pHWOAR lots of questions! I'll take some pics tomorrow.
>Loric, can you explain how you handled getting that top rivet thingee out (that the plastic tyre cover is attached to the door with on the left side),
I removed the inner trim and pulled the rivet 'bolt' from the inside and the squeezed the 'expanding' bit flat. The removed the rivet flange bit from the outside. The rivet is really like one of those plasterboard anchors. You could drill it out, but it's pretty easy to remove from the inside...
>and how did you get the wires out of the plastic carrier without cutting them?
I cut the harness and soldered a Hella weatherproof connector on it.
The other half of the connector is attached to the harness section that runs to the numberplate lamp.
The lamp itself is a $15 Narva job.
The plate is attached to a hinged flap thing that is bolted using the original tyre carrier bolts. Hinged coz you gotta get to the bolts with the brace.
You could mount the plate further away from the wheel (and get the wrench behind the plate),but i like to use a cross brace so needed the plate to swing upwards.
Pics are worth a million words - so i'll post em tomorrow.
Overall - it's an easy job. 2hrs tops. $15 for the lamp, $10 for the connector, and some scrap Al laying around...
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