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lmao i was thinking "**** whats happened with it" thought there was a problem with the Dog cock red paintwork lol

Hehe, no - just my childish sense of humour ;)

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joti have you ever considered becoming an american street car racer, robbing oil tankers and planning raid on banks?? you look the part 186114_115829.jpg

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Cheers Ash!

I made most of the progress within the first month (wheels, vinyl, etc.) It's just bits and bobs now to be honest.

I know man, been keeping a quiet eye on this! Look forward to seeing where it goes!

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joti have you ever considered becoming an american street car racer, robbing oil tankers and planning raid on banks?? you look the part

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The resemblance has not gone unnoticed :lol:

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The resemblance has not gone unnoticed :lol:

Hehe - yeah, had that said in the past MORE than a few times!

Mind you, Vin has a few years on me - he was born in 1967. I ain't that old! At least I was born in the following decade ;)

OK, so Cambridge light time. I am going to include a guide (of sorts) in case anyone is interested..... If you're not interested, I'm still gonna include it anyway :tongueout:

Before they were on, they were already attracting quite a bit of attention (mainly from Oscar my house rabbit :lol:)

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Sorry if this is a bit like teaching you to suck eggs (who the hell invented that phrase anyhow?!?! it doesn't make sense!), but the two screws enable you to remove the bulb holding section

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In the middle you can see the orange filter that clips in the indicator section.

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A closer view

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So I started at it with long nose pliers and cutters, but doing it this way it was going to take all day! :surprised:

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I did a few bits, but then decided to bring in reinforcements - in the shape of a soldering iron :)

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The iron cuts through the plastic like a hot knife through butter! It was not long then until the first light was finished. See the difference!

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Now, when I did the first light, I popped the filter out and attempted to cut and snip and melt it - most fiddly. This time I left the filter in, and just "burned" a circle out of the base

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This meant a much bigger piece came out, and it would therefore be a much less laborious process

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To be honest, doing it this way, the 2nd light took me about 5 minutes (the first took me almost an hour!)

The bits from the 2nd light:

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As opposed to the 1st........

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Anyway, with the pair done now, all that remains is for me to pop into town and get some silver/amber indicator bulbs......

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I will of course report back later with pics :thumbsup:

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Thank you for your nice comments people.

Well the time has come.......

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AFTER

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A subtle difference, but I'm well happy with it :thumbsup:

And a few more for good measure.........

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been looking at guides on how to do this and none of them seemed to be any use, however yours has just filled that gap, cheers dude! will be doing this soon :)

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Looking well mucker :shades:

Cheers Koop ;)

Looking good :thumbsup:

Thanks Joe :thumbsup:

Well done Joti looks amazing might de tango my lights now

Cheers Mitch - it's worth doing :)

Looks really good :)

Glad you like pal ;)

what colour is your indicator then?? you had to get an orange bulb?

No Pat, I got silver bulbs that flash amber. Philips and Osram do them - about £15 a pair.... :yes:

been looking at guides on how to do this and none of them seemed to be any use, however yours has just filled that gap, cheers dude! will be doing this soon :)

I was the same - was looking for a guide and could not really find one with pics, that's why I decided to do my own. Glad you found it useful and I can't stress enough to definately use a soldering iron! ;)

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what you got planned next joti

Done pretty much all I wanted to it now Kris. Saying that, there is ONE thing that I may look at doing (aesthetic) that I have not seen done before, but at the moment I cannot find anyone who can do the job! That's all I'm saying at the moment - top secret............ :ph34r:

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come on you can tell me no one will ever no

I've posted about it elsewhere on the forum - do a bit of detective work and you shall be rewarded with "the knowledge"........... ;)

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