sigibbons
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Just fitted a used pair of morettes and there lovely! dont know what they will be like in the dark?
The lights didnt come with indicators so found some old orange side repeaters in the garage but then realised they were just the lenses and didnt hjave and bulbs, holders or any wiring.
So what do i do? All shops are shut now.
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RCoughtrie
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just go to a vaux garage or scrappy, and get the holders wire them up behind mesh if u have any, or simply get the golf mk1 indicators. just installed mines last nite and i wired up the bulb holders behind the mesh.
But untill then ur stuck if u cant get any
[Edited on 20-02-2005 by RCoughtrie]
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Corsa Sport Gav
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stick ya hand out the window to signal till shop are open 
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sigibbons
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lol @ gav.
Ive got std bumper at the moment and was thinking of cutting side repeaters into corners of bumper but will have to wait till tomorrow til shops are open to get holders etc.
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sigibbons
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RCoughtrie you got any pics of the mk1 golf indicators?
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RCoughtrie
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see them on the front, the mott indicators are these but with a fancy cover
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RCoughtrie
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i tryed to wire side indictors up but they just flashed like hell, so i went up the back of the forest and looked at a few dumped cars, and got the big indicator bulb holder and wired it up and doesnt flash rapid
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sigibbons
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Oh yeah thats a good point actually mate the side repeaters dont have enougbht resistance to stop the fast flashing so im going to have to get some propper indicators.
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just put ur standard headlights until u get some indicators sorted 
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sigibbons
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Na got these fitted now cant be arsed to take em all off etc again.
Rcoughtrie is this what i need?
[Edited on 20-02-2005 by sigibbons]
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RCoughtrie
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yeah mate those are the ones, but do go buying them untill u have serched corsa sport for what other people have done, cos i was bidding on a set and imo the are ugly,
u can wire up side indicators but i cant remember what it was u needed to stop them flashing so quick, plus they aint as big side indicators, i'm looking through old threads atm its in here soem where.
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sigibbons
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You would either need a resistor or wire in a bulb somewhere and cover it up.
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Ian
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Or change the relay (safer).
What about sinking an orange sidelight bulb in to the main beam unit?
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by sigibbons
You would either need a resistor or wire in a bulb somewhere and cover it up.
dats the one, risistor... i think 
it u did this, u would be able to mount the side repeter cover some where on ur bumper and the side repeter holder just locks into that
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sigibbons
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Or change the relay (safer).
What about sinking an orange sidelight bulb in to the main beam unit?
Yeah could just use the indicator from the old lights and mount into morettes the same way it is in the std ones.
I wonder what resistor you would need to make the correct wattage?
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Ian
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Just measure the resistance of a light bulb.
Original indicator bulb is huge, sidelight ones are far smaller and would be easier to mount.
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Ian
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Accoding to Ohms law, 12v at 22 watts is 6.5ohms.
ohms = volts^2 / watts
= 12 x 12 / 22
= 144 / 22
~= 6.5
Assuming its a 22 watt bulb of course, might be less.
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sigibbons
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But resisitors are meansured in k's e.g. 10k resistor so i wouldnt know what that would be in ohms...
And i did a electrical engineering course last year lol.
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Ian
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k ohm is just 1000 ohm.
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wainey
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ian why the 12x12? ohms law would be r=v/i
r=resistance
v=volts
i=current
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wainey
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oh and i fitted side repeator bulbs into the main beam lamp side of the morrette, only problem being that in the day it is not very bright at all and most people cant see you indicating. at night though its as sweet as.
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sigibbons
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Nice mate i think i will just use a resistor, so would anyone be able to work out what k resistor i will need?
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Ian
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Wainey - current is in amps when its in VIR form and I didn't know how many amps the bulb draws.
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Ian
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Si - 6.5ohm or 0.0065 k ohm.
Blue, red, gold is 6.2
Blue, grey, gold is 6.8
6.2 will flash slightly faster.
[Edited on 20-02-2005 by Ian]
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wainey
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its been ages since i did any of those calcualations. must be at least 4 years now. lol
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