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Post by NafemanNathan » Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:30 pm

Nice one Nitin!:D

I fitted my replacement headlights the other day. I'm wishing I had done the same now if it is really that easy. The bumper's got to come off again soon anyway as my front fogs don't work, so hopefully I'll have seen your pics to sell me on the idea by then ;-)

Great work :)

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:38 pm

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Nitin, I'm absolutely amazed *cough* err... Sorry, I mean... Impressed!

Well done 8-)

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Post by bennyboy » Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:02 pm

Good man Nitin, lots of irritating stuff sorted 8-)
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Post by newkid » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:43 pm

Those brakes look huge behind those wheels, well done on tackling the jobs on your own Nitin.

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Post by rob quilter » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:47 pm

Nice one Nitinski.

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Post by macky_6 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:35 pm

Excellent work there!

It's the wee details that make the difference :D
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Post by mercutio » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:10 pm

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Post by honda-hardy » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:23 pm

Very good effort. I'm spraying my head light inserts polaris silver, the same as my wheels.

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Re: Nitin's SiR Type-S (update 16.04.14)

Post by nitin_s1 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:46 pm

Thanks everyone.. :hug:

Finally got the H3C connectors that I got off eBay last week. These connectors are the same as H1 too and I think I could have just used a simple wire to connect but this way I can now take them off/on more easily. So now it's the bulb, the connector with wire going in to the plastic connector thing (I don't have soldering bits so just used these) and that goes straight in the orange/black wires of the car. See pic.

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And how it attached to the car.. (I can take these off/on easier then if I was to connect it straight with a wire)

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Great now that's all out of the way.. It's been a week since I had the bumper off and it was my fault for pulling the connector out of the fogs very harshly and breaking it.. My fault.. But now it's all done and bumper back on..

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The bumper is out of place a bit and that's because the guy who reversed in to me had knocked it off it's supports. :evil: Hopefully the body shop garage will sort that out. :scaredtoss:

While my hands were dirty and had all the tools out I had been wanting to replace my rear number plate bulb for a long time. The bulb was really crap and there was hardly any light coming out of it. I took out the holder to see this.

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The lens is completely covered in dirt and it's probably never ever been changed in it's life. Took it out, cleaned it, WD40 on the screws & mounting area and it was as good as new. Threw out the OEM old style bulb (501 - is the one to get if anyone is wondering) and replaced with 501 LED bulb.. Much better and brighter white light and also I cleaned the lens cover so it was letting more light through as well.

Now off to the body shop. :arrow:

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Post by Merlin » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:56 pm

Good stuff Nitin. I like the black headlight inserts as they make a nice subtle difference.
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