jim Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Does Heckler do smoked front indicators? You could ditch the fogs in favour of side lights up there and have the smoked indicators recessed well back into the vents. Murdered out is SUCH a good idea! I'd love a matt black wrap or respray and some dark rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 What about the indicators? Are you looking to put them somewhere else also? I'm tinting my lights for the "killer" look. They are done at the moment but look shit thanks to the shit tinting spray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Yeah, got some slim indicators to go in the OEM position, they should be hardly noticable at all unless on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 The slim indicators turned up today so I made a start murdering mine out Removed the facelift side light/indicator units. I'm going to mount the indicators you normally find on car wings on the upper surface of both side ducts, the indicators are smooth & dark so should hardly be noticable when off. If anyone can forsee anything wrong with this approach shout up as I'm cutting holes in the bumper tomorrow Here she is now, and this is hopefully how she'll look when all is done: http://www.imotors.co.uk/temp/jay/SupraLights/Img_4272 1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Good idea mate, looks very moody:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Murder Death Kill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Good idea mate, looks very moody:cool: Yeah, I much prefer it without, shame we have to have side lights, they serve no real purpose, I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow with the new ones Murder Death Kill! http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=98378&stc=1&d=1252697944 Now that's what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Its strange, the red calipers actually bring a "fluffy" look to my car lol. Do you have any pics of the indicators on their own Jay, curious of your idea. I might just be too drunk to picture it in my head lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Its strange, the red calipers actually bring a "fluffy" look to my car lol. Do you have any pics of the indicators on their own Jay, curious of your idea. I might just be too drunk to picture it in my head lol. They're in the garage Scott, I'll get a load of pics tomorrow when I try & fit them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 They're in the garage Scott, I'll get a load of pics tomorrow when I try & fit them Good stuff bud, subscribed anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 What a waste of a day that was. Spent the entire day carefull mounting the indicators into the bumper. Went to fit the bumper back on and the indicator housing catches on the frame of the car the bumper sits on I deleted all the photos I took along the way in a fit of rage (the camera was lucky it made it unscathed). I'm still keen on going for this look, but I'm changing plans. Now I'm trying to find out how to mount an indicator inplace of the fog light as per the car in the OP, and I'll just ditch side lights all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Well Kopite has just been round showing off his new look, it looks awesome. What's this gotta do with this thread I hear you ask . Well he's put a set of HID's on & some led bulbs in the side lights. I'm thinking sod all this custom light crap, might put the facelift lights back in, LED side light bulbs, fog & dip beam HIDs. No worries about MOT or whether people can see me indicating. Might apply a tint to the sidelights to take the edge off them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdzC Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Well Kopite has just been round showing off his new look, it looks awesome. What's this gotta do with this thread I hear you ask . Well he's put a set of HID's on & some led bulbs in the side lights. I'm thinking sod all this custom light crap, might put the facelift lights back in, LED side light bulbs, fog & dip beam HIDs. No worries about MOT or whether people can see me indicating. Might apply a tint to the sidelights to take the edge off them Sounds like a good plan. I have HIDs in my dipped but the fog lights look like a pain to convert. Your car looks awesome either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) Johnny G, his mate & myself did his (fogs & dips) at mine last year, I recall some trimming was required, I'll probably be asking lots of HIDs questions shortly abotu the whole thing , I wish Ro would have let me take a photo of his car as it looked stunning tonight Cheers Adz PS didn't want to start a new thread for this but here's a photoschop I've done with the wheels I've decided to go for, thanks to Jamie for ripping his pic, a good successor to the TRD's? (ignore the colour saturation match between the 2) Edited September 12, 2009 by jevansio (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel lane Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 i like that look , no more worries about alloys be tarnished... you are converting me boy .