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DI-Dick ***
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 128 Location: In the dog house
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 14:10 Post subject: Replace LED Daytime lamp/running lamp (2015-) |
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2015 onwards Shoguns have the LED lights in the front bumper which are permanently illuminated while the engine is running, day and night. Anyway, kamikaze pheasant has smashed one of mine. Anybody have any experience removing/changing one please? Can't be difficult but there's no obvious way to remove it without the usual random levering/prying at various bits of plastic and hoping for the best that something comes apart before clips etc start to break.
Also, anyone know where to get one from at a sensible price? It's the n/s btw. Haven't tried Mitsi yet (for obvious reasons ££) but no luck on eBay or quick google search. Probably not a very common part and, sadly, not a very common motor anymore.
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medicman ****
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 396 Location: Leeds
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 19:59 Post subject: |
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Hiya there’s one for sale on eBay £60, search Mitsubishi shogun front bumper on their site.
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DI-Dick ***
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 128 Location: In the dog house
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 22:32 Post subject: |
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Thanks medicman, very well spotted!
Unfortunately it doesn't sound in great condition. Buyer describes it as scratched and with moisture inside, and you can see the moisture in the pictures. In my experience that generally means they're knackered, or shortly will be. May be fixable, and on the plus side it comes with a fog lamp which would be a useful spare. Maybe I'll buy it, I'll see.
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DI-Dick ***
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 128 Location: In the dog house
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 14:30 Post subject: |
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Update
Rang Mitsubishi already knowing it was going to be expensive. But, £290 +VAT for a little plastic LED light!! That has to be the biggest piss take ever. Shameful! To be fair the parts guy who is really helpful said he could get it down to about £300 all in, but still. Hell of a lot for what it is.
So, I bought the one on Ebay, will see what it's like when it arrives but sure I can fix it up, and a spare fog light too.
Thanks again to medicman for spotting it!
Having had a good look at the job, the plastic surround/bezel thing comes off very easily, but the lamp is fitted from behind the bumper. So, I guess I'm going to have to remove half the bumper, unless it can be accessed through the front wheel arch liner which I haven't removed yet. What a pain! So if anyone has done this or similar then any advice would be greatly appreciated.
If you have a 2015 onwards Shogun look after the front driving lights!! |
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icehawk LifeTime Member
Age: 62 Zodiac: Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 2550 Location: walsall west.mids
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 17:35 Post subject: |
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Dont know how dealers get away with extortionate prices,probably 20 notes to manufacture in some Chinese sweat shop,would hate to think what prices would be for one of the ecu modules. |
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assassin ********
Age: 64 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: Wherever I Wander To -- Midlands
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:31 Post subject: |
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Wheel arch liner out and you can get at it. |
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DI-Dick ***
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 128 Location: In the dog house
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Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:09 Post subject: |
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Thanks Assassin, I thought that would be the way. Not exactly convenient if you need to change the fog light bulb, but there we are. |
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medicman ****
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 396 Location: Leeds
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:43 Post subject: |
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Hiya I replaced my fog lamp bulb by removing only 3 or 4 of the little clips and pulling the splash guard back enough to get bulb out,
I cut a piece of wood just long enough to keep the space open so I could use both hands, a couple of the clips broke due to being brittle but the splash guard still remains in place ok, if I was to do it again I would buy some new clips first.
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DI-Dick ***
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 128 Location: In the dog house
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 14:55 Post subject: |
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It certainly does medicman, thanks. Those clips are a pain in the backside, they always break. But it's useful to know that maybe only a few need taking apart. I'll see how it goes.
By the way, thanks again for spotting the led light on eBay. It turned up and appears to be in perfect undamaged condition, no cracks/holes or anything like that. So I really can't understand why it had condensation inside it. There's two little bungs in the back which look like some sort of filter, presumably to equalise pressure changes. So I've taken them both out and the lamp is currently drying thoroughly in my airing cupboard (obviously the wife isn't impressed haha). |
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