I've been wanting to fit facelift crystal type indicators to my collie but unfortunately they cannot be fitted to preface lift headlights or in my case the prado import headlight surrounds as the bottom clips are different on the indicator between the two variants. I never did like the orange in the indicator so I've ended up removing this.
The indicator is a sealed unit and I did not want to take it apart as i might not have been able to reseal it as good and also as the lens is plastic so any excessive pressure to prise it apart could have cracked the lens.
Inside the lens there is an amber bulb cover which is held on with one screw. With the lens removed the cover would simply unscrew from the inside of the light but as i did not remove the lens I removed it using a dremel type tool which takes a bit longer but does work.
The indicator is a sealed unit and I did not want to take it apart as i might not have been able to reseal it as good and also as the lens is plastic so any excessive pressure to prise it apart could have cracked the lens.
Inside the lens there is an amber bulb cover which is held on with one screw. With the lens removed the cover would simply unscrew from the inside of the light but as i did not remove the lens I removed it using a dremel type tool which takes a bit longer but does work.
Ive got an attachment which allows you to work in confined spaces but even without the attachment you should still be able to do this just with the dremel.
With a small cutting disc attached cut from the very furthest end first and the idea is to cut a series of rings to remove the material. The plastic is quite hard and there is very little room so you cannot just easily break it in there and just empty the bits. What you will end up with is a series or rings which will drop into the light but as thin rings you can just pull the rings out with your finger as the plastic will flex a lot more.
By the time you have reached the very top, on the backing part of the light there is a small protruding part of plastic this is basically the material the screw holding the amber bulb cover screws into from the inside, I just attacked it with the cutting disc and the screw just dropped in the light.
There is also a lot of plastic dust so I washed the lamp out, overall it's made a big difference as the White plastic gives a newer touch, I've used Amber bulbs for now but got some of those silver type ones on order which should look much better.
my lights will all be black soon with angel eyes and tint . May i suggest a square number plate and some black mesh in the bumper might look good .
