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Location: North Yorkshire
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Chaffing Rear Lightguards
Just noticed that my rear lightguards are fouling the tailgate!!!.
It's chipped the paint on the lower OS tailgate and chaffing on the upper NS tailgate.
Parts are genuine LR and dealer fitted [though bought second hand via ebay].
Cann't even tap with a hammer as the brackets are touching the rear lamp cluster.
Fit seems very/too close ... anybody else have this problem?I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
15th Mar 2007 8:17 pm
DN D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2294
Haven't got them on mine ronp, but the tailgates on mine are not positioned exactly central, so if I did, I guess the guards would probably touch in places. Are yours dead in centre,ie equal gaps either side? Other than that, if you loosen the screws that hold the rear clusters on, can the clusters / guards be moved outboard slightly so they don't chafe tailgates?
15th Mar 2007 11:25 pm
GLYNNE
Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
Location: KENT
Posts: 4645
I was going to fit mine at the weekend Is it now a good idea
15th Mar 2007 11:30 pm
DN D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2294
Glynne, I'd try and do a trial fitment if you can, to see if they touch,before you drill holes in your D3.
15th Mar 2007 11:34 pm
simkna
Member Since: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Posts: 806
Shouldn't be a problem so long as you are careful to install with a clearance gap. This is the problem with dealer fit, they never take as much care as somebody fitting parts to their own vehicle.
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16th Mar 2007 10:31 am
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Its a near thing. SIMKNA's right - do it yourself and you get an optimum fit.Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
16th Mar 2007 12:43 pm
CJS
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
Location: East Lothian
Posts: 62
Got them on mine (dealer fitted) and I haven't had the problem. Having changed the rear brake light bulbs I notice you have to spend a bit of time lining them up properly, when you put the guards back, or you could cause some damage.
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I was going to fit mine at the weekend 
Is it now a good idea 
