US rear lights
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Not on a bay, no. Pre 60-something earlier is ok, but not as late as 67. Dangerous, imo, too. 
Hi Matt!
There are a few threads on here if you hunt about or do a search 'Mot', you'll find them..Some peeps change the light unit and lenses, and do a bit of rewiring, while others with reversing lights fitted (us imports) do a similar rewire but put an orange bulb in there and use that as the indicator, thus keeping the original red lenses...Did you change your headlamps for uk spec ones?... What did you do to stop the front sidelamps flashing when you indicate at night ?
There are a few threads on here if you hunt about or do a search 'Mot', you'll find them..Some peeps change the light unit and lenses, and do a bit of rewiring, while others with reversing lights fitted (us imports) do a similar rewire but put an orange bulb in there and use that as the indicator, thus keeping the original red lenses...Did you change your headlamps for uk spec ones?... What did you do to stop the front sidelamps flashing when you indicate at night ?
dave
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got my reverse lights wired as indicators with orange bulbs, brother in law is mot tester , as he says sometimes will let things go, he also says its sometimes amazing the things some testers miss, depends if going by the book i suppose.
mcvw
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The VW Polo crowd use green bulbs behind their all-red rear lights and they flash orange. Anybody tried this on a bay with all-red lenses?
Remember also that the indicator and brake light use the same single filament bulb as standard - thats is also an MOT fail here even if its the correct colour .... which it couldnt be in both applications.
I love keeping the look stock, but have converted reverse lights to indicators to get over this ... and more importantly to ensure that other drivers know what Im doing
I love keeping the look stock, but have converted reverse lights to indicators to get over this ... and more importantly to ensure that other drivers know what Im doing
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Matt
That doesn't work as the brake light then displays the wrong colour, as Clem said above the brake and indicator light use the same bulb on US spec buses so changing the lenses to the Red/top half orange ones is a no no, changing the reverse lights over to be indicators is the easiest way and theres a thread in the technical stickies on how to do it. You will need to run a wire along the length of the van off the Hazard switch but thats the only complicated bit, the rest is just a quick rewire and some 21w 12v Amber bulbs (coolair sell these)
That doesn't work as the brake light then displays the wrong colour, as Clem said above the brake and indicator light use the same bulb on US spec buses so changing the lenses to the Red/top half orange ones is a no no, changing the reverse lights over to be indicators is the easiest way and theres a thread in the technical stickies on how to do it. You will need to run a wire along the length of the van off the Hazard switch but thats the only complicated bit, the rest is just a quick rewire and some 21w 12v Amber bulbs (coolair sell these)
noddy
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Why not just fit euro bulb holders and lenses.
Thats what I did to mine, take a new feed from the master cylinder for the brake lights and if I remember correctly run a wire from the hazard switch for the indicators.
Dont bother with the cheep repro bulb holders, the bulbs dont fit unless you grind off one of the bayonets.
Thats what I did to mine, take a new feed from the master cylinder for the brake lights and if I remember correctly run a wire from the hazard switch for the indicators.
Dont bother with the cheep repro bulb holders, the bulbs dont fit unless you grind off one of the bayonets.
mankywelshman
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i did exactly as above, kept red lenses for the u.s. look which i like, but can just change the lenses for uk ones for m.o.t. 8) . ex early bayer dubberdaz showed me the way just before he took up split arse ownership :shock: :msn4:
