Clear Side Repeaters & Reflectors

bark · Postby **bark** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:49 pm

Mine have arrived and are installed - they look an absolute treat!

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:51 pm

does the wiring simply splice into the standard wiring?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:22 pm

1red5 wrote:SM, have yours arrived and installed?

yep, got them last week, and installed them
was waiting to get some photo's before announcing it

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:45 pm

SM wrote:
1red5 wrote:SM, have yours arrived and installed?

was waiting to get some photo's before announcing it

well come on, chop chop!

So is it as simple as stripping the wires on the stock indicators and attaching new ones? and both stock and new work? no short-circuit?

I want to get some too.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:54 pm

1red5 wrote:
SM wrote:
1red5 wrote:SM, have yours arrived and installed?

was waiting to get some photo's before announcing it

well come on, chop chop!

So is it as simple as stripping the wires on the stock indicators and attaching new ones? and both stock and new work? no short-circuit?

I want to get some too.

I didn't bother hooking up the reflectors to be indicators and probably won't
but the indicators are easy, although I did it a bit different to others here
I used a thin piece of wood to get behind the panel (open the door halfway and there is a clear view of the indicator backing) and press on the clip that keeps the indicator in place so it just popped off without having to touch the paint at all,

also something I didn't know before, the front and rear reflectors are different shapes, I put them on but one side was looking a bit funny so I swapped them and it was all good

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:03 pm

hang on a tick.... so you didn't connect them up?
Am I right in thinking that now you have clear \"reflectors\" in place of your orange ones?.... and that's it? :roll:

I'm not getting something here am I? :oops:

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:08 pm

1red5 wrote:hang on a tick.... so you didn't connect them up?
Am I right in thinking that now you have clear "reflectors" in place of your orange ones?.... and that's it?

The old orange ones were only ever reflectors in the NB8A. It's only the round side repeaters that used to flash, and they still should, provided SM popped the clear bulb and replaced them with the orange ones.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:15 pm

yeah I know.
Ok hang on.... this is what I wanted to do;
Due to the fact I installed turn signal intakes, my front indicators have been reduced by about 80%, in other words, where the stock indicator was, there is now a big hole, and where the driving lights/parkers are, THAT\"s now the indicator.

I wanted to install the ones that SM bought so supplement my now reduced front indicators.

Check out the photo of my car in the My Rides section.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:32 pm

I understand what you want to do. You want the orange/red reflectors that sit on the front bar in front of your wheels to flash as well.

I'm not sure about NA's, but in the NB8As these were only ever reflectors. They never had bulbs in them and never flashed with the indicators. Thus, replacing the original orange ones to white ones and not connecting any bulbs hasn't removed any functionality. The reflectors still reflect and the round side indicators still indicate.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:40 pm

o ok, as my sig states mine is an NB8A so the only indicators I could really change are the round ones located just behind the front wheels, which do now have orange globes and work just fine

some others have made the reflectors into indicators and I'm sure there will be a writeup around here somewhere (if you search use the google one) but mine were purely for looks :oops:

trader · Postby **trader** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:16 am

I think you'll find white reflectors on the side of the car that dont operate lights are illegal - thats the case in Canberra anyway.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:39 pm

Trader is correct. Functionality is indeed affected by replacing amber reflectors with clear because the wrong colour is displayed / reflected on the side of the vehicle. You can pretty well work out the rules of lighting by observation- amber for turn ( even thought the external lense may be clear) clear for front lamps and red for rear. Incidentally if you were selling a vehicle and the side reflectors were clear it would fail a rwc ie assuming the tester knew the rules.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:57 pm

Ok... has ANYONE bought these, or similar, AND connected the bulbs to the front and/or rear indicator circuits.
I want to know if they will work or not before I buy them
I DO NOT want just white reflectors, I want proper flashers.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:22 pm

I know giro pilot has connected his front ones up and they flash.

Haven't known anyone to have done the rear's before, but I'm quite sure it's possible. They don't give you bulbs and wiring for them for no reason.