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translateltd
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 Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:03 pm Post subject: Indicator visibility - at night in particular |
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Anyone have problems with people failing to see winking indicators, especially at night? (I know hardly anyone notices trafficators any more but that's a side issue - literally.)
I find the slight increase in intensity in the white side light when it flashes just isn't enough to be noticed, and other drivers think I'm not signalling at all. I don't really want to make the car non-original by drilling the wings and fitting separate, more modern-looking indicators, but keen to know what solutions others have found.
The car is a 1962 1000, 4-door, for good measure.
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grant69
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Before orange bulbs were available I used model paint to paint my indicator bulbs a bright yellow, but you can buy stock orange bulbs now
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Scouse
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| You could move the side lights into the headlights & then have standalone flashers in the guards.
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Bally
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grant69
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translateltd
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the replies - I think the standalone flasher option is going to be the most practical. Anything involving just a change of intensity is not going to be noticed. At the back I may need to bite the bullet and fit a high stop light with built-in flashers, even though it's likely to be both ugly and obtrusive.
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Scouse
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| translateltd wrote: | | At the back I may need to bite the bullet and fit a high stop light with built-in flashers, even though it's likely to be both ugly and obtrusive. |
To avoid the appearance of additional bolt on lights, I resorted to fitting stop/indicator lights in the back window on my first lowlight back in the mid '80s. I made up brackets so they bolted/screwed to the rear parcel shelf.
They were just old type round Hella type lights with festoon globes but they were easily seen when in use & not too obvious when not in use.
With todays smaller/brighter LED lights, you could do something similar if you really want to avoid bolting extra lights to the body.
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Lukezaid
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of those modern leds a quiet good and bright. Maybe hiding a pair behind the grille so that they are hidden but at night would be easily seen?
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