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TonyB

Member Since: 02 Oct 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 14

2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 V8 Santorini Black

Headlamp lens replacement

I need to fit a new lens to the offside headlamp (2012 Westminster) and I understand I need to heat up the headlamp, to soften the glue to remove the old lens. Given the cost of a replacement leadlamp unit, it seems the smart thing to try to replace the lens. Any do's and dont's before I splash out?

27th Apr 2020 1:31pm

stan
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are new lenses available then? ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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27th Apr 2020 1:39pm

TonyB

Member Since: 02 Oct 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 14

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27th Apr 2020 1:56pm

WB

Member Since: 26 May 2016
Location: London
Posts: 303

2010 Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 SC V8 Santorini Black

Are you replacing them because they're cloudy or for another reason? If it's exterior cloudiness it may be possible to polish your current ones rather than replace.

27th Apr 2020 2:25pm

TonyB

Member Since: 02 Oct 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 14

Unfortunately not, the lens is scratched. Too deep to polish out.

27th Apr 2020 2:29pm

Cam-Tech-Craig

Member Since: 03 Aug 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 16312

2015 Range Rover SVAutobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Tony, you will struggle to remove them by heating them up as the glue is not the same as the early lamps and does NOT soften when heated! Ask me how i know

Just wouldn't want you ruining your headlamp case overheating it!

27th Apr 2020 10:32pm

Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8369

2014 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

So I take it you grind the old one off, after several beers so your hand is steady...?? Pete
I now have permission from the boss to use Y.O.L.O. Enjoy life
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

27th Apr 2020 10:42pm

Cam-Tech-Craig

Member Since: 03 Aug 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 16312

Ive only ever removed broken ones but tried removing some in the early days of the 2009 facelift without much luck Pete!

27th Apr 2020 10:55pm

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