Hey guys,
For those you who owns a R33 Series 2 with the stock front bar,
I'm pretty sure you get an eyesore from looking at the front amber indicator lens.
Here's a little tutorial I've made where I took out the amber lens and replaced them with some custom plastic lens.
First of all, you'll need to take out the foglight/indicator assembly out of the front bar.
If you have a FMIC then you'll probably have to take off the front bar or headlight (whichever one's easier)
If you have just a stock SMIC then it's pretty simple to take out,
There are 2 10mm bolts on the inside of each foglight/indicator assembly,
One is located near the middle, the other is close to the edge where the piping would be if you had a FMIC.
After you took out these 2 bolts, there is clip that holds the foglight/indicator assembly to the front bar,
Push down on the clip to pull the foglight/indicator assembly out,
Then disconnect the foglight/indicator connector from the car to take out the foglight/indicator assembly.
Secondly you'll need to remove the amber indicator lens from the foglight/indicator assembly.
There are six screws holding the front cover of the foglight/indicator assembly, unscrew them and you'll be able to take the cover out.
Then heat the foglight/indicator assembly in the oven at 160-180 degrees for 5 minutes to melt the glue that's holding the lens in.
Use a screwdriver and gradually anchered the lens out, do be careful not to get the glue onto the indicator slot's reflector.
If the glue hasn't melted sufficiently, put the foglight/indicator assembly back in the oven for another 2-3 minutes and try again.
You can try breaking the lens if you don't intend to use it anymore, but there could still be some little amber fragments glued on.
Thirdly is to fabricate the lens, I bought my plastic lens material from The Plastic Centre.
They're located at 192 Princes Highway Arncliffe NSW, there's lots to choose from, smoked, opague, frost ... etc.
Costed me around $20 which isn't bad, but that's the minimum you'll have to spend anyway.
Try to get the lens between 4mm-6mm in thickness, any thicker and it won't fit into the assembly.
Next thing to do is cut the material down to a size to fit into the indicator slot.
Get a piece of paper and trace the outer edge of the amber indicator lens that you've just took out.
Cut out the shape and draw it on the lens material using a marker/highlighter (preferrably light in colour).
then using that thermo heating pen, melt the plastic material into that shape.
I'd advice you get a 50W+ thermo heating pen, as mine was I think 30W and it's a bit slow to melt the material.
Remove excess plastic with snippers or your fingers when it's still warm and file it smooth.
Finally after the lens are made and fits well, just use some strong insulated black tape to hold the lens onto the foglight/indicator assembly.
Seal it and make sure no water can leak into the lens.
Then it's simply screwing the front cover on and bolting the foglight/indicator assembly back onto the front bar.
The foglight lens still looks different to the indicator lens,
That's because the indicator slot's reflector is not as shiny/reflective as the folglight slot's reflector
So underneath you'll find some pics with a few hints of where everything is.
If you have any questions then bugger off and figure out for yourself