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Hotplates are on !!
« on: Oct 25, 2003, 07:12PM »
Yup i went out and got me some s3 hotplates and forever banishes thoes crappy s1 tail lights to the trailer lol i tell ya what though i had some bloodu fun  :-\ skilaflex (sp) Jeeez i looked like a bloody tar monstar after scraping all that sh*t off & theres still crap stuck to me  >:( i also managed to thread 2 nuts on the after filler peace *sigh* so ill probably have to go get another one of thoes... well maybe lol, dad the dolt put papaer up while i was respraying the bumper so theres.. i dono "crap" in a few place  :-\ and of course i could not find the tail light leads i was informed that were needed so more money, arh well it looks fanfukingtastic. Now if you excuse me im gona have diner & on long fuking shower

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #1 on: Oct 25, 2003, 08:05PM »
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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #2 on: Oct 25, 2003, 10:00PM »
Dads on long Serv :p so no digi cam but what ill do is get a thing of film and take a few pictures tomorrow and get the lot devloped.... ill still have to find some place to scan em but *shrugz* what can ya do lol

Uhh and do you guys kow how much the wire holders would be worth from nissan ? im justing wounder how much they'll be at the moment, woundering if it's worth jerry rigging old ones or just getting the new ones.


Gota say though my car NEEDS  a wash lol !! bloody glack goop gets every where

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #3 on: Oct 29, 2003, 10:02AM »
how much did this cost u all up?
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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #4 on: Oct 29, 2003, 11:22AM »
Good work Cle - I haven't seen an R31 Pinnie with hotplates - I have seen an R31 Skyline with Pintara headlights and a Pintara grille with the "S" symbol in the middle of it though - I was quite confused but I've seen a few of them around - anyone know anything??
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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #5 on: Oct 29, 2003, 04:13PM »
Sounds good Cle, But I don't know what it looks like!!

I would like some picturse please!!! ;)
Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #6 on: Oct 30, 2003, 08:57AM »
It depends on where you get them mattius. i payed $35 for one light and $88 for the other, 35 is dirt cheap while 88 is a bit expensive.... sadly since i could not get a matching pair the colour is a shade diffrent, mainly in the center circle... ones bright orange while ones a duller orange/redish but it's no biggie lol I also had to buy a tube of silicone, all clear stuff cause it's cheaper then that skalfilex stuff and a LOT cleaner & easier to use, god by the time i wash finished i had the crap all over me.

And as a tip for any one who trys what i did hear are some points to remember.

1. you MUST take off the center peace at the rear or you will break the side peaces.

2. You must take the side peaces half off before you can get the lights out

3. HAND SCRUE, these nuts wil thread very easily

4. The threads on the hotplate lights tend to be shorter then the s1-2 version so if your down at the wreckers get your self some skyline "grey" caps that hold the carpet on in the boot, or like me you can just put the old one's in the vice ;)

5. When doing the conversion there is only one thing you need & that is the skyline wire harness (the thing that holds the bulbs and conects to the cars power) you may be able to get some of your original leads to fit like me but you MUST have at least one skyline (hotplate) lead so you can replace (from my experance) one bulb holder on each side.. they simply will not fit not matter how much you cut the tabs (witch you must do to get the originals to fit) if you do it the hard way you will need either a wire clamp set or enders, these join wires tougther :P

6. Skaliflex is a sh*t to clean off the back (witch you must do) but i found that turps or any other car cleaning engine spray will do the tick.... but you need about 5 cans so it's probably cheaper to buy a thing of turps and put it in a cheap spray bottle, don't delude your self it will take a good half hour to get each side clean and another 10-15 minutes wiping all th crap off your car since it leaves a dark stain on the paint work untill you clean it

7. R31 pinnys are prone to leaking (even with hotplates) so remember to put as much silicone on as possible...and ya you have to put the side plates and the lights in at once :p


That about covers it :) it's not hard but it will take you a day to do....


