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> Slant Nose Turn Signals, I need ideas
Tom Perso
post Aug 21 2003, 01:52 PM
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Hey Guys,

On my slant nose 914, there are no front turn signals. it bugs me to no end not having them. Here's a pic of the front of the car.

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Any thoughts on how I could mount some kind of yellow/amber lights on the front for turn signals?

I have some ideas, but I am curious as to what other people think.

Thanks!
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:02 PM
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I knew that car would not last long for sale, Congrat's looks sweet. BTW I'm a WMU Grad...
I would find some small bullet style hot rod or motorcycle one's and mount them behind the fog grills.
again, sweet ride.
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:08 PM
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Find some turn signals that would fit inside the brake cooling ducts on the spoiler...
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:10 PM
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how about beetle top mounted? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:17 PM
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do you have to pass any state inspections?

get a euro type head light with the small bulb in the housing. (snag one off a new g-class.) you would have to leave your lights up all the time.

rewire the headlights and motors so one side pops up when you turn the blinker on. my best idea today except for aluminum sinvisors.

have the billet boys cut some bases for your bumperettes and run led's around the perimeter. ( very rice )

snag a third brake led housing and mold it into your air dam. i have never seen amber led's but i am sure that they are out there.

hang your arm out the window like they used to.
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:32 PM
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there's a sweet little red car on here that the signals were relocated into the fog light grilles... next to the fog lights I believe.
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:33 PM
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QUOTE(Ferg @ Aug 21 2003, 12:02 PM)
I knew that car would not last long for sale, Congrat's looks sweet. BTW I'm a WMU Grad...
I would find some small bullet style hot rod or motorcycle one's and mount them behind the fog grills.
again, sweet ride.
Ferg.

Ahhhh... A WMU grad. What a mess it is here now. I won't even get into it.

I've thought about adding some lights behind the little openings in the facia, but I have had thoughts that those would be great ducts for brake cooling...

Possibly behind the horn grills if I move the horns out of the way.

Thanks - and keep 'em coming.

No Bug turn signals, though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) LOL

later,
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:36 PM
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State inspections????? BUWHAHAHAHA!!!

You should see the cars that are out on the roads around here. No inspections, emission testing, etc, etc. Most of my pre-ODBII cars have had hollowed out cats. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

You should see some of the crap we have driving around... Most of 'em have rotted out floors and I kid you not - saw some guy driving an old Cavalier that you could see the guy's feet from the floor dragging on the ground. If he hit a bump big enough the whole floor would have let loose and the car would have run over him.

Anyways, I digress. I need to walk around some auto parts stores and see if I find anything.

Thanks guys!

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post Aug 21 2003, 02:41 PM
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here's a pic of the car I mention earlier... I hope Rods914 doesn't mind...


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post Aug 21 2003, 02:43 PM
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Put some signal lights behind the foglight grills as mentioned above, and mount some of the low-profile rectangular 911 side marker lights on the sides (wired up as turn indicators). That should look nice and be much safer.
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:44 PM
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Add, custom rod, and motorcycle shops to your list of stores to visit. And have a beer at waldo's for me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:44 PM
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trailer marker lights? my wife crunches those like candy.
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:48 PM
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Ferg,

I'll stop by Waldo's and have a Bell's for yah... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Waldo's rocks! Of course, depends on what floor you're drinking on.

I hope you spent most of your time up top... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Later,
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post Aug 21 2003, 02:51 PM
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What about something simmilar to 944/951 lights?

(IMG:http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads2/Porsche%20951%2011060880110.jpg)

Just a thought,


Ps the pic is of a random 951...
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post Aug 21 2003, 03:09 PM
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One last idea is to find amber fog lenses like mine, (not easy) and wire the fogs to blink (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Aug 21 2003, 03:44 PM
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Hmmmm........... Maybe some enterprising plastics maven could build a combination Parking/ Turn Signal replacement for the eyebrow. Mount it the same way with the rubber plugs and the car would look like a 986/996.

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post Aug 21 2003, 03:45 PM
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hard to see in this pic, but there are turn signals out there you could fit either into the bumper or into the spoiler.

just FYI, the reason why 914s have the turn signals up so high is because the factory thought they would be too low in the bumper area and they were concerned about visibility. (hint hint) ...


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post Aug 21 2003, 04:06 PM
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I'll third (or fourth) the idea of putting them behind the foglight grills (next to the fog lights). If you want to get really tricky, use amber ultra-bright l.e.d.s and attach them directly to the grills in the slots.
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post Aug 21 2003, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(scotty @ Aug 21 2003, 02:06 PM)
I'll third (or fourth) the idea of putting them behind the foglight grills (next to the fog lights). If you want to get really tricky, use amber ultra-bright l.e.d.s and attach them directly to the grills in the slots.

I think LEDs would be really cool. You can get led "bulbs" that should fit in the back if you want consistent look. You could put the marker lights that some 914's have on the side on there and use those as a turn signal.

Another idea - if you steal some mercedes wing mirrors, you could use the wing mirror flashers...?

Another thing to do if you want to be noticed (and distinctive) is build a circuit that flashes them with irregular intervals. It's really hard to ignore something that has irregular blink frequency.

Using the headlight and poping up one headlight in the direction you are turning is a freakin awesome idea, btw.
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post Aug 21 2003, 07:59 PM
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I don't like any of the above methods, for various reasons.

1. Grilles: No side marker

2. 944 style: no fronts

3. LED: Autozone, get a 'Type R' plate for the front too.

1 and 2 would work together, I don't know about where you live, but around here it's imperative that you have some side marker, anything helps.

People don't pay attention.


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