clear front indicators & large wheels

[bling]

Anyone enquired about fitting the 2001 spec clear indicators on their chim...
Spoke to a dealer that quoted £560 ex vat for the conversion...apparently it involves a lot of rewiring....

Also whats the largest wheel size that can go on a chim, am thinking of fitting 17's on the fronts and 18s at the rear.
Is this possible?

[Marshy]

quote:Anyone enquired about fitting the 2001 spec clear indicators on their chim...
Spoke to a dealer that quoted £560 ex vat for the conversion...apparently it involves a lot of rewiring

That can only be utter bollocks. Re-wiring? Ha ha ha ha. Name and, er, redicule...

When I asked my dealer about the fronts, they said the biggest problem was likely to be that the existing indicators are bonded to the bodyshell, and might be beastly to get off. As for the rears, it all depends on what's already there, you know, fiesta cluster, four round thingys, etc. But even changing those for something like Clive's afterburners doesn't require complex wiring hilarity.

Edited by Marshy on Thursday 22 November 13:19

[Nutrunner]

Just fitted RC penta polished rim alloys in 17" on my chim for 900 quid all inc. look the doggies. if you get the nutty car mags, max power etc there are companies such as Elite in rainham essex that will try anything u want - good job guys, 215-50-17 on front and 235-45-17 on back (to keep gearing profile) cant find number at moment 18's were bit tight at front and another 500!!!. Front indicators were sourced through lucas local shop £13 inc each, does mean u have to make a new mesh if you have a pre 96 model like me, but i did the large grill out of ally mesh also so it matched( holed style aka boy racer £15 local shop) looks the nuts also. good luck N945 flc chim 4.0

[Nutrunner]

17's on front and 18's looked a bit like a hot rod when I tried, 17's all round with a slightly higher profile on rear looks best, 18's tight on front, the only way was a smaller off set which made the wheel sit in, looked naf. dont bother.

[apache]

nutrunner, your profile sounds a little high, I've got 17" Racelines with 215/40 front and 245/40 rear, the smaller width front pull the profile down a tad....which is nice

ps any pics?

Edited by apache on Thursday 22 November 13:41

[bling]

Thanks for the info guys....
The wheel debate is what bugs me most..
Every tyre dealer has a different opinion....

[Nutrunner]

Just bin out to check, my mistake,235-40-17 on rear, i'll get a piccy out soon, its very grubby at the moment. Poxy road works!

[Nutrunner]

I tried at least 8 different type of wheel and couldnt decide, some 22 stone geezer of an ethnic origin covered in gold ( Buster rhymes rapper?)came up to me and said the 5 spokes look the ******* nads mate, I agreed and left sideways up the road (after paying of course, as I am a law abiding citizen!)

[Nutrunner]

The tyre profile needed to match the original tyre/wheel diameter to keep the gearing for the speedo the same, Ive clocked the car with my cousins 911 thing and were reading the same, unless his is out too!

[richb]

Bling, I assume you mean the clear glass eyeball type indicators as fitted to recent Tuscans and Tamoras (as opposed to the plastic cover type but in clear)? I've no idea what's involved but I agree they do look good.

Regards wheels, my Griffith has 17" front and 18" rears which personally I think look good on the Griff which has odd sized wheels as standard but as the Chimaera has similar sized wheels all round I think you would be better off with 17" jobs in all 4 corners.

Rich... (see pic on my profile)

[philshort]

richb

Chim has same as Griff, 15" front 16" wheels. Chim 500 is of course a Griff with a posh frock on so wheels are exactly the same!

[richb]

Ah well there you go, please ignore my last comment! Rich...

[richb]

Following up on the clear front indicator idea, check out this thread on a similar theme from a few months ago, seems Clive "Zertec" Reed has a cunning plan
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=2974&f=9&h=0

[MajorClanger]

I see that www.tvrbodyshop.com offer this (under their 'Bodyshop', 'Prices', 'White Front Indicator' selections) for £130.41 + VAT.

Must be a little more to it than just swapping lenses if there'e 2 hours of labour! unless they want to put you off doing it yourself!!!

It would be interesting to see if anyone else offers similar as I'm not planning on heading down to Bristol for the foreseeable future.

MC

[Colin Logan]

Nutrunner, save us all some time , what is the lucas part number for the front indicators . This will also save me some money .
Thanks,


Colin L

[Marshy]

Major,

Last time I asked anyone about this they said that the front indicators are bonded in. 2 hours therefore doesn't surprise me... they may even have to touch up paintwork also.

[philshort]

They're not always bonded in too well though, one of mine fell out all on its ownsome!

Phil

[mikeulster500]

i'm looking at getting a set of clear front indicators for my dads chimaera 500. Spoke to the guys' at TMS who were very helpful. They tell me its just a matter of breaking the existing bond, replacing the bulb with a clear one(obviously)and bonding the new lens in. They talked about 12 quid each for the lens and a couple of quid each for the bulbs, not to sure on labour cost
cheers
Mike F

[richb]

err that would be puting in an orange bulb, actually but I get the idea.

[manek]

On the older Chimaera at lkeast, you'd also have to take out the mini-grille that the indicator is mounted in. Then find a neat way of sticking itback. Time to swap lenses/bulb: 5 minutes. Indicator grille removeal/replacement: 55 minutes. Total= 1 hour. Each side....