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Old Mar 23, 2023 | 09:48 AM
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@Snapshot - from JLR dealer directly. I bought from Land Leaping (which is Land Rover Portland's online parts store FYI).

The quilted liner is expensive but a nice piece of kit -- something like $300-400.

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I think it's the same PN for all 110's whether 5 or 7 seat btw. Doesn't fit 90, 130 would have to have a different part.. I have 3 100lb+ dogs so it does protect the rear when they're acting insane in the rear.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 09:45 AM
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Thanks for the info! Does it allow for the seats to be placed down as well, I usually have my rear seats flat for my dog
 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 11:00 AM
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Yep, @Snapshot -- although I have the dog / cargo guard in so I'm not doing that. The quilted liner un-velcro's from itself .... and then the piece that protects the rear of the 2nd row seat, can be folded down on top of the rear seatback when folded down. That said --It doesn't cover the rear door panels and coverage of the top of the rear seats / rear headrests / space between front seats and 2nd row folded down seats isn't amazing.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 06:07 PM
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So are you clipping the red and green wires or depinning the connector?


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I made a test lead and hooked up the pins on the little white connector to the lamp module. Here is what each of the pins/wires are hooked cup to:



I like how it looks w/ the red LED's in the black surround disabled.






Without the red surround LED's these extra backup lights really blend in nicely : )
 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 08:39 PM
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I clipped them. Even with every connector de-pin tool imagineable, I could not depin the little white 4 pole connectors. At all.

I’m very familiar w connectors and proper way to depin connectors… these connectors would not release pins.


 
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Old Mar 24, 2023 | 08:41 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2023 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by nashvegas
I bought from Land Leaping (which is Land Rover Portland's online parts store FYI).
Somewhat unrelated, but I'm SO GLAD you shared this. I purchased an oil filter and it had the "Land Leaping" card with it, and I started to worry that I had purchased a knock-off filter (and was considering not using it).
 
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Old Jun 27, 2023 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by nashvegas

Interesting. The Sal-Man reverse lights I received have a 5 pole connector and the color scheme was changed. Instead of Black, Blue, Red and Green, my version has Black, White, Yellow, Red and Green. I too wanted to clip the surround light and leave only the reverse lights to come on, but am uncertain at this point if the Red and Green still control the surround light. Does anyone with the "updated" five pole connector know which wires control the surround light?



 
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Old Jun 27, 2023 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by AAJR
Interesting. The Sal-Man reverse lights I received have a 5 pole connector and the color scheme was changed. Instead of Black, Blue, Red and Green, my version has Black, White, Yellow, Red and Green. I too wanted to clip the surround light and leave only the reverse lights to come on, but am uncertain at this point if the Red and Green still control the surround light. Does anyone with the "updated" five pole connector know which wires control the surround light?


Best way is to ring them out with a 12V power supply. Using a pigtail, or short piece of wire, hook up Black to a ground point, then attach each of the other colored wires to +12V and see which color wire lights up the corresponding light, either White, or each level of Red.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2023 | 03:10 PM
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Well that's interesting. Before snip snip on mine, I did double check with a little 12v voltmeter. Just to be sure. BTW, I still am absolutely loving this modification.

It looks stock ... cool even like a mid cycle refresh to the rear bumper... and every single time I back up at night I appreciate them.
 
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