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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


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

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

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

Yes.. the NB 'cross-eyed' look just ain't cool!
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Postby Andrew » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:49 am

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

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Yes, but i dont want to bash the living s#%t out of my headlights :?
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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. 8)
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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.


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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:
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Postby Okibi » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:55 am

Why not just get the 47532 which are Amber?

http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_4.html
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Postby Okibi » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:08 am

I'm not sure if you can get a Philips \"Silvervision\" globe to suit.

They look silver but flash orange.
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Postby rodent » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:35 am

Okibi wrote:Why not just get the 47532 which are Amber?

http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_4.html

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they're too big to fit into the sockets. Even the 47526's were a real tight squeeze (I heard more than a few awful-sounding "craaacks" when I forced mine in - globes held up ok though).

Where can you get the Philips globes from?

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Postby Okibi » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:41 am

I got mine from Coventry.

There's 2 different brands they stock that do the same thing, one has a slight blue tint, the other a slight brown tint, both flash orange.

http://www.coventrys.com.au/coventry/html/automotivefindbusiness.html
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:57 pm

Yay, I have clear front indicators now :)

Just need to find a way to change those reflectors on the front bar and those awful round indicators on the front guards
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Postby jules » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:24 pm

Ummmm...buy some clear ones.

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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:39 pm

$200 for the lot.... I'll find another way
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Postby Bevan » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:51 pm

Adam_NAclubman wrote:$200 for the lot.... I'll find another way
$124 delivered from http://www.MX5parts.co.uk :) Will be a touch different with exchange rate but still much cheaper than locaaly.
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