking all the lights are working, before finally re-attaching the cover. Job done!
I’m sure most of you could do this with your eyes closed so please excuse this menial posting.
Now the question is do I simply bin the cracked unit or eBay it?
Now, having responded to the “whilst you’ve got your toolbox out, can you just....” with some household chores, I see the sun is still out, so off for a top-down drive!
Being a nice sunny morning I have just fitted the used replacement unit bought off eBay.
My first thought was to check the forum for any guidance. I found the wonderfully clear thread on the pre-facelift cars, but couldn’t find anything on the newer vehicles. Forgive me if I wasn’t thorough enough!
This is an easy job but as I took a few pics along the way, I thought I’d pop something on here.
First task once inside the boot, is to remove the cover which is held by a similar knob to the pre-facelift cars.
Tucked under the carpet is the connector which you have to pull apart having squeezed the tags on each side.
After disconnecting the light unit, there are then 3 flanged nuts to remove with an 8mm socket.
The big one at the top with the long length of thread is the one that the cover knob engages on. Take care not to drop the flanged nuts as they are quite fiddly!
There is no need to remove any of the bulbs at this stage.
Once undone, the light unit comes away quite easily with the wire coming through the large oval hole in the body.
I took the opportunity to clean the area prior to fitting the new unit.
Next, I needed to remove the bulbs from the old unit and put them in the replacement. I decided to label them “A” to “E” first as in the pic below.
It may be that some are interchangeable but I don’t know, so this was the best way not to mix them up!
They are a simple twist and pull fitting.
Once the bulbs were in the new unit I gently offered it back in situ and popped the flanged nuts back, with just a few turns of thread.
Looking at the rear of the car I felt the unit needed to move to the left a little. There’s not a lot of play, but there was enough and I then tightened the left hand nut (looking from inside the boot) first to keep position. Then the large top one, and finally the last one.
It’s worth a final check to see that the unit has seated properly prior to reconnecting with the wiring loom and tucking it back under the carpet.
Then it’s worth starting the car and checking all the lights are working, before finally re-attaching the cover. Job done!
I’m sure most of you could do this with your eyes closed so please excuse this menial posting.
Now the question is do I simply bin the cracked unit or eBay it?
Now, having responded to the “whilst you’ve got your toolbox out, can you just....” with some household chores, I see the sun is still out, so off for a top-down drive!
