Euro turn signal installation project, Adding some bling with euro lenses and Camp914's kit |
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Euro turn signal installation project, Adding some bling with euro lenses and Camp914's kit |
BigDBass |
Jan 5 2007, 10:05 PM
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Dumb Question Champion Group: Members Posts: 1,438 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chicago (south 'burbs) Member No.: 5,405 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Hi all,
I haven't been around much lately. Maddie is a few days shy of 6 months old now and slays me daily with her two-toothed smile. Hope all is well in a good new year with my 914 friends. While continuing to procrastinate 914 winter projects (ignition and exhaust) that will keep my car off the road come spring, I'm warming up by installing my Euro front turn signal lenses and Camp914's splendid Euro turn signal kit, available here in the Member Vendors forum. This is what you get in the kit: I started by removing my nearly flawless US lenses. The seals are nice and pliable. The chrome inside the bucket has a couple blemishes but still has a nice shine. The top screw gave me a hard time and I found what looks to be solder or something near the tip. I tried to gently pull out the bucket, and to push it gently from the inside, but it didn't want to budge. Do I just need to use more force and push it out? Or maybe I'm missing something? Thanks, Dan |
BigDBass |
Jan 6 2007, 06:51 PM
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Dumb Question Champion Group: Members Posts: 1,438 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chicago (south 'burbs) Member No.: 5,405 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Yeah, maybe I'll teach myself to solder and redo the connections in the future.
The wire slips between small "nubs" down the center of the bucket. I had to trim back about 1/4" of heatshrink material to get the wire to sit cleanly. The new bulb/socket slips right into the white plastic bulb holder, then twists to lock in place. Excellence magazine suggested painting these white pieces silver in their Dec 2006 issue. I will pick up a rattle can of silver paint and do this when the weather warms up. The white plastic bulb holder slides into the bottom of the bucket with the extra wire coiled behind. I left the ground wire for the circuit sticking out under this piece. This ground wire will go into the bottom screw hole for the lens, I guess I'll stick it in behind the rubber seal. |
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