Signals in headlights

[Q]

Does anyone know how to turn the unused part of the headlight into a turn signal? step-by-step intructions would be great.
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[marshmallow15]

you can easily do that with some sort of universal sidemarker and opening up your headlight and mounting it in the unused part. i was thinking of doing the same thing but didn't want to open up my headlights again.

[DJPRO]

It would be easier to do it to a J-Spec headlight. It already comes with an opening on the side for a bulb. Unfortunately, these babies are hard to get and extremely expensive. They also made out of glass instead of plastic.

later.
dee

[millionflame]

Originally posted by DJPRO:
It would be easier to do it to a J-Spec headlight. It already comes with an opening on the side for a bulb. Unfortunately, these babies are hard to get and extremely expensive. They also made out of glass instead of plastic.

later.
dee

Wrong.

J-Spec headlights use a plastic lense.

Just ask Taras, he has some.

E-Spec headlights use glass.

[Taras]

Guys and Gals,
I hope you would not mind if I move this to Lighting. Just trying to keep relevant threads in relevant forums. Makes it easier for others to relate. I know that turn signals in headlights could be for Appearance as well.

Moved to Lighting. Please continue your discussion there...

[Taras]

Where exactly do you want to put a turn signal module? Looking at the headlight (in your picture) straight on. On the outer (left) side or on the inner (right) side? Btw. Hella makes really cool small blinker modules. I could not find it in the Hella US catalogue, but Euro one might have them. I saw them in Europe, but were pricey. About $20 each. They look like the blinkers in late VW Jetta and Golf IV. Actually. a pic of Hella Triple Round for Golf III that posted in other thread shows it. You might be able to adapt something from Grote catalogue as well.

You will definitely need to take your headlight apart. Start baking....

[curtklze]

in the outter area of the assembly there is a small hole used to vent moisture out, you can put a small L.E.D. in there to create the turn sqnal.

there is 1 vent hole in the outter edge and 1 vent hole in the inner edge.

[Low3-XM]

how would you get the led yo blink though ?

[curtklze]

Originally posted by Samm:
how would you get the led to blink though ?

well thats your problem :p not mine, I just told you how you could get a light of some sort into the housing without cutting it all up or spending Hundreds of dollars to customize them, now all you have to do is GOOGLE.com a little bit about L.E.D's and how to use them.

[marshmallow15]

you can connect the led to a resistor and then to your turnsignal power/negative.. OR you can get some nice LED turnsignal 1157 bulbs from ebay, get the 1157 socket from your stock turnsignal and then mount it in the headlight.

[Taras]

You know guys, I don't remember the numbers totally, but here is my two cents.

LED's would be cool, but one will not do. Regular 1157 on a higher wattage filamet runs at about 330 or so lumens intensity. The best LED out there now runs at 80 lumens and cost between 25-50USD. Imagine trying to blink even that one LED in a bright sunshine. Good luck. Oh this Lumiled id too big and will not fit into a vent hole. You need those anyway, or your lights might fog up.

1157 base LED cluster lamps are not a great solution either, because they do not have the required intensity and a good wide angle spread. So, do not waste your money.

If you do change to LED's, you need to change your blinker module to solid state, so you do not get a bulb-out fast blink mode.

Cheers.