clear front plastic parker casing-BEFORE & AFTER pics up

green_comet · Postby **green_comet** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:02 pm

NO.... stay back, its mine i tell you....ALL MIIINE

goodluck all with the mod.. :mrgreen:

JSE · Postby **JSE** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:32 pm

green_comet wrote:you can pull the ones you have apart...

I did it to mine with a flat blade screwdriver and a hairdryer. The orange bit inside is just held in with 2 screws, You should try it, very easy to do will take you an hour or so. I also swaped my indicator with my parking lights, so now the indicator is on the outside where the parkers where.

Heres a step by step guide for you, if your interested.

http://www.mx5club.org.nz/maintenance/driving_lights/

I just did this to my lights tonight...mind you it took me a few months to be bothered. Being impatient I did slightly crack a corner of one clear lens off but nothing a little silicon cant glue back together and good as new. I only took the orange lens' out, i didn't do the wiring for the parker lights as I like the indicator in the middle. I am surprised at how much of a difference it makes and looks from the front, especially with clear indicators and reflectors. So many small things like this add up and can make a car look really nice. Will post pictures tomorrow before and after shots.

FUN-29T · Postby **FUN-29T** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:10 am

Here are the results of my mx... (I'm using the narva globes.. over a year now and they're still good compared to the other cheap stuff that i've used in my other cars)

Ralphff · Postby **Ralphff** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:03 am

Anyone use VHT nite shades lense tint on there front parkers?
Might give it a go on my car :shock:

JSE · Postby **JSE** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:26 pm

BEFORE

AFTER

Took me roughly 45minutes to do while watching tv

I'm happy with end result

bam · Postby **bam** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:59 pm

i just finished doin mine too, i put em in the oven, low heat, keeping an eye on em, worked fine

Fuzzlet · Postby **Fuzzlet** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:09 am

I did mine in april after readying this thread. ON a white clubman - they certainly make a nice difference

green_comet · Postby **green_comet** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:18 am

I did mine in april after readying this thread. ON a white clubman - they certainly make a nice difference

copy cat...

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:08 pm

Don't worry NB8A owners, you can do this mod too!

PASHN8 · Postby **PASHN8** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:05 am

Yes.. the NB 'cross-eyed' look just ain't cool!

Andrew · Postby **Andrew** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:49 am

Okibi wrote:Don't worry NB8A owners, you can do this mod too!

Yes, but i dont want to bash the living s#%t out of my headlights

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:53 am

Andrew wrote:Yes, but i dont want to bash the living s#%t out of my headlights

Yes you do.

jules · Postby **jules** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:51 am

That's a good mod for an NB8A, they do look pretty wierd with the orange lens in.

Jules

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:58 pm

Andrew wrote:Yes, but i dont want to bash the living s#%t out of my headlights

Not so much bashing required.

I just gave it a bit of lovin' with the dremel then realised it was much easier to chomp chunks of the reflector out with some tin snips.

It also saves you having to vacume all the fine particles out. :wink:

ZoomZoom 45 · Postby **ZoomZoom 45** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:45 am

green_comet wrote:*please not* your indicator will blink at a faster rate, after doing this modification. Because there is less current being used to run the blinkers, (because the of the smaller bulbs) the opertaion of them will speed up.. to about the same speed as when one of your globes are blown... but its well worth it..

good luck.

cheers
Ryan

Did the conversion today. All OK. I used Narva clear globes part # 47526BL (High Stop) they are 21 watt the same as the blinkers so you DO NOT have to put a resistor in and your blinkers will NOT flash at a faster rate. You just have to make the hole slightly bigger. They are a 15mm wedge globe but they fit perfectly in the stock 10mm base. All I did then was coat the clear globes with amber lens dye.