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Hi,
Only just bought myself a 2L GLS, and the rear lights in the boot have spider-web-like cracks across them, looks age or sun related? Any info on this, is it common or easy to replace?

Also, i was wondering if someone would be so kind to post a pic of under bonnet and dasboard/console controls, as they looked really confusing!!
Ta

Hi Martay. The 'frosting' you mention is common on older panels, no way of repairing them other than replacing the whole boot panel. It's a simple job of just unbolting the old and replacing with the new. mine was the same when i first got it, you can see the cracks quite clearly here and the discolouring of the red reflector. its a lot darker than the accompanying light cluster:



so i bought some brand new turbo rear lights and a second hand turbo boot panel. but guess what...:



so i bought ANOTHER turbo boot panel. this one was mint, and came with the bootlid too. sadly the sender put a thin layer of bubble wrap around it and chucked it in the back of a van. so this is what arrived:



bah! by this point i was fed up so went and bought a brand new one! notice how 'refreshed' the red in the reflectors is:



if you're not bothered about a turbo unit and just want to replace like for like then keep your eyes peeled on the 'bay or check your scrapper. i've seen a couple of brand new non turbo boot panels go for peanuts on the bay recently.

very common this,may be from years of boot being slammed closed and sun damage (when we actually get some)

ooooo where did you get that new turbo panel from?

Hi,
Thanks for the advice. Sorry i posted in the wrong bit

Are they just reflectors or lights? I was worried about water getting in, but if they're reflectors it wont be such a problem!

Thanks again

they're just reflectors. they're stuck on with adhesive, you won't get them off without cracking them so you'll have to either make do or buy a replacement item

Sorry that I write in the old topic. Thank you for your good answers, useful.
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