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 i like that look , no more worries about alloys be tarnished... you are converting me boy .... Yeah split rims look great, pita to clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel lane Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 do you think you can get 12 inch rims ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Perfect choice of rims imo Jay, that'll look awesome when they're on I like the lip too, but I've never been totally sold on the way it sweeps up at the sides...have you thought about trimming it, or an amuse lip (costs a fortune ) or an active spoiler maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 do you think you can get 12 inch rims ? Nope, 10" is the widest they come in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Perfect choice of rims imo Jay, that'll look awesome when they're on I like the lip too, but I've never been totally sold on the way it sweeps up at the sides...have you thought about trimming it, or an amuse lip (costs a fortune ) or an active spoiler maybe? Cheers Jim If it had been polyurethene I might have risked trimming it, I had a UK lip for 2 years before this and wanted something a bit more "mean" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) Not a bad look IMO , think!! I have done it twice now and always thought it was an aggressive look that suits the Supra Both cars here, really suits your car mate on the photo shop Edited September 12, 2009 by tooquicktostop (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mictt Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 if fogs are fitted to a vehicle it is mandentory for them to work for an MOT so for a sup they are required, also your side lights need to come on seperate to your driving lights or dipped beem, hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 if fogs are fitted to a vehicle it is mandentory for them to work for an MOT so for a sup they are required, also your side lights need to come on seperate to your driving lights or dipped beem, hope that helps. But does "if fitted" mean fitted by manufacturer, or if fitted to that vehicle (ie if they were optional from manufacturer, how the hell is the tester supposed to know whether to fail the car or not)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 I've rezurected this little project, won't have time to do it this weekend but I'll post what i did on my last attempt, why it failed, and what I'm planning this time. PS I know some of what I was planning isn't MOT legal, but the end result will be). These are what I bought last time (Ford Mondeo Smoked Wing indicators ), and a comparison of how big they are compared to what I was replacing: The plan was to somehow replace the facelift sidelight/indicator unit with something more subtle. I wasn't sure whether these would become indicators (and I'd fit sidelights into the main light units somehow - or even just ditch the sidelights), or these would become sidelights and I'd put the indicators in the main light units. I mounted them into the "roof" of the vents. As you can see, as indicators they pretty feeble. The reflector is pointing straight down. A simple test of hooking them up to a battery confirmed that the indicator was pretty invisible and next to no use. It was like a flashing dot . I put white bulbs in and tested them as sides, they were perfect. It was at this point I decided to go with them as sidelights & turn my fogs into indicators. I did the loom & went to fit the bumper for the final time. I then found out the bulb holders were catching on the bumper support frame, I ended up destroying a bulb holder trying to get it to fit. I put the originals back in and had a couple of bottles of wine while I mulled it over . As I say Ro came over and his lights looked amazing at night with the HIDs & LED sides. It fired me onto either finding another way of fitting the side lights or finding some other side/indicator units. This week I mocked up mounting the small side lights pointing forward (attached to where the OEM lights mount). Here's a quick pic with me holding one. It doesn't look too good on the photo, but I made a gash bracket & stood back & had a look & TBH it looked pretty smart. The only thing I didn't like is the bulb doesn't really follow the lines of the vent. One of my main requirements of this was that the light must look like Toyota had done it themselves. This is when I had a stroke of luck, after spending days of searching ebay for suitable light units I came across these little beauties , and old schoolers guess what they're off? They have indicators & side lights built into 1 sealed unit, they looked like they would fill the vent perfectly & they're smoked. Some pics showing how they compare in size to the orginals & a plan view of how I'm envisiging they're be mounted in comparison to the OEMs (sorry for the dark photo's I left my polarizing filter on my camera). I've very quickly tried to position one on the car to show what I'm aiming for, please note they'll sit a little higher than this as they're pretty much just balanced in place: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 (edited) Today I fitted my new sidelight/indicator units. They needed a custom bracket making and it's not pretty but it's secure & is not noticable from outside the car. The bracket was 3 pieces of aluminium rivited together. This was then bolted to the roof of the vent (you can see where I cut a hole for the previous attempt, might get the filled in when the car is resprayed). Quick shot from the front to compare against the old light And both in Bumper back on & lights wired up And after a wash and from farther back to see how they look I'm just waiting for dusk to set in, will get some pics/a little vid with the led side lights & the indicators working. Just waiting for my led bulbs for the main lights now & thats the front lighting taken care of Couple of pics as the sun has gone down a little, with side lights on & indicators Edited September 26, 2009 by jevansio (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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