Last car with orange indicator lenses?
Discussion
This is right up my anorak street. First one that comes to mind is the old Land Rover Defender. Lower spec models still had orange indicators and that went out of production in 2016.
Edit - thought of another (kind of). Ferraris seem to have only ditched orange side repeaters fairly recently.
Edit - thought of another (kind of). Ferraris seem to have only ditched orange side repeaters fairly recently.
Edited by David87 on Monday 12th February 19:43
colin79666 said:
2024 Jeep Wrangler still has amber lenses at the front, for corner markers though rather than flashing indicators.
if you are including corner markers, then I have seen them on new Honda Civic`s. I have to say, I am quite partial to an amber corner marker. The last few Volvo`s I owned had them. ferret50 said:
I am old enough to remember that it was 'cool' in the 90's to fit aftermarket white indicators with orange bulbs at the front and to tint the rear lenses red.....
I did that to my Mini before the clear lenses were commercially available. I realised the indicator lens was the same as a Defender, which was the same as the side light lens, so fitted Defender side light lenses to my Mini front indicators and was a trend setter 
I then found it quite amusing when "clear lens kits" were available that cost more than buying genuine parts from LR. The Mini had clear lenses on the back for a while, that in hindsight looked pretty horrific. I did however tint the rear indicator lenses of my New Beetle cab red, which looked quite good until I had to swap them for every MoT. I then managed to get some US "Euro" spec rear lights with clear indicators that looked so much better and stayed on until I sold it. 
I'm not averse to clear indicators lenses at all, but would be better if they stopped with the chrome effects which catch the sunlight and cause confusion whether indicators are in use at all.
What i wish would return is making indicators completely seperate units from the main light units instead of housed within, where in many conditions from bright sunlight to headlights on (worse case being headlights/drls on in bright sunlight the indicator might as well not be used at all) you can barely see the indicator operating until dangerously close to the vehicle.
Japanese cars were great for this a few years ago, often the indicator in its amber lens was sited several inches below and well away from the headlights, clearly seen.
Worse cars for disappearing indicators inside light units at one time were VW group (front and rear), though others have copied this, back end too with hundreds of watts of brake lights so dazzling indicators again vanish.
What i wish would return is making indicators completely seperate units from the main light units instead of housed within, where in many conditions from bright sunlight to headlights on (worse case being headlights/drls on in bright sunlight the indicator might as well not be used at all) you can barely see the indicator operating until dangerously close to the vehicle.
Japanese cars were great for this a few years ago, often the indicator in its amber lens was sited several inches below and well away from the headlights, clearly seen.
Worse cars for disappearing indicators inside light units at one time were VW group (front and rear), though others have copied this, back end too with hundreds of watts of brake lights so dazzling indicators again vanish.
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