McGherkin's 1.2 Ph.1 Lighting upgrades

[Dan...]

I'm confused... Do PH1's not have boot lights? lol

 

[McGherkin]

They have a light on the left, but it's horrifically bad, and easily covered up. Some people have put another one in on the right side, but it's not much better and for the same effort I can do this, which gives me great lighting in the boot, and lights the ground behind the car, which is also handy for me when I'm loading gear in and out.

 

[Dan...]

They have a light on the left, but it's horrifically bad, and easily covered up. Some people have put another one in on the right side, but it's not much better and for the same effort I can do this, which gives me great lighting in the boot, and lights the ground behind the car, which is also handy for me when I'm loading gear in and out.

Ahhhh I see, fair enough...I knew there would be a reasonable explanation haha!

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

How are you going to get it so bright?!

 

[plymcl172]

Best car on here!

lol

 

[McGherkin]

How are you going to get it so bright?!

I don't understand, that's the brightness it is.

 

[McGherkin]

Time for a progress update.

Got Rotas.

Currently putting in a dash camera, using a Mobius Action camera with a live video feed downlinked to the stereo display.

That is all.

 

[D4nny]

Your car looks Great and nice progress, i noticed on your old radio display with your clock your got a nice blank gap, mine bugs the hell out of me because ive got Renault written there and in the summer when it gets hot it sometimes changes to Renaul.

Also those alloys you had i saw them a couple of days ago on a Megane and instantly thought of your car, they must be off a Megane like mentioned at the start of your thread and after a quick Google search found this tidy Megane with them http://www.slmotorcars.co.uk/used-RENAULT-MEGANE-Blackburn-Manchester-467001

 

[McGherkin]

Cheers!

The clock display's blank because I haven't got a stalk adapter in - there's so much coming out of the back of the stereo that there literally is no room for one. Sadly I think it's just a necessary evil if you want to control the stereo from the stalk.

And cheers for the link, genuinely the first time I've seen them on any car other than mine!

 

[l33th3tr33]

Nice picture

 

[D4nny]

Ah thats probably why mine says it cus I wanted it hooked up to my controls because im to lazy to reach the radio lol I saw them on one for first time in person and Good old google found another set I had a pug 106 with genuine 3 stud alloys and every 106 apart from gti came with steel lie 3 or 4 stud depending on the age found one set the same online not sure if they were from a old 306 but think they were to narrow for a 306 so some rare alloys from somwhere

 

[Jekyll]

Perhaps I've missed it but what bulbs are you running for the full beams and fog lights, Callum?

 

[McGherkin]

OSRAM Nightbreaker + in the main beam (I think they do an ultimate now but not due to change them yet), fog lights aren't wired up yet but probably the same, or HIDs (as they don't get used on the road)

The nightbreakers punch a huge distance, but they are quite a focused beam.

 

[Jekyll]

I've got some Cree full beam bulbs and they are quite frankly sh*t! I'm after a better full beam and read a lot of people run nightbreakers. I don't know there was different ones though.

Ive read numerous threads but yet to see one on what foglight bulbs people run on ph1, as all the threads are on ph2 which is H11 bulbs and not H1 on what I/we need.

 

[McGherkin]

Cree, as in LED? LED high beams will be absolutely terrible lol.

Fog lights, if you plan on using them on the road (although you'll probably never need to, use nightbreakers as they'll probably penetrate fog better.

 

[Jekyll]

Thought I replied :S

Yeah I got Cree LEDs and yes you are right! Lol

New bulbs by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Will look into the nightbreakers for both now.

 

[McGherkin]

Yeah, I tried a set ages ago to see how they'd perform and... crap.

You'll love the nightbreakers lol.

 

[Jekyll]

All the above do is give a tad (and I do mean tad) more light to the sides!

Any ideas on where's best/cheapest to get the NB's?

 

[McGherkin]

eBay is where I got mine from.

 

[Jekyll]

Merci

 

[samstagmoonyham]

another option if you want to keep a single bulb is to use a bridge rectifier, feed the wires that would go to each side of the bulb into the AC connections of the rectifier the connect the dc output to the bulb holder and fit the bulb, rectifier will then output correct polarity to the leds no matter which direction the feed into the rectifier

how would you do this and where could i get one cheap

 

[McGherkin]

Just do this;
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/improve-the-standard-interior-light-tenfold-the-joy-of-led.763812/

Far better in the end.

 

[samstagmoonyham]

Just do this;
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/improve-the-standard-interior-light-tenfold-the-joy-of-led.763812/

Far better in the end.

man i dont have access to it

 

[McGherkin]

Ah, pay for club membership, it's worth it :wink:

Oh, and this project is finished now... My new thread is;
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/finally-clio-172-hou.745264/