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Wednesday 23 October 2019

Side indicator repeaters

October 2019
Always thought the front turn indicator lights are a bit buried in the rubber bumper and not very visible from the side direction. Did not want to go with the American MGB market version as in my mind they look a bit large.
So decided to look at adding some additional side indicators to the bumper.
After much searching I found these on eBay and as they were only cheap decided to send for them to see how they looked.



As they looked pretty suitable when offered up to the bumper I set about adding them.

Modified the wiring from the existing indicators each side by adding a 4 way connector to enable a feed for the extra lights.to provide a feed for the new lights.
My wiring was like this below. Then fed the new lights wires, one into each of the separate 4 way black connector to provide live and earth connections.


Drilled a 12mm hole in the bumper for the wires to pass through and smaller, 2mm, holes for the two attachment screws.
There was an existing hole in the lower scuttle nearby to pass the wires into the wheel arch. Opened this out to 15mm round and fitted a rubber grommet to protect the wires passing through the hole.

Positioned the new lights close to the end of the bumper and lower than mid bumper to avoid a raised rib inside the bumper.

THE RESULT!
In my mind they look just the job and they work fine.









The extra electrical load does not affect the flashing speed of the indicators.
Flashing speed is too fast, me thinks, but the flasher unit, not in usual place just under the dash but high up behind the dash! Can't reach it however I try? Any clues?




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