When the customer came to pick up his L200 after we fitted the lights and first round of modifications we had a discussion of what was to come next. More front light was the main theme, however, there were a few other modifications thrown in.
The list
Hella 500 halogen lights mounted on a number plate bracket
40” LED light bar mounted above the windscreen
6” HID long distance lights mounted on the canopy
Auto folding mirrors when the car locks & unlocks
Flip out keys
Bonnet struts
Twin LED rear fog lights
Anderson Jump Start Point
We had the the L200 booked in for a day to fit everything but as always there were issues that we hadn’t anticipated. In the end the customer was nice enough to leave it with us for a week so we could work through them.
Hella 500
We chose to go with the Hella 500 for a few reasons, they are relatively cheap, they are light as the mount did have a little flex and most importantly they are fully road legal so can be used on public roads with the main beam no problem. The issue we had when fitting these was that the bar on the front of the mount fouled the lights causing them to pint into the sky. Rather than use a bunch of washer we got some 15mm spacers.
HID Long Distance Lights
The customer knew he wanted a few lights. Originally they were going to be LED lights fitted here but I wanted something that would work with the light bar. We chose to go with long distance HID lights as more LED lights wouldn’t make much difference when the LED bar was on. We used some angle aluminium and rivnuts to mount the lights to the bars already on the canopy. The problems we had when fitting these were down to us not accounting for the drop in voltage running from the battery all the way to the rear. Rewiring the lights with 30A cable sorted that.
40” LED Lightbar
This is the one light the customer knew he really wanted. At first it was going to be fitted on the canopy in front of the HID lights but it was to wide. We decided to go with some brackets that were for a curved bar. After swapping them over, a bit of bending, some new spacer and paint we got it fitted.
Folding Mirrors
One of the few modifications that went smoothly. We fitted a module that folds and unfolds the mirrors when the car is locked and unlocked. I’m not sure why Mitsubishi didn’t do this as standard.
Bonnet Struts
We’ve fitted bonnet struts to all our own vehicles and when the customer saw them he wanted them. We got a kit that was supposed to fit the L200. It did, except the first time we closed the bonnet the passenger side strut fouled a diesel pipe on the fuel filter and put a nick in it. After sorting the diesel pipe we removed the fuel filter bracket and, you guessed it, spaced it out,
Flip Out Keys
We swapped the internals from the old keys to the new ones, had them cut, went to start the car and it wouldn’t fire. After a bit of head scratching we took the 9ld keys apart again, had a look around and found the immobiliser chips. Once we put them in the new keys it fired no problem.
Twin LED Rear Fog Lights
we seem to have forgotten to take a picture of these so you’ll have to keep an eye out on our social media after we get the customer to send us a picture.
Anderson Jump Start Point
We’ve done a few of these now. The make jump starting more convenient and a little safer. This one is wired with 170A cable and Fused
That is all for now, however there may be more in the pipeline.