Diy R33 Series 2 Gts-t Front Indicator Lens

[POLICE]

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

[lingeringsoul]

Good stuff, looks hot.

[Trent04]

looks good man, might have a look at doing this

[Trent04]

i like the front bar too, looks good

[NA_Goodness]

That looks sick. I'm guessing there are a lot of people who are interested in this one. Good work!!

[alpinestars]

mmm that looks good nice suff

[Granthem]

looks awesome. I always considered if i owned an r33 buying two of the driving lamps and placing them on the outside and wiring them as the indicators with orange bulbs. Dunno if they fit the outside hole though.

This looks great!

[shaft no 1]

Maybe you're looking for something like this.

Of course, anything is possible if you put you're mind to it.

Good luck

Shaft

looks awesome. I always considered if i owned an r33 buying two of the driving lamps and placing them on the outside and wiring them as the indicators with orange bulbs. Dunno if they fit the outside hole though.

This looks great!

Edited May 11, 2008 by shaft no 1

[SmashBoxx]

that looks awesome!!

[siddr20]

That looks awesome

Might have to give this a try

Also you got a pic of when the light is on?

Just wanna see what it would look like when you turn on the indicators

ta

Edit: I think i spotted you on sat night?? did you go thru the m5?

Edited May 12, 2008 by siddr20

[POLICE]

nah think again, I was on the M5 just afternoon on saturday

anyway here's a few pics I just took from the garage.

it's not as bright as it looks, but you get the picture.

Edited May 12, 2008 by POLICE

[Spunky Munky]

Pol.ice - guess you're not a transformer fan no more ah? you used to be so into it... kinda died down, ah?

[POLICE]

Pol.ice - guess you're not a transformer fan no more ah? you used to be so into it... kinda died down, ah?

What on earth are you talking about?

[siddr20]

so it wasnt you?

Fair enough.. i saw a silver seires 2 with similar rims as yours.. mesh style..

anyways thanks for posting those pics up!!

[SiR_RB]

thats looks good !!!

i wanna do this...one day....one day lol

[Crumpy]

i know its been a long time since this thread has been posted in but thought id post some pics of my 33 with this done. All up cost about $5 for the platic lenses and $14 for the amber globe paint. Took around an hour and its definatly worth the time and money!!! No more crappy orange indictors

[75coupe]

Need some up close photos to be able to see the result

[sky017]

interesting topic , although whats the deal with the series 1 mis mounted head lights on a series 2?