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stretchy:

am I right in thinking you cant just cut the lower indicaters of ?? I want to cut this part of the wiring loom of and the break light aswell

LiftedDisco:
The bumper mounted indicators are there because of a requirement for the rear lights to be seen at all times... the logic is that having the rear door open (with spare wheel in place) would block the view of any offside lights from behind...

Having said that, I have a HD rear bumper with no repeater lights and have MOT'd the car several times in this form... mind you, there are no light holes in the HD bumper... simply cutting the wires and having inoperable lights still fitted would probably raise concerns!

The other issue is getting the remaining lights to work - the relay thinks that you have a missing (ie blown) bulb and therefore flashes fast.

You will need to play around with relays to get it all working correctly - I tried a 200 relay which didn't work and ended up with a couple before I stumbled over one that happened to be OK...

Hope this is of (some) help!

stretchy:
I dont think the lower ones come into the mot in the uk

miketree:
When I had my HD bumper fitted, the lights were pulled through into the boot, behind the inside boot lights.

Range Rover Blues:
Depending what year the Disco was made it has one of 2 types of relay.  The 200 series relay will not fit, the 300 series is thinner and non-standard.  On the side it will tell you how many lamps it was designed to illuminate.  If it's a non-trailer 3-pin type it will say something like 3x21w+25w ie 3 bulbs plus repeater.  The RRC one will say 2x21w+5w and if unsure this is the one to get if you remove the lower lamps.

If you want a trailer relay, they are a bit harder to track down, it will tell you the max load with trailer coupled and the trailer tell-tale repeater flashing.

If you use thew wromg relay it won't work properly. Remove 1 bulb it will flash too fast as a bulb failure warning.  Add one too many it wil lthink you have a trailer connected.

Also, on the 300 the flasher relay is on the MFU and OEM ones are a sod to remove, they have 2 clips holding them in place.


But as said, the lights in the bumper are a legal requirement.

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