Gas discharge lights to a Tuscan Mk1

[marcus-s]

Hi All

Firstly merry christmas. Banish me if this is stupid but does anyone know if gas discharge lights can be fiited to the Mk1 Tuscan??

Thanks
Mark

[whitey]

you can, any TVR specialist will point you to their recommended bodyshop to do it. Might need a bit of paint around the lights as they are bonded in.

[Big Al.]

Yep they can, had a set fitted to my dipped beams when I first got the Tuscan.

Vast improvement can actually see to drive at night without using main beam.

Fernies fitted mine, IIRC no spraying was req'd.

[events]

You can do them yourself - it is a tight fit but simple to do.
I didn't have to do any paintwork either - you just need to be careful.

[whitey]

cool, I had always thought paintwork was involved, so now I know it's not, I might have to consider this myself!!

cheers
Whitey

[russian rocket]

are the gas discharge the same as the MK2 units?

I am considering fitting gas discharge to the dip on my MK2 s

One of the courtesy tuscans I had (reflex charcoal, mk1s S6 TVR @ the time) had this and they were a great improvement

I am sure they are a "lucas" (or similar) unit and will be available cheaper than dealer price if you are DIY ing it

[PascalBuyens]

If you order a set of H7 HID's, they should fit in the existing light units.

I'll take pics when I fit them, as mine are arriving sometime soon...

Edited by PascalBuyens on Monday 8th January 11:08

[southgate]

Where can you get DIY kits?
Any idea how much? Sounds like a good idea

[southgate]

Would one of these kits do it:

www.turborevs.co.uk/H7%20HID%20Conversion%20Kit.html

[southgate]

Pascal,

Have you fit your new lights yet? Any probs?

[PascalBuyens]

I purchased the kit from www.elise-shop.com, and got round to fitting them on Saturday morning.

Planned to but forgot to take pics, as it all went so smooth... in less than an hour I had them fitted.

Engine cover off, unscrew the plates over the lights, take out original bulb, wire up the HID's, unscrew the already present transfo (which you'll only have to do in case of HID main beam), fix the two transfos in a way that the cover plate goes back on, put everything back in place

Car looks even cooler now LOL

[PascalBuyens]

southgate said:

Would one of these kits do it:

www.turborevs.co.uk/H7%20HID%20Conversion%20Kit.html

Yes, they'd do the job...

[southgate]

Cool. Makes the car look more "modern" i bet.

Will be my next mod.

[russian rocket]

southgate said:

Would one of these kits do it:

www.turborevs.co.uk/H7%20HID%20Conversion%20Kit.html

Just fitted these to my Mk2S

easy as pie, took 50 min for 1st side and 10 for 2nd side

[dvs_dave]

russian rocket said:

southgate said:

Would one of these kits do it:

www.turborevs.co.uk/H7%20HID%20Conversion%20Kit.html

Just fitted these to my Mk2S

easy as pie, took 50 min for 1st side and 10 for 2nd side

Just ordered a set for mine (Mk1 S) too. Does anybody have any pics of these fitted?

This conversion kit for "Aero" style wiper blades (much better than conventional wipers) looks like a very worthwhile upgrade. The wipers on a Tuscan aren't the greatest even with Bosch 21S wiper blades.

These guys also do LED replacement bulbs. Has anybody used these? They're a worthwhile safety upgrade for the brake lights at least.

[russian rocket]

passenger side fitted, driver side orignal. Pictures in daylight don't really do it justice but you can see why they are described as Daylight coloured. Visability when driving in the dark is a massive improvement

I was going to take internal pictures but there's not much to see other than a ballast and that looks almost identical to the one already there for main beam.

xenon bulb goes in directly in place original halogen bulb.

wires to original bulb connect via a short "loom" to the ballast.

two new wires connect from ballast to xenon bulb

Secure ballast.

Job's done.

Supplied instructions are cr@p. prety much had to work out what to do myself and this is what took most of the time(and getting the bonnet off).

There is a supplied relay to use if necessary. Instructions seem to say you need to use this if original supply is < 20amps. As the fuse box diagram shows a 20amp fuse I didn't bother.

No problems so far

Edited by russian rocket on Sunday 28th January 20:39

[dvs_dave]

Thanks for the pic and the info. They look great and I can well imagine the improvement at night.

Have you also changed your sidelight bulbs? The color on the HID side looks "whiter".

[southgate]

Anyone tried those aero style wipers yet.
They look alright.

[dvs_dave]

I think I'm gonna order a pair of Aero wipers and see how they go. The OEM ones on the Merc work extremely well and are very quiet so expect I similar results on the Tiv.

It'll be a month or so before I'm home to get them fitted and tested though.

[russian rocket]

I think the passenger sidelight looks different because the sky is reflecting from it.

Drivers side no longer working lead fallen off input side unit, now secured using tie wrap (true TVR style)

Edited by russian rocket on Thursday 1st February 14:03