Clear indicator lights!

[Paul R]

Hi,

What did you guys use to drill the hole in your clear indicator lights for the sidelights? Is there a particular sized drill bit i can use to drill the main hole? then i take i that i cut some little bits out so the light fitting clips on?

Cheers,

Paul.

[SwissHeavy]

Dremel! A mans best friend!

[Paul R]

Dremel! A mans best friend!

Ok, how do you do it with a dremel? I've got one somewhere...never used it tho! lol

Paul.

[Hurstie1981]

Use normal drill bits and keep choosing a larger size until you have the desired size, 12mm if i remember right? Once you have the right size for the bulb, use a dremel to cut out 3 notches for the bulb holder....job done!

[oggy]

as your talking indicators, can you help advise me how to change my rear bulbs on a g limited? i can't figure it out, i've opened the boot and moved the carpet but i'm still none the wiser(

[asmorgan]

Dont worry... I was the same when I first purchased my mk2.

Right doing this off the top of my head as its early in the morning and i dont think my neighbours would appreciate me going out and disasembling the rear of my car.

Step 1.

Open Boot (sounds obvious...because it is)

Step 2.

Look along the top of the lights you will see a screw above the light cluster you want to remove near the centre of the boot. Unsrew it.

Step 3.

Be carefull now.
You need to remove the side reflectors.
Get a large flat object like a normal table knife or a large flat head screw driver. Find the gap/seem between the reflector and the main light cluster and carefully slide in your flat object in the direction of the corner of the reflector. Now slowly and gently prise the reflector away from the light cluster. It will pop off be ready to catch it if you use too much force. (note: i usually wrap a knife in tissue paper so as not to damage the reflector or light cluster)

Step 4.

Now the reflector is removed it will reveal another two screws which need unscrewing.

Step 5.

Gently but firmly grip the main light cluster with your hands and pull away from the back of the car.. it will have some resistance because it is clipped on.

Step 6.

Once pulled away from the car it will reveal the back of the cluster. The rest is easy unscrew the bolb holder required and replace bulb.

Refitting.

Is basically the opposite to what you just did. Just make sure when pushing the light cluster back it locks in at the bottom onto the clips and make sure the wires are out of the way.

Hope this helps

Ant

[gareth7000]

Use normal drill bits and keep choosing a larger size until you have the desired size, 12mm if i remember right? Once you have the right size for the bulb, use a dremel to cut out 3 notches for the bulb holder....job done!

Just did mine a couple of weeks ago and found that 15mm was the right size for me. I used a conical bit which was 15mm max diameter and then ran a stanley knife around the rim to get rid of the swarf.

For the notches, a flat needle file does the trick.

Oh - the drill bit is more like a stone than a proper bit, and came as part of a set from Homebase.