New Wedge front lights - more pics

[wedg1e]

Would have posted these sooner but my PC picked up that bloody Win 2000 worm that fiddles with your cut/paste etc (you get an error message saying that 'svchost.exe' has some problem or other...)
Well, to the idiot who thought that one up: screw you. There's a patch for it. Get a life.









This was at about 8 in the evening; the indicators are OK but not desperately bright in full-on sunshine (but then, are any others?)

Ian

[york33]

Ooooo, they actually have light coming out of them, is that what they're supposed to do, thought they were decorative items

Where were they from again????

[wedg1e]

york33 said:

Ooooo, they actually have light coming out of them, is that what they're supposed to do, thought they were decorative items Where were they from again????

They were from my garage. GRP mat, resin, bulb holders, plastic diffuser from a light fitting. Most expensive bits were the orange indicator bulbs (nearly a fiver for two!! ). Of course I'd paid for the GRP and resin at some point in the past: probably less than 20 quid then, but still 60 quid cheaper (and 6 weeks sooner!) than Renault wanted for their units.
The lenses are held in by stainless steel hex socket screws, into glassed-in thread inserts. There's an internal divider separating the two lamps, and the whole interior is sprayed with chrome paint to add a bit of reflectivity (even the Renault units don't have actual reflectors). The lenses are such a close fit that just a trace of clear silicone was used to seal out the rain.
Bulbholders and correct 3-pin connectors from Vehicle Wiring Products as usual. No modifications to bumper necessary so can be returned to standard if pedantry insists...

Ian

[taz turbo]

wedg1e, I think I prefered the lamps before the replacements were fitted, as shown in your profile.

[wedg1e]

taz turbo said:

wedg1e, I think I prefered the lamps before the replacements were fitted, as shown in your profile.

Thanks Chris: I knew all that effort would be worth it. Perhaps I could 'restyle' your car...?

[njhucker]

Crackin Job,
You don't fancy havin a go at rears do you? Only TVR bodyshop have rebuilt the back end of mine ( after the shunt on the way back from gang on the green ) but are still waiting for lights from Renault.

[gsx600]

Rear lights seem to be getting harder to find, but Renault eventually located one for me after mine was rear ended. I now have a spre that has a 1 cm crack in it but still passed mot

[streaky]

wedg1e said:

york33 said: Ooooo, they actually have light coming out of them, is that what they're supposed to do, thought they were decorative items Where were they from again???? They were from my garage. GRP mat, resin, bulb holders, plastic diffuser from a light fitting. Most expensive bits were the orange indicator bulbs (nearly a fiver for two!! ). Of course I'd paid for the GRP and resin at some point in the past: probably less than 20 quid then, but still 60 quid cheaper (and 6 weeks sooner!) than Renault wanted for their units. The lenses are held in by stainless steel hex socket screws, into glassed-in thread inserts. There's an internal divider separating the two lamps, and the whole interior is sprayed with chrome paint to add a bit of reflectivity (even the Renault units don't have actual reflectors). The lenses are such a close fit that just a trace of clear silicone was used to seal out the rain. Bulbholders and correct 3-pin connectors from Vehicle Wiring Products as usual. No modifications to bumper necessary so can be returned to standard if pedantry insists... Ian

Did you make moulds or were they a one-off?

[wedg1e]

streaky said:

Did you make moulds or were they a one-off?

I laid the basic housing up in situ. Moulds would take a bit of thinking about because I found that the n/s recess wasn't quite the same shape as the o/s (probably due to some accident repair in the past) - so I couldn't use the o/s lens as a template for the n/s, for instance. Also the n/s had an opening that was smaller than the internal dimension, meaning that once the GRP had gone off, I couldn't extract the new lamp housing! Luckily I used to be a gynaecologist, and am used to getting big things through small holes. In fact I used to be able to wallpaper my hallway through the letterbox... but I digress
Any fool could make some, it wasn't difficult.

Ian

[simonrockman]

gsx600 said:

Rear lights seem to be getting harder to find, but Renault eventually located one for me after mine was rear ended. I now have a spre that has a 1 cm crack in it but still passed mot

It must be Renault being crap. It took a month to get the rear lens for our new Scenic. It's not as though it is a rare car, they've sold two million of them.

Simon