Author Topic: Altezza Indicators (Read 7827 times)

herbal · « **on:** Apr 5, 2005, 09:08AM »

I just stumbled upon something interesting, i ordered my mate some altezza lights off ebay for his 88 hilux ute.
turns out the bastards fit the front of my corsair, looks the money but gotta sort the wiring out as they different connections.
not sure if its possible but ill give it a try, if anyone wants to find these lights ebayer's store autoradz had a couple
of different styles and colours i paid 52$ au.

herbal · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 5, 2005, 09:11AM »

heres a pic.

http://www.geocities.com/ozherbalist/altezza.jpg

Cru1se_Missle · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 5, 2005, 09:17AM »

hey there herbal, they look shmick! im trying to get sum for my car from garage-13.com but the bastards keep telling me that they'll send it but never arrived. But anyways back to the topic, these fit perfectly? i have taken a pic of the clear slivia indicators on my car and just need to upload the pic.

timmy · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 5, 2005, 10:11AM »

just did a quick search on ebay. the sellers items can be found here (the name is autotradz)

http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZautotradz

herbal · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 5, 2005, 09:01PM »

yeh mans they fit sweet even the bolt holes line up perfect on the corsair to the hilux bolt holes. tidy.

noss · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 6, 2005, 05:47PM »

i have been telling people for ages that these indicators fit the pintara, in fact i mentioned it again only just a few weeks ago.

Quote from: noss on Feb 7, 2005, 12:54PM

the clear lights are the same as the usdm s13, not the jdm one we get here.

you can try the 86 honda integra front indicators or the 94 toyota hilux front indicators, i've been told they're a close fit & may need some minor mods to fit but are otherwise good.

you can get them from most autobarn stores in the rice department.

mortz · « **Reply #6 on:** Apr 6, 2005, 09:23PM »

after having read this, i instantly went off to eBay to find some Hilux altezza indicators - got them for $45.00 buy it now!
At the moment, the seller doesnt have any more listed, but if he/she starts another listing with more, i'll post the URL so you can look for it yourself, and buy for yourself if you wish.

timmy · « **Reply #7 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 12:43AM »

cool

post up some pics after you install them mortz

mortz · « **Reply #8 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 12:47AM »

will do - its probably the only exterior mod on my car, but oh well...
i do have xenon headlights and white LED parkers and other stuff, but thats only at night and only when they're switched on....

timmy · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 12:49AM »

haha though i guess it would essentially look the same as the pic that herbal posted but o well..

mortz · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 12:51AM »

..... but the colour of my car is gold, not white!!!
mind you, i'd have to polish my bumpers up a little to get the black bits looking that good - mine have all this white crap on them (door handles did as well, but that came off with windex and elbow grease, this stuff seems to be different)

noss · « **Reply #11 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 04:34PM »

you can buy them from www.ozeparts.com.au for $40

mortz · « **Reply #12 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 06:59PM »

Grrrr....
Although they look a little different to the Altezza's Noss... they look like they're just a clear version of the normal orange lens, the the Altezza's have less dimply bits on the inside (or so it seems). I'll do before-after shots when I get them to explain what I mean...

The extra $5 that I paid was probably to cover eBay fees anyway

noss · « **Reply #13 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 07:04PM »

yeh i know they're different.

i consider the term 'altezza lights' to just be for tail lights.

i would call what you have bought 'clear' and what you can get on ozeparts to be 'opaque clear' or 'frosted'

Milford · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 7, 2005, 07:56PM »

i didnt think anyone would want 'clear'
you would see a big ugly bulb in there

mortz · « **Reply #15 on:** Apr 8, 2005, 01:28AM »

I could look for those Phillips bulbs (the really expensive ones, i cant remember what they're called now...)
Or, maybe some waterclear amber LEDs...

You'd probably still see the orange bulb in 'frosted' clear lenses, but it wouldnt be as obvious as in the Altezza's....
Will see when i get them... cant wait!

noss · « **Reply #16 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 01:14PM »

from what i understand, indicators made of clusters of led lights need to have a resistor in them so that the circuit has the same voltage as when the original bulb was installed. if the voltage is lower (by using led lights) then the indicators will flash faster because the circuit will assume that a bulb is blown. i've purchased different brands of commercially avaialble led light indicators and they dont have the resistor so the indicators flash quickly which in my opinion is pretty ordinary.

Cru1se_Missle · « **Reply #17 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 01:44PM »

your right noss, ive converted my whole cluster to blue LEDs and have put, in-line, a 470ohm (not 100% sure on that value,couldnt be stuffed working out ohms law) resistor in the 12v rail, but that procedure is too time consuming. Now autobarn have the LED dash lights readily available or you could visit www.darav.com they are an automotive LED specialist give them a try they have a few retailers in Aus.

Jono · « **Reply #18 on:** Apr 17, 2005, 04:03PM »

From what Noss is saying you need to put resistors in parallel to the LEDs, so there's enough current draw on the flasher to make it flash properly.

~24W worth of resistors is a LOT.

mortz · « **Reply #19 on:** Apr 20, 2005, 03:50AM »

Got my new 'clear' indicators on Friday, finally got to fit them on Monday after washing the car, took photos on Tuesday, and now i've finally got them here (no thanks to my ISP's crummy FTP interface)

alternate, head-on front view here --> http://users.tpg.com.au/mortz/car/front_new.jpg

bling bling... he he...

Budgie · « **Reply #20 on:** Apr 20, 2005, 07:12AM »

They need clear globes, but otherwise looking good mortz!

mortz · « **Reply #21 on:** Apr 20, 2005, 08:55PM »

I'm thinking it might be better to get some clear globes or some new orange globes anyway -
on the way home today, my right-side indicators were blinking rapidly, so I pulled over and checked, and it was the nice new front-right indicator.....
However, about 5 mins later, it came back to normal.... might be an intermittent fault in the globe - it was probably shaken up a bit on it's way over here from the eastern states..

mike1988 · « **Reply #22 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 03:07AM »

they look good but my stock passenger one does that ocassionaly not sure why though

Sheldon · « **Reply #23 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 01:34PM »

so when you installed them even the wiring just plugged straight in? you dont need to modify them in anyway?

Loop · « **Reply #24 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 03:34PM »

Sheldon, read the first post

mortz · « **Reply #25 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 04:17PM »

Yeh, the plug is different - it's just a matter of cutting the plug off both sets of indicators, and then soldering the old plug onto the new indicators.

The reason why my front-right one was working intermittently was due to a bad ground (in the new light fitting itself). The wire connected the spring which grounds the bulb was moving around, away from the edge. I fixed this by tapping into the existing ground wire with another one, and then soldering it onto the outside metal part of the bulb holder. By the way, it will make it 100 times easier to solder it to the outside of the bulb holder if you first file away a bit of it.....

Ka-Bluey · « **Reply #26 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 08:20PM »

Sticking to the subject, but changing the model, does anyone know where to get clear indicators for the U13?
Look around all over the place and could not find anything. Does any exist?

chucky · « **Reply #27 on:** Jun 8, 2005, 10:48PM »

from a distance they look like s14 series 2 front indicators? care to post a bigger up-front shot?