Tinkering Corner & Member's Builds » Couple of mods

#1 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:44 pm

Couple of changes to the truck.. De-badged rear, tinted rear light, tinted side indicators, new pressed plates with surrounds. I've changed the interior bulbs to blue leds and number plate bulb to leds aswell but no pics ...

Anywayz, here's sum pics so far

Still got to hook up my boost gauge & reverse camera at some point, but ill take some pics when its done..

#2 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:46 pm

Looks nice. Mine came with the tinted rear lights and the chrome surrounds and I think they look ace

#3 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:47 pm

Yep, definitely set the rear off in my book

#4 by Discodaz , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:49 pm

They do look good...

Daz

#5 by Alan G , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:50 pm

Looks good, I had an escort that I self tinted the rear lights with a special spray, they almost looked black but the colour came through no probs, it would look even better like that.

#6 by dazmanf , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:50 pm

I need to get the double smoke film I have back on my rear lights, took last ones off for MOT

#7 by Alan G , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:52 pm

Quote: dazmanf wrote in post #6
I need to get the double smoke film I have back on my rear lights, took last ones off for MOT

why, aslong as they emit the correct colour of light it is a pass, mot testers dont have anything to measure the amount of light emited so cant fail it so aslong as the light is visable from a reasonable distance it is a pass

#8 by dazmanf , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:58 pm

Didn't want to risk a retest as I was unsure at the time but alas, one of my leafs was cracked and failed anyway

#9 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:58 pm

I had tinted rear lights on my last car (done myself) which failed mot, so had to put standards back on ( 2min job). Im going with these this time as i should have no probs

#10 by krutly , Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:14 pm

Looks good bud, I think smoked rear lights should be compulsory on black trucks

#11 by Alan G , Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:17 pm

Just for future reference for all, If your vehicle fails its mot you have the right to ask the tester to show you in the MOT manual where it says it is a failure. If they refuse then tell ask them for an appeal form as you want to contact your local VOSA office.

#12 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:20 pm

Posted by: krutly
Looks good bud, I think smoked rear lights should be compulsory on black trucks

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#13 by Warriorbez , Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:24 pm

I don't know how you could drive such a filthy car!

#14 by Alan G , Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:28 pm

#15 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:47 pm

Hey Skotl, you should get smoked side repeaters. Would set it off nice ... I got mine from poland or something like that

#16 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:02 pm

Never thought of that! Waiting to get me roof lamps spotted.
We can compare smoked-glass at the next central-scottish meet

#17 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:05 pm

Cool mate... Looking forward to the next meet, altho, new ideas mean an empty wallet lol...

#18 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:11 pm

I got my truck because I was sick of spending money on fixing my BMW. Would have been cheaper to hold on to it

but this is much more fun

#19 by concept , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:18 pm

Quote: marcosuk wrote in post #15
Hey Skotl, you should get smoked side repeaters. Would set it off nice ... I got mine from poland or something like that

Only ones I can see on ebay are from Thailand and take 3 weeks to get delivered

#20 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:20 pm

I mod everything i get... Ebay is a bad place! lol... Noticed you hace cruise control listed... The mrs was talking about that today as her last car had it... Where did you get it from mate??

#21 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:39 pm

Cruise control is the mutt's mojos - I even stick it on when I'm in a 30 zone, just to make sure I don't creep over.

ndjohnson (Nic) organised a group buy of five, I seem to remember. I think he sold his truck so I'm not sure if he still comes on here - may be worth a PM to see if he's got the distributor's details. Maybe you could organise your own group-buy! There's a lot more newshape owners on now than there was a year ago...

All in, it was around £230 IIRC.

#22 by marcosuk , Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:22 pm

I'd pay £230 for the kit... I agree, very good at keeping your speed in check!... I'll wait til after mot time, then might enquire about group buy ..

Hey concept, my side repeaters only took just over 1 week... Worth the wait, altho, you do need to cut a bit off to make them fit. Very easy tho

#23 by skotl , Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:24 pm

Drop Nic a PM - I think it took him several months to get the group buy together, so it's not likely to be a quick exercise for you either!

#24 by fudi , Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:37 pm

How has people tinted their rear lights? Just paint ? Think i want to do it

#25 by LezT , Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:39 pm

I threw away a set of tinted rears, showed very little light out and was begging a nick............ keep away from it mate, deffo not a good mod ..

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