No Indicators In Front Bar

[SL1D1N]

i have recently had a new front bar fitted (top secret) to my r33 and am going to put the indicators in the headlights instead of having tacky lights in the bar if anyone have done this before or knows if its legal let us know.

what im going to do is:

firstly get some orange globes for the sockets

then i am goin to move the parker globes and sockets to the high beam casing. drilling a hole in the plastic cover outter then the inner just big enough so the socket fits in nice and snug and the rubber o-ring on it will seal it up.

the simply mover the indicator to the original parker spot by using the same sockets

what do you think??

[INVRTD]

howdy mate,

i have the same front bar as you, when i got the car the lights were in the lower vents in the outmost sides. i had to move them into the middle of the larger vents to clear RWC.

the plan is now to move them into the headlights as well, rekon it would look good there and is practical

the plan was to drill holes into the headlight sides and areldite the orange globes in and wire them to current system

ill be watchin this thread closely, best of luck

[baron25]

Do a search, i remember once upon a time someone replaced the globe in the park lights with indicators and whatnot

[SL1D1N]

i have encounted a problem and need help bad

i have disconnected my current indicators and hooked them up to the parker globes only using the green and black wire. they get power fine but now all three front, side and rear flash fast as if a globe had blown or something?

i tried wiring the other side, but the same problem so i tried eathing the blue wire as well, did nothing.

all indicators work except they flash too fast.

when i push the hazard switch they all flash at the right speed except the switch is a bit dodgey, if you fiddle with it sometimes one side will flash then the other. so i need a new switch and is that causing the flashing to work incorrectly or maybe are the globes in the parkers not using enought current so it thinks the globe is blown and flashes fast?????

thanks in advance

cheers

[Craved]

so i need a new switch and is that causing the flashing to work incorrectly or maybe are the globes in the parkers not using enought current so it thinks the globe is blown and flashes fast?????

^^^

id say its that - put a resistor between the +ve and -ve

i've been thinking about this myself, i'll go with a custom LED so both the parkers and the indicators work.

[SL1D1N]

craved - id say its that - put a resistor between the +ve and -ve

yeh thats what i thought but then a tried a neon, and a indicator globe from the back and surely they would pull enough current but still flashed fast, maybe do you think there was a resistor built into the original indicators ??

ps custom LED idea sounds mint but dont you think you will have trouble with RWC?

Edited September 18, 2008 by SL1D1N

[Craved]

33 parkers face a fair bit forward. should be ok if you angle the leds correctly

its good enough for an EL falcon

[SL1D1N]

If anyone is interested i have solved the problem.

I bought a new relay for the indicators but one thats not as load sensitive as the factory one. The factory relay will flash fast if there is less than 20 watts be used by the globe. And with my new relay i guess its somewhere around 5 watts. So all i did was use the original plug in the parker socket and just wired the indicator wires to it. Then got a T15 wedge globe 12v 15w because the 5w globes were not quite bright enough and simply put a orange sock on it.

easy

cheers

[_Scotty_]

How do people find the brightness of indicators relocated to the parker position? I need to sort something out for my new bar, but I'm concerned that relocated lights won't be obvious enough.

[chrissyo]

Im currently using my parker location as indicators but i havent been able to find decent amber globes. The only ones i can find that fit are 5 or 10 watt and are hard to see.

Id be keen to know where you can get a 15-20watt bulb that fits or even where to buy the "socks" for a clear globe

[_Scotty_]

I'm going to wire indicators up tommorow one way or the other, but I'd prefer to avoid using trailer lights and use the parkers instead. I want them to be as bright as the factory indicators which means I need something around 20w, can anyone suggest where to get amber sleeves for T10-T15 bulbs?

[_Scotty_]

I wired my indicators up today using 16w T15 clear bulbs which I painted with amber lens dye. I found out that T15 amber sleeves are available from Narva, but no one had them in stock. The 16w bulbs are reasonably bright and the indicators flash at the normal speed but if anone knows where to get 20w bulbs in T10 or T15 I'd be keen to know.

[chrissyo]

never heard of lens dye before! where did you get it? work ok?

[_Scotty_]

I got a small bottle of it from Bursons who had it on their shelves, but Supercheap were able to order it in as well. It comes with a brush and you just paint it on, I used 2 coats and it worked a treat - looks exactly like normal amber bulbs.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

i used 21w clear globes with the orange socks.... works perfectly