Thought you might be interested to see what the Lazer Linear looks like mounted on the front of a D4.
Couldn’t find any mounts to fit available and didn’t want to use the Lazer number plate mounts I had used on my D3. So, I made my own.
I had some leftover racking from my 110 Wolf FFR that I’d removed a few years ago. I cut a section and shaped it to fit where needed and then mounted two L-shaped metal brackets. These were from Amazon for £15. I shortened them, drilled holes for the Lazer side mounts, re-sprayed in Matt black and bolted them to the cross bar.
It’s extremely tough and probably overkill but it’s a solid fitment through the grille with no alterations to the car itself.
I did all of this with pretty basic hand tools, a jigsaw, drill, files etc. nothing fancy.
Still got the CANM8 piece to do but I love the look so far. Almost unnoticeable, it blends in nicely and doesn’t stick out.
Photos to illustrate
1998 Defender 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
2016 Discovery 4 HSE
1982 Series 3 2.25 Petrol Hard top- Oscar, as featured in Classic Land Rover Magazine for 7 months
24th Aug 2023 9:42 pm
DaveJLBI
Member Since: 07 Mar 2014
Location: Clare
Posts: 688
Well done, tidy work. Would be interested to see what you think of the Linear 18
I put a (cheaper) version of this LED lightbar in similar location but I actually put it in behind the grill, trimming a couple of bits from the grill. It is invisible pretty much until I use it. Will dig out some pictures of it installed
25th Aug 2023 9:13 am
RRUK Site Supporter
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: UK
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I've had it for years, it was fitted to my D3 a few years back.
I can tell you that it turns night into day, I've seen lots of land rovers where their owners think their cheap light bar is great but the light is short distance mainly, the Linear throws it very long and leaves no dark areas.1998 Defender 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
2016 Discovery 4 HSE
1982 Series 3 2.25 Petrol Hard top- Oscar, as featured in Classic Land Rover Magazine for 7 months
25th Aug 2023 9:22 am
DaveJLBI
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Location: Clare
Posts: 688
25th Aug 2023 9:32 am
DaveJLBI
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Location: Clare
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I am very tempted to upgrade to the Linear 18, thanks, now I will be thinking more about it. I spend a lot of time on country roads here in Clare.
25th Aug 2023 9:33 am
DaveJLBI
Member Since: 07 Mar 2014
Location: Clare
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I had a much 'brighter' big LED bar on before and all they do is flood the area in front and your eyes get starved of detail in the distance. The one I have is more of a spot focused unit rather than flood.
But will be looking into the Linear
25th Aug 2023 9:36 am
RRUK Site Supporter
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: UK
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Loving the look. Can’t wait to try it.
1998 Defender 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
2016 Discovery 4 HSE
1982 Series 3 2.25 Petrol Hard top- Oscar, as featured in Classic Land Rover Magazine for 7 months
25th Aug 2023 6:21 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6766
Nice project and mount. Myself, I installed it with the Lazer’s own basic mounts right above the license plate in the air intake.
25th Aug 2023 6:33 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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DaveJLBI wrote:
I had a much 'brighter' big LED bar on before and all they do is flood the area in front and your eyes get starved of detail in the distance. The one I have is more of a spot focused unit rather than flood.
But will be looking into the Linear
It is excellent. Here are a few pictures of with them off/on.
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25th Aug 2023 6:38 pm
Trucks
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Location: south newton
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Just though you might like to see my D3 lights
Fitted the roof lights myself, then went to the grill with the built in bar bought from the forum wouldn't be without the lights specifically in winter driving down through Cheddar Gorge.
The front grill light is removed with the grill with quick clip connection and is wired to the headlights ,has passed two MOT with the light bar connected and just passed another Tuesday this week but I took the grill,off and used the spare grill for summer.
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1st Sep 2023 7:41 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6766
Nicely done also you seem to also have had an assistant when installing, makes it easier
1st Sep 2023 7:46 pm
AwB
Member Since: 25 Sep 2017
Location: London
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Thread resurrection, but I’ve just fitted the Linear 18 Elite, going for the stealth fitting behind the grill - it’s a great option as the beam pattern doesn’t seem to be affected much at all. There’s enough space to self-tap to the bumper, though I did use a 3D printed 5mm shim to raise the bracket a tad.
Photo shows the location using the reflection of my head torch. Crikey that thing is bright when it’s on. A nice straight beam, no hotspots and incredible throw.
Wired to high beam trigger - first time tapping/soldering into a main loom . Only tricky bit of the install was routing the relay wires away from the battery and around the Webasto gubbins.
Happy to post more photos…
29th Sep 2024 11:19 am
ClassikFan
Member Since: 02 Nov 2016
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1049
Yes, more photo's please.
I have been considering the 'stealth' setup myself. Does it need to be disabled for the MOT?Just 'cause you got the power... that don't mean you got the right.
30th Sep 2024 12:07 pm
MrTed
Member Since: 06 Jan 2023
Location: Rickmansworth
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Discovery 4 HSE late 2015 Euro6
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30th Sep 2024 3:33 pm
AwB
Member Since: 25 Sep 2017
Location: London
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Stealth by name! They look pretty good tbh… I hadn’t come across those lamps before. I had been salivating over the Triple-R’s. But then I came across the option to fit the Linear (or similar) behind the grill, as opposed to hacking into it.…
So… more photos.
I got my 12 year old son to make up the mounting shim/spacer, although it probably wasn’t needed, and I padded with some mounting tape for god-knows-why - it made a bit of sense at the time! I have the lamp angled slightly above dead-horizontal so the road is only lit in the middle/far distance.
The photo with the light bar switched-on is with the full beam! I’m also standing a little off centre which probably explains why the beam pattern isn’t completely symmetrical.
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Myself, I installed it with the Lazer’s own basic mounts right above the license plate in the air intake.
. Only tricky bit of the install was routing the relay wires away from the battery and around the Webasto gubbins.
