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Pufftmw

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 1052

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Today's Task - Twin Electrics Install

Today's task was fitting the double electrics into my RRS.

Firstly, had ordered single (7pin) electrics from dan@duckworths but they arrived as single (13pin). Dan very decently sent out twin 7s on a swap out for the same price, so fair play and thanks to him

I have an HSE with PDC so there please bear in mind if you don't (ie less connectors)

The kit comes with a paper manual, which is pretty clear but not perfect. First thing to note is that it says you will need a 6mm allen key, a phillips and a cutting tool but you will also need a pair of pliers for the earth. I would also recommend a long philips in order to not interfere with the bumper when installing the sockets. It is solely diagrams and you are left to interpret what is what. So I thought I would take some pics to try & match the instructions.

Kit + tools

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Remove NS tail light (two philips on the right and ease out)

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Insert plate into left hole & use 4 20mm bolts as provided (why is it like this & not same on both sides?)

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Insert plug into right side with 3 of the 40mm bolts. Easing the wires through is a bit fiddly.

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White plug on the left...

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6mm Allen key to undo the tie-down bolts

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Once out, you can pull (gently) the panel out

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Don't forget to pull out the wire from the 12V socket

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Behind the panel, the 3 sockets you are interested in

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The 2 grey ones have blank ends, which need to be discarded

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Remove the green socket, then pull it through from the outside. This wire can also be discarded.

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The instructions say to push the new cable through from the outside but its easier to pull from the inside! Clip plugs to metal chasis.

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Re-seat the seal, which is simple. You then have 5 connectors on the outside. Shortest is for the PDC, 2nd shortest for the lights, the rest for the towbar electrics. There is another blanking plug to remove for the PDC

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Drop the remaining wire/connectors down the hole behind the bumper

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White earth leads to chasis. This is where you will need the pliers or the correct socket tool. There was also no way it would match the schematic for placement, so don't worry if it can't, it will still work.

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Run the fuses into the area under the floor but easiest to remove the tailgate floor panel first.

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Where holder should go...

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In place

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Once the above is done, then it is a matter of running the wires along the bumper bar, connecting up the matching wires and hiding up behind the bumper, away from the exhaust of course! Because it was cold and the ground was wet, didn't take any pictures but self-evident as there is not a lot of options.

Finished product & lights working

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Hope that helps anyone doing this install

Sat Jan 26 2013 11:28pm

kav1187

Member Since: 04 Apr 2012
Location: SX
Posts: 307

2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Bonatti Grey

Great write up! I shall add to the 'how to' thread Want to do a DIY job on your car? Check out the definitive 'how to' thread in the technical section

http://rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic28424.html

Sun Jan 27 2013 1:26am

Fatandre

Member Since: 05 Oct 2009
Location: Reykjavík
Posts: 401

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Santorini Black

Looking good. Will have to add this to my RRS. 91 BMW 850CSI

Sun Jan 27 2013 1:41am

RRS_PAT

Member Since: 16 Dec 2010
Location: South
Posts: 176

2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 Autobiography Santorini Black

Hi,

I've just followed these and I found them very helpful.

Many thanks,

Pat 2011 Autobiography Santorini Black

Mon Jan 28 2013 6:10pm

Pufftmw

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 1052

RRS_PAT wrote:
Hi,

I've just followed these and I found them very helpful.

Many thanks,

Pat

Mon Jan 28 2013 7:07pm

Ady 555
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2010
Location: Good old yorkshire
Posts: 8738

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Nice one Puff Great step by step guide,

Mon Jan 28 2013 7:35pm

grass cutter

Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: manchester
Posts: 4

Many thanks, will be doing mine soon.

Did you lose any tools down the grid ?

Fri Feb 01 2013 1:06am

Mcfeat

Member Since: 10 Dec 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 5

2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 SE Zambezi Silver

Just done it myself yesterday took about an hour.

Mon Feb 04 2013 9:02pm

Cat2975

Member Since: 15 May 2015
Location: Essex
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2010 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Did you need to disconnect the battery?

Tue May 19 2015 10:30pm

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2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red

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Member Since: 17 Jan 2010
Location: london
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver

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Sat Jan 23 2016 9:33am

SRE

Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Alicante Prov Spain + Hampshire UK
Posts: 2329

Ady 555 wrote:
Nice one Puff Great step by step guide,

I wonder if they do them in Pink for BC

In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Frightened away from the Sports due to crank failures
Gone - A couple of RRS, A couple of Disco's. However thinking of another Sport.

Sat Jan 23 2016 10:11am

Pufftmw

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 1052

Apologies to all - didn't realise pics were missing (again) - fixed!

Fri Mar 24 2017 3:02pm

FrostyAndJim

Member Since: 16 Jan 2016
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 10

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Arctic Frost

So I bought a loom to do this some time ago and only recently got to having a go. The loom I bought has an inline cable for each of the lights and two grey plugs to go behind the left panel (no green plug on the loom). The actual tow sockets are not wired so the loom has two sets of coloured cables to plumb in. When I went to fit it I found I seem to have electrics. At least partially. The grey plugs behind the panel are connected to cables running off. There is a set of six fuses in the boot. After some crawling around I've spotted three sockets up behind the bumper. Not very accessible without bumper removal. So... Should I get and tear it all out and fit the loom I bought or is there a kit that will plug into the three sockets behind the bumper? Not sure how long those sockets have been open to the elements. Might be ok?

It's a 2006 4.2 V8 supercharged petrol.

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Fri Jul 14 2017 10:37am

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