Jealous Lights

[John042]

Heh,every post pic shows Wedge with lower drive lights!:mad My 2.8i front spoiler has square recesses but what's involved fitting some? Elects, not a problem but what type/supply source and mounting method? Thanks for any help. J C.

[Wedg1e]

Originally the wedges had Cibie Airport 35 driving lamps, you can still buy them but be sitting down when you ask the price.
More common (esp. used, on Ebay) are the 35 foglight version, with or without yellow lenses. They were fitted to various French cars of the 80s as well as some BL things.
Mounting is by a single hole and you can find single and two-wire versions (the single was intended to be earthed by the mounting stud which obviously won't work on a Wedge but if you pull the cover off there's an earth terminal you can run a wire from).
My preference would be to run a dedicated 12v fused feed down from the battery to a relay near the lights, take a control feed from either side main beam and away you go. If you must get fancy wire a dash switch to turn them on/off but really, if you need main beam on a wedge you need all the help you can get!
Earth can be picked up from the stud on the front left suspension tower (hidden by the air filter).

Edited by Wedg1e on Wednesday 28th December 23:27

[jimburr]

replacement bulbs are a strange one for these as well. got mine of flea . was a bulb list but cant find it now.

[Wedg1e]

jimburr said:

replacement bulbs are a strange one for these as well. got mine of flea . was a bulb list but cant find it now.

Aye, it's an H2. Bit unusual now.

[wedgewood]

I managed to source one from a Peugeot 306. Shouldn't be too difficult to find one at a reasonable price. It is a foglamp not a driving lamp but it filled the gaping hole in the spoiler! Not got round to wiring it up yet... still I suppose it has only been fifteen years. Must get round to doing a to do list like Adam

[mrzigazaga]

Hi John


As said the Peugeot GTI fog lamps are okay....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-205-GTI-CTI-XS-N...

Ziga

[marcus1875]

Hi, we dont all have them!
Although i did briefly think about fitting them to my 2.8 but then i thought....mmmm if it gets to dusk, i'll be in the pub like every other rusty nailer! So there was no point!
Marcus

[wedgewood]

Yes the 205 fits too. The only thing to bear in mind is the surround is black on the Peugeot lamps and chrome on the original TVR lamps so you would need to change both.

[adam quantrill]

If it's "Wesley" I just found a picture of the front that you posted up, and it doesn't look like the normal recesses, but a flat square bit in the front dam where each recess could be. So you'll have to cut that out first and glass in recesses, then respray the airdam.



I guess you could fit some smaller driving spots in the air intake.

Edited by adam quantrill on Friday 30th December 17:42

[mk1fan]

Or put on a rally style light pod.

[John042]

Yes Adam, the recess would just about take the fleabay items but would require a bit "glassing" around them. Thanks for all the suggestions, I especially agree with the after dark thoughts and the pub. Happy New Year to all Wedgies. J C.

[mrzigazaga]

Hi John


I fitted some on Delilah that fixed to the roof of the spoiler and were wired into a switch...

[Wedg1e]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi John


I fitted some on Delilah that fixed to the roof of the spoiler and were wired into a switch...

I fitted some round 'projector'-style ones (from Halfords) to my S1 Tasmin, looked similar to yours when installed. Mine were bolted through the airdam mesh.

[John042]

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm not too keen on putting lights into the air intake area as "Wesley" needs all the air he can get in the summer traffic. The air dam where the recesses are does slope inwards so it would mean fabricating. Another task on the back burner as priority is the fuel gauge and other elect' gremlins plus replacing a coolant hose from the thermostate housing with a pipe that has preformed right angle bend. Also maybe a respray if I can talk my mate into it.

[Transmitter Man]

Some in Portugal at £30 if anyone wants the original Cibie's: eBay item 262756935628

Phil
420 SEAC