Upgrading the exterior lights on a landrover defender to NAS. (Part 1 of 3)

 I decided that I liked the idea of lights on my 1990 landrover defender county which were easier to maintain and gave out a better light than the originals.

This instructable shows how I went about it. This is step 1 of 3 which mainly deals with the electrical fittings.

Step 1 Bits/tools required

 I managed to finds the bits I needed from the following web-site www.dun-bri.com and their part numbers are as follows.

Part Number Description
320.RF7. 12/24v Rear Fog Lamp with straight connector
320.SL9. 12/24v Stop/Tail Lamp with straight connector
320.RL7 Front Clear Marker Light
320.FL24 12/24v Amber Front DI. with Straight Connector
320.FL25. 12/24v Rear Amber Indicator Lamp with straight connector
320.RL800. 12/24v Reverse Lamp
320.SL9G Gasket to suit 95mm Series Lamp
570.2ECONOSEAL 2 way econoseal for most LEP bulb lamps
570.3ECONOSEAL 3 way econoseal for most LEP bulb lamps

There are two ways of going -
 

1. You could either go with coloured lenses with the more usual clear bulbs or

2. Use clear lenses with coloured bulbs.
   
   The advantage of using clear lenses with coloured bulbs is that you only have to carry 1 spare type of lens with 1 of each of the coloured bulbs, instead of 3 different lenses and still having to carry 3 types of bulb.

To complete the project I needed the following items.

1 x marker pen/pencil
1 x ruler
1 x battery operated drill with bits for the size of screw used.
1 x power jigsaw with metal saw blade.
5amp wire in the following colours and approx lengths (you may need more in some locations
Red wire, 8ft/2.6m
Black, 8ft/2.6m
Green, 3.3ft/1m
1 x philips screw driver.
16 x small stainless steel screws + washers, to secure the lenses to the plinths.
16 x medium stainless steel self tapping screws, to secure the plinths to the wings (if you're worried about galvanic action between the screws and the aluminium you should probably buy some sort of paste. I have heard that chromium is best but haven't found it yet).
18 x male bullet connectors (blue variety).
Wire strippers
Crimping machine
Safety goggles/glasses
Ear plugs