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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #7 on: Oct 30, 2003, 12:15PM »
"WEEEEEEEEEE WAAAAANT , WEEEEEEEE WAAAAAAAANT, HOT PLATE PICCIES, THUMP THUMP THUMP"

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #8 on: Oct 30, 2003, 05:22PM »
I took some pictures today  :P 24 actually  ;D they will be devloped by 10 am tomorrow & hopefully ipswich GIC (global information center) has scaners i can use lol


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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #9 on: Oct 30, 2003, 08:07PM »
if they havent been stolen overnite
if they dont have em, go to the uni, in the library there is one
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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #10 on: Oct 31, 2003, 03:11PM »
My mum's r31's boot leaks..... how do ya fix the problem?
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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #11 on: Oct 31, 2003, 04:11PM »
You convert to hotplates cause S1-2 lights are just crappy. The "coloured" peace that covers it 99% of the time is not sealed and any set of s1 lights over 5 years old will leak directly from the main lights, there like white squares witch are spose to be sealed off but in most cars are not.... the seal (if you can call it that) breaks after only a little while.

so to fix the lights you need to take em off resilicone (with lots of it) you must also take off the reflector/cover and seal the holes or along the borded and reseal the reflector back on. So in other words its just as easy to replace em n trust me hotplates will last MUCH longer.

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #12 on: Oct 31, 2003, 11:15PM »
My mum's r31's boot leaks..... how do ya fix the problem?

Do you know where the leaks are exactly? A bit of Selley's no more gaps or something similar will fix the problem.

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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #13 on: Jan 11, 2004, 07:16PM »
Leaks in the boot of R31s are 9/10 chances it will be around the taillight assembly.

Just remove the lights as desribed above and reseal them, sikaflex.....ie the black one is the best to use but is around $20-25ish for a tube.

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #14 on: Jun 27, 2004, 05:18PM »
Good work Cle - I haven't seen an R31 Pinnie with hotplates - I have seen an R31 Skyline with Pintara headlights and a Pintara grille with the "S" symbol in the middle of it though - I was quite confused but I've seen a few of them around - anyone know anything??

rich u saw a series 1 skyline. they look very much like the pintara.

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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #15 on: Jul 6, 2004, 10:23PM »
I am finally getting arounf to resealing my tailights (III skyline). But the water is actually in the bottom section of the lights where the indicator bit is. Is the leak in the actual light assemble not between the light assembly and the car? I am assuming so. 
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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #16 on: Jul 7, 2004, 01:53AM »
the leak would be between the light and the car at the top. thats where it always is.

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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #17 on: Jul 7, 2004, 11:42AM »
yep, wat browney said
And there's not much I can say
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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #18 on: Jul 7, 2004, 12:01PM »
Ahhh silicone what a beautiful thing
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Re: Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #19 on: Jul 7, 2004, 12:12PM »
yes yes it is. make sure u dry em out first. i made that mistake first time round
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« Reply #20 on: Jul 15, 2004, 07:45PM »
bahahah that woudl have been fun then mattius. If u dont dry them..... ur a git

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Re:Hotplates are on !!
« Reply #21 on: Jul 20, 2004, 11:12PM »
I have seen an R31 Skyline with Pintara headlights and a Pintara grille with the "S" symbol in the middle of it though

Is is possibly the "fully imported" front end. Johnno had one (a quite niiice R31 Pintara in Bendigo, until it met a tree) that's why - must be imported from a Japanese Skyline, because there were no Pintaras in Japan (am I right???) The CA20 was a Pintara, The RB30 was Australia's skyline, and the RB20 was the Japanese one?

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« Reply #22 on: Jul 22, 2004, 03:11AM »
u may have seen a passage gt

they look like the pinnie abit except pillarless.


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« Reply #23 on: Jul 23, 2004, 08:43AM »
yea, im thinkin a passage, but they dont have a pinny style grill ???
no idea, maybe just a silo?
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