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Another AUTOTOYS.COM
exclusive step by step DIY installation guide.
Side marker blinker lights. They add a little bit of european style to your car, plus it adds a small degree of safety when driving. These side blinker lights are there for a reason and come mounted on many european cars. If a car is next to you in lane, when you change lanes, it is difficult for them to see your intentions. With side marker blinker lights installed, there is a clear indication of what you want to do, you want to change lanes and they can see you.
Inexpensive: We sell these kits for under $20.00 a pair including yellow amber bulbs, made by RACTIVE. It’s easy to install, but requires a little bit of mechnical knowledge and some courage. We have heard quotes from $30.00 to as much as $100.00 to install a pair of these side marker lights. We’ll show you step by step how to do it, this is a easy weekend project. Although this installation was done on a Accord Coupe, it can apply to ANY vehicle.
Shortcuts: We’ll show you a few shortcuts and a few tips. Some of them is going to save you a lot of time, other tips are going to help you and prevent you from denting or scratching your car by accident (but if you do scratch or dent your car, its your fault, so be careful!)
Tools: We are going to show you a tool AUTOTOYS.COM installers have been using since we have been installing. It is a simple mechanical tool and can be bought from Radio Shack. There is automatic versions available which is available from tool manufacturers like Bosch which we do have, but we’ll keep it simple. Why and how do we use this tool? Well, this tool has always been in our toolbox because we used it to cut small holes in metal for speaker openings, enlarge door cavities to mount doorlock actuators, things like that. Your local performance shop may not know about it because they really never had a need for it.
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retailer and website copy our pictures and even our wording. If
you see something like what is pictured here on ANOTHER RETAILER'S
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Get
yourself a piece of cardboard... We ship thousands of packages,
cardboard was all around us! Use a small piece, or trim one
to this size.
Get a marker and a sharp razor blade. |
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Lay
your light on top of the cardboard, GO AROUND IT with the
marker
Then CUT A HOLE about 1/4 of a inch INSIDE of the border you just drew. DO NOT CUT ON THE LINE, cut 1/4 inch INSIDE the line. |
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Pop
a light into the cardboard for a test fit. It works! This
is it! PERFECT
Simple right? When autotoys.com shows you how.... |
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Here, take a closer look. |
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Ok, here it is from the back. Exactly how you need to cut it. |
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Mask
up the area around where you want to work. Use good masking
tape.
TIP! We lined up our masking tape with the lines of this accord. You don’t want your light to be off angle right? Take your time.
Take a look at how we lined it up |
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Remember,
that template we made earlier?
Well, use it and draw a circle. |
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You
will need a sharp drill bit.
Shown here is our cobalt drill bit and a UNIBIT (can be purchased from any home store, we buy them from snap-on trucks) -- but this bit is optional, it is not REQUIRED but makes things easier. |
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Here is the secret weapon, from our tool box. Its a sheet metal nibbler. It will allow you to finish this job quickly, safely and neatly! You can buy this part at any Radio shack, its very inexpensive and it can be used later for other things. It cuts plastic, metal, whatever... |
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Drill the hole. |
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Insert unibit, ENLARGE the hole so you can insert the nibbler. This is entirely optional, you can always use a larger drill bit to accomplish the same thing. Be careful in this step. Take a look. |
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We started to go LEFT with our nibbler, see how neat it is!! |
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More left. |
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Going down, like your mother said, stay within the lines!! |
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NEAT
RIGHT?
And it only took like 5-10 minutes to get all this removed!!! VERY FAST! |
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This is where we drilled, this tool gives us so much control we went under and around where we drilled, shown here. |
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Test fit. Nibble out the areas where you need extra space, but NOT TOO MUCH!!!! |
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TIP:
We had some extra touch up paint from Honda around. Our fit
was nice and tight. We touched up the area where we nibbled
out, the exposed metal.
We put a LOT of touch up paint all around the perimeter of the exposed metal, BEFORE IT DRIED, we placed the light in. The paint while it was drying HELPED keep the light in place (slightly!) and helps prevents rusting also! |
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We
used a clear flat smoke version.
We carry 4 versions in our BULB department (CLICK ON SHOP NOW) We carry flat smoke, flat clear, raised smoke and raised clear. Some people like the clear look, some people like it flat, some people like it raised, whatever you like, we have it! Shown here is the flat smoke version. |
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Another shot. Perfectly lined up and it looks GREAT!!!! |
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CLOSEUP!!
YOU CAN DO IT TOO! |
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AUTOTOYS.COM
sells these side blinkers for under $20.00 a pair. For $20.00
a pair, we also give you the yellow amber bulbs too, so it
is READY TO BLINK. However, we wanted some style, so we replaced
the amber bulbs it comes with and put in some hiperwhite Polarg
M4 194/168 bulbs. You’ll see the end result!
See our BULB department if you want these same bulbs or other ones in different colors. I guess green and red will look nice, but only at shows or at the track. |
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Lets wire them. Turn your wheel to the left. Remove the 2 clips. |
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Shown here is a panel popper tool. Its for sale in our TOOLS department, it fits perfectly under the plugs and removes them without breaking them. You can also use this tool to tuck wires, pull panels off doors, etc, great for the toolbox and always in stock at AUTOTOYS.COM. |
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The bulb comes with 2 male spade connectors. |
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You
will need 2 FEMALE spade connectors to get it connected. We
also recommend like 10 feet of speaker wire.
BOTH the FEMALE SPADE CONNECTORS and the SPEAKER wire is AVAILABLE in our TOOLS DEPARTMENT and is VERY CHEAP! Why run to the store, buy it all at once, everything you will need. |
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Picture of the M4 bulb and the wires inserted. Almost done! |
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Get the wires halway across, replace the plugs. |
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This shows you how to connect and run the wires. |
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This is where you connect the wires in this car |
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Shown here is the connection with 2 red t-taps and 2 male spades (available in our tools department under connectors). Replace bulb to factory housing, replace plugs. YOU ARE DONE! |
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IT
WORKS!
LOOKS GREAT with the HIPERWHITE bulb installed. Safety! Style! |
WHY WASTE TIME!
DO IT RIGHT!
GET THE SIDE MARKERS IN OUR BULB DEPARTMENT!
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