Ph1.5 lights on the flamer

[Djw John]

Decided that after several years of having the ph2 lights on my ph1s that I'd like to change back. But not completly!

So this is how it looked

midway through

and after with them on and off

Decided to use the ph2 holders so that they light up at the bottom instead of the top, a nice compromise I reckon.

C&C welcome obviously!

Cheers
John

 

[t90_lle]

nice, looks good mate.

 

[god.]

Different

 

[Djw John]

Cheers lads

 

[GavC]

Nice change! Being honest I couldn't choose between the two clusters, both look great!

 

[James28]

They definitely work better with the ph1 bumper. Just think the rear end of these looks so dated though .
Still good work!

 

[Djw John]

Yeah they really do, not as much as the dash though!

 

[.GAZ.]

Ph1 lights FTW!!

 

[dmallett]

Looks good

 

[Djw John]

Ph1 lights FTW!!

Not heavy bent? Wow!

Cheers dmallet

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

They look OK to me as the rest of the car is a similar colour

Ph2 lights look so much fresher however.

You're right with the lamps being at the bottom. MUCH better than the Ph1 setup. Is everything else kosher ?! I remember moving a few wires around when I swapped someone's ph1 > ph2...

Not sure if you noticed, but someone has stolen your wiper and plate light...


PS: Ph1's don't look dated. They're [almost] retro cool. I saw a standard one (guess what colour..) parked up yesterday and thought it looked fantastic still !

PH1FTW.

 

[BREMBO]

Ph1 lights FTW!!

+1

 

[Gaz85]

I hate ph1 lights but i think that works well john.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah everything else seems to work fine teg, and by that I mean I've made sure the hazards work! Wiper plate is getting smoothed although I seem to have just stopped with it just before it gets painted! And the rear plate bulb wiring needs played with, the connector is goosed.

Ph2 lights do look fresher but think with everything else on it being ph1 they stuck out a bit much. But probably only to me!

Cheers for the responses, expected to get panned!!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

The connections are awful on those plate light holders. No protection from the elements and the worlds smallest pins from the loom to the holder. Brilliant.

I ran without the light on mine. Looked epic on my black ph1 :approve: MOTs from ASDA helped too

 

[Addicted]

As said above, I only like them on this car because they match the colour, otherwise they'd just look outdated!

 

[Djw John]

Lol, yeah I may or may not have ran without mine for years at a time but decided to do it right eventually. Thinking that if I can get a brand new connector I'll use that and heat shrink the lot!

 

[Djw Dave]

Looks better babes, matches the rest of the car with its OEM+ trackday concours feel your going for

 

[Djw John]

Jack of all trades son!

 

[Wests Renault]

nice idea

 

[Djw John]

Cheers Tom

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Jack of all trades son!

Master of none

 

[Djw John]

Precisely

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Lol, did you get gaz's car sorted yesterday?

 

[Djw John]

Aye, sort of. Got it running but needs plugs desperately so will be doing that soon

 

[CaptainSlow]

That looks smart, I love the phase 1's especially in that colour.
I wouldn't say the car was dated though, I think it's all part of their charm.
Sometimes cars that look different and futuristic date quicker than others, think megane II or Astra H sporthatch, when they first came out they grabbed attention however now I don't give them a second glance.
I'll always give a Phase 1 172 a second look though !

 

[Djw John]

Cheers mate and yeah I get what you mean, good point!

 

[Clio RS 172]

looks cool :approve:

 

[Tez.]

I like that idea. If I did that I wouldn't post it until some anorack spots it

 

[jack_davey]

prefer the ph2 lights tbh

 

[Djw John]

Tbf tez I'm not the first to do it anyway!

No worries jack, fair enough

 

[mintno1]

I know this is an older thread but how did you get the ph2 bulb holders secure in the ph1 lights, I thought the clips were in different places? Thank you in advance

 

[imprezaworks]

@Djw John

 

[Djw John]

They are, they fit a bit like a 6 fingered glove!

I got it as good as I could and then when you screw the lights back onto the car it pulls them together. Still got the car and never had an issue with condensation or that.

 

[mintno1]

@Djw John

Thank you for the tag!

 

[mintno1]

They are, they fit a bit like a 6 fingered glove!
I got it as good as I could and then when you screw the lights back onto the car it pulls them together. Still got the car and never had an issue with condensation or that.

Sounds good, will give it a whirl and see what happens, thank you, much appreciated!