DigitalJunior
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Seen a base D4 today and the lights are same as D3. Doesn't look to have LEDS either.
When compared to xenon lights the front grill appears wider as well.
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 14th Aug 2009 2:15 pm |
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PaulP
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I don't think they can be the current ones as then the new grill, wings and bumper wouldn't fit 
Looking on the LR website, it seems only the HSE gets bi-xenon lights as standard - they're an option on all other trims levels right through from 2.7 GS to 3.0 XS.
Couldn't find any pictures of the halogen lights anywhere though 
I'm almost certain that the halogens won't have LED running lights, but they can't be the 'old' ones... 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:11 pm |
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PaulP
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Well  me 
Look at the picture of the 'Armoured Discovery' on the UK LR website.
http://www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/vehicles/...moured.htm
It is a digital mock-up, but you can clearly see that it has the 'old' halogen lights and a different shape 'new' grille/bumper/arches.
The strange thing is that this is what seems to be offered as factory fit on 75% of the available trim levels (not sales volumes) and we've never got to see pictures of it before.
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:22 pm |
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DigitalJunior
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Honest if not the same very very similar but I think they are the same. The grill is wider at the front as the lights are narrower than HSE ones. SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:24 pm |
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simon
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Well according to LR the GS 2.7 clearly has the same design as the other higher spec D4's... and TBH its a D4 design cue and part of the major facelift, so I would be surprised if they had a different design for just one model.
http://www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/vehicles/...dv6-gs.htm
mmm and the XS has the old lights... LR need to check their Photoshop artists a little closer me thinks on this 'issue' 
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:24 pm |
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ronp
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The spec on lights is:
HSE - Bi Xenons with LED's
XS - Bi Xenons NO LED's
GS - Halogens NO LED's ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:31 pm |
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PaulP
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Ron - see if you can give LR UK a quick call and let them know as they don't seem to have a clue. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:34 pm |
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ronp
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DJ appears correct to a point.
Look at the pic here of the XS
http://www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/vehicles/...ery-xs.htm
Lights are similar to the D3 [incl orange indicators].
Look particularly at the light that ingresses the grill.
I'ts a much smaller diameter [just like the D3's] compared to the HSE as here
also there's less orange in the indicators.
http://www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/vehicles/...dv6-gs.htm
ok it's on the GS page, but they are not GS lights but HSE
edited, to add - or maybe Simon's right and it's just bad attention to photoshop detail. ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:40 pm |
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simon
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According to the launch spec in the design section...
Quote:New distinctive front lamps featuring LED technology, grouped in a stepped profile around the main
light unit, provide distinctive 'signature' lighting, whilst new rear lamp assemblies incorporating LED
stop, tail and indicator lights are introduced and help to improve the rear aesthetic, as well as
providing faster response times and longer bulb life.
And in the Range Line Up and Pricing section... under All Models...
Quote:LED front signature and rear tail lamps
Again, I would be surprised if the new style lights do no appear on all D4's... its part of the new design.
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:46 pm |
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simon
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Ron...
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:47 pm |
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crews control
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So what did DJ see then? 2005 D3 HSE
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| 14th Aug 2009 3:56 pm |
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PaulP
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Probably a GS with halogens and no LEDs as per ronp's post.
I wonder if anyone can get a real-life photo of one? 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 14th Aug 2009 4:01 pm |
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simon
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Or maybe he miss saw it... according to all the info to hand... what I said above should be the case.
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| 14th Aug 2009 4:02 pm |
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PaulP
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It should be, but someone at LR has obviously spent a lot of time photoshopping those pictures and they do look like D3 lights....LEDs or not, there doesn't seem to be any design change to them.
At first I thought that DJ had actually seen a MY09 D3 but he would have noticed the difference in the grille and be left with no doubt that it was a D4.
Simon - which bit of what you said before are you referring to? The fact that all models are supposed to have LED signatures? Ronp says that they are only for HSE.....
It's a bit of a cock-up switching the pictures of the XS and GS around, but it definitely looks like lower trim levels of the D4 have D3(ish) halogen lights as standard. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| 14th Aug 2009 4:11 pm |
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crews control
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I wonder if that base D4 grill would then fit a D3?
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| 14th Aug 2009 4:15 pm |
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