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The front is complete. The bumper will have to come off again for the headlights (cracked). The engine runs fine. Some ticking from the supercharger (I didn’t check it when the engine was out). A lot of polishing to do. Nose ready
My headlights are due to come out and tech thought the whole bumper has to be removed. I found this YouTube... no judgement as to whether he is doing a bodge job or not, but it looks doable without bumper removal... what do you think??
Valerie,
I removed the headlights a couple of years ago so as to replace the globes, it's an easy job and no need to remove the bumper cover.
All I did was unplug the electrical plug (duh!), remove the three bolts which hold the assembly in place (one is behind a little panel up in the wheel well and the other two are in plain sight on the headlight assembly casing) and loosen the six bolts across the top of the bumper cover, this then gave me enough play in the bumper cover to slowly and carefully pull the cover back a little and wiggle the light assemblies out.
I think so, too. However it' s my JLR tech, a good guy and competent, who stated that the bumper had to come off. I think that's probably what the official manual says. I sent him the video, which shows about the same as what you describe. I don't want him to violate shop policy, but save him some aggravation. The tires are being replaced at the same visit, so easy access to those two plugs/bolts in wheel wells.
I finished the body work. The next fase is alignment and filling the air conditioning. So I drove a 20 minutes drive to a workshop (with workshop licence plates. The engine is running perfectly, good pressure, no overheating, leakage, etc.
After the workshop it will be registered in the Netherlands in a goverment test centre (RDW). After that it will be appraised, than I have to pay taxes. Than it is allowed on the road. After that it will go to the paintshop. Than I can finally drive it. This autumn we plan a trip to Tuscany, top down and visit nice places and restaurants. Fitment Good side
Small update. I test drived the car for a 30 minutes drive. I used special plates, since it is not registered in the Netherlands yet.
The engine is great , very powerful and smooth. No ticking or other strange sounds. Just the supercharger coupler (stupid me, not taking care of that when I had it in my hands….).It had a whine in the drivetrain above 50 km/h. It is speed sensitive. I found out it is the diff. It was also hurt during the crash it had, not just the quarter panel. So on the hunt for a LSD. Which I found, it will go in right now.That also made me postpone the register process [size=33px]. Now it will be late September. I lost the season by this.[/size] Adam
Again, many congratulations on this massive piece of work! Not only mechanical, but body work as well. Sorry to read about the diff. But you will get through this and get to go on your drive. Hope to see photos from that!
That’s a good point. The open diff of the base (340HP) has a different ratio than the S’s (380Hp) LSD. I believe Herman Weigman here produced a table of all the different options.
Thank you all.
next week it is going on a nice trip. From the Netherlands all the way through Germany, over the Alps through Austria to Italy, the Garda Lake area to be precise.
Laat projects done: Carplay, new waterpump, AC operational, aluminium thermostat, Switchable Exhaust, rear camera, a small upper pulley and a nice tune.
Congratulations and well done!
