Rear Clam Project ....

[peterguk]

In parallel with my front light project, rear lights getting changed too.

Take one s/h clam, a handful of Italian lights.....

[Twerlie]

Looks promising!.....make sure you make a template as others may want to join you now that the Marcos ones are hard to find?

[AMG Merc]

Peter, is that the clam off of eBay recently?

[peterguk]

AMG Merc said:

Peter, is that the clam off of eBay recently?

Yep! £255. Bargain!

Will certainly be taking a mould once the changes are done.

[steve1]

Peter,
YHM.

[mgbond]

Hi Pete,

Nice work. Will the mould you do be a direct swap with the Mondeo ones or will the clam need cutting?

Bondy

[peterguk]

Not sure yet. If possible, it will involve no drastic cutting, although i suspect there will be trimming required of the hole where the Mondeo light locates.

Prototypes are being moulded within the next week.

[sean_goodman]

peter, i have been to a hella dealer with ref to the front hid sets,

the kit for two hella light modules with bulbs and ballasts is 537 quid

how does this compare to uk prices?

[peterguk]

sean_goodman said:

peter, i have been to a hella dealer with ref to the front hid sets,

the kit for two hella light modules with bulbs and ballasts is 537 quid

how does this compare to uk prices?

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[andrewr]

Peter,

Have you considered using S2 Elise rear lights. Filament units are available fairly cheaply and LED units are also available. A set of 4 Filament units sell for £120 ish based on owners of older cars upgrading to LEDs. There are some issues with failures of the LED, not sure if Lotus have resolved this yet.

I am also interested in doing a mod to the rear lights and will follow your progress closely.

Regards
Andrew

[peterguk]

andrewr said:

Peter,

Have you considered using S2 Elise rear lights. Filament units are available fairly cheaply and LED units are also available. A set of 4 Filament units sell for £120 ish based on owners of older cars upgrading to LEDs. There are some issues with failures of the LED, not sure if Lotus have resolved this yet.

I am also interested in doing a mod to the rear lights and will follow your progress closely.

Regards
Andrew

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your interest. Yes, i did consider the Lotus rear lights. I know "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and all that, but somehow, the Lotus lights looked too small, and would have got lost within the rear wing, wide grill etc. The Noble back end is visually a lot larger than the Lotus, and the Ferrari lights look in more proportion. IMHO of course...

Edited by peterguk on Monday 4th February 22:37

[andrewr]

Peter,

jow expensive are the Fezza lights?

[peterguk]

andrewr said:

Peter,

jow expensive are the Fezza lights?

Depends on where you go... Anything from about £100 each all the way to £175 each. The lower priced suppliers tend to be less consistant in their stock levels.

I'm using genuine Ferrari lights. In addition to the lights, there is a sub-loom required for each pair at £75 each. Those sub-looms will splice into the main body loom.

There are cheap copies from India used by MR2 conversions, but they are horrendous quality, and are more pink than red. Not for me, but at £10 each a bargain to some.