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Minotaur
25-11-2012, 01:13 PM
So I have just fitted some indicator LED's on my wing mirrors and thought I would share some pics:
http://imageshack.us/a/img824/4508/img20121125153030.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/img20121125153030.jpg/)http://imageshack.us/a/img208/6827/img20121125153039.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/img20121125153039.jpg/)http://imageshack.us/a/img35/2009/img20121125153048.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/img20121125153048.jpg/)

The wiring runs down in to the door alongside the power mirror wiring, then in to the car cell, then to the junction box where it taps off of the indicator wiring running to the rear.

maggie3.5
25-11-2012, 02:43 PM
mmm..have seen these before and did contemplate it ,

but thought they may look a bif naf,,????..

got a link...and a bit more info on where and how you tapped into the rear circuit

Minotaur
25-11-2012, 08:33 PM
Sure.
I bought these from eBay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251106652055?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Took the wing mirror caps off and drilled a small hole near the outer edge for the wiring. The wire then runs down in to the door and then in to the car itself.
I tapped the wires at the junction box on the right hand side of the dashboard - there's a heap of fuses in there too.
The topmost connector going to the junction box has a green/yellow and green/red wire in it, these go to the LHS and RHS indicators. I was originally going to remove some insulation from these to connect my wires to, but ended up using a couple of these:

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=PT4516

The blade connector slides quite nicely in to the plug alongside the existing crimp. I connected the -'ve wires to an earth bolt right next to the junction box.
I will take some photos of the junction box tomorrow so you can see where the wires go.

telpat16
26-11-2012, 12:00 PM
Do u get excessive glare/relected light at night?

Minotaur
26-11-2012, 08:37 PM
OK Here's a photo of the junction box:
http://imageshack.us/a/img339/5241/img20121126152754.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/img20121126152754.jpg/)

The crimps with the red stems are the ones I did for this build, the blade connector linked above slides nicely between the existing crimp and the plug housing.

Telpat16, there's zero glare/reflection from them at all. If you didn't know they were installed, you couldn't tell from inside the car, which is exactly what I was aiming for. They are far enough forward on the mirror cap so that they're invisible from within the car.

I've taken a short vid of the indicators in action. My phone is pretty crappy at night though but it gives you an idea as to how bright they are. The white light at the front is one of my DRL's.
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6881/lm6vqrrkcyaqvcsbnqleow.mp4

telpat16
27-11-2012, 04:34 AM
Thanks - looks good