Lotus Elan Central

just been thinking about the rear light, and had an idea and wondered if anyone else liked it or had a better idea. i do love some of the other conversions but i though this was a nice compromise between modern and origional.... have no idea how to achieve it tho... the basic idea is origional lenses or atleast shape with led lights set behind which you can see until they light up.

ORIGIONAL



LIGHTS OFF



LIGHTS ON



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great name on the petrol pump....
interesting idea...

not sure the 'rozzers' would be too happy

never thought of that but looking into it, it seems that as long as you have rear reflectors somewhere on the rear its ok, but dont hold me to that. also found some who could do the tint, http://www.trimlineswindon.co.uk/custom_rear_lights.htm and more info than i can process here http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1989/Uksi_1 ... htm#nsch10

clemo wrote:great name on the petrol pump....

French!

MattDon wrote:never thought of that but looking into it, it seems that as long as you have rear reflectors somewhere on the rear its ok, but dont hold me to that. also found some who could do the tint, http://www.trimlineswindon.co.uk/custom_rear_lights.htm and more info than i can process here http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1989/Uksi_1 ... htm#nsch10

Is the refector that's already there part of the cover, or part of the lens attached to the inside of the cover?

The reflector is silver...

the smoked cover has a red lens in it..

I like the idea..

TTFN

ok so after getting to know my elan a little better it looks like i may need to start budgeting, so if i got the lens tinted, and left the red square in the middle alone (im assuming thats the reflector) then it would look better and be lot easier/cheaper that the full blown led conversion. Anyone spot any problems with that? lol

MattDon wrote:Anyone spot any problems with that? lol

I think Lotus had enough trouble getting enough light out of the lenses to meet the requirements. If you reduce the light transmitted, then you need to increase the light emitted; that might be difficult to do, even with LEDs.

MattDon wrote:ok so after getting to know my Elan a little better it looks like i may need to start budgeting, so if i got the lens tinted, and left the red square in the middle alone (im assuming thats the reflector)

Nope... the reflector is silver and glued into the light... the red square is just a coloured cover to make it look red...

TTFN

its never simple.

Matt, If you are really bored and want to make a lot of people like you; You could source a replacement for the outer shell of the light. The moulds are out there and probably have a factory attached willing to make a run. They would probably only cost a few quid and sell for a lot more!

PS Is your car an N/A and on the register?

that seems like a good idea, but id have no idea where to start. Mine is a turbo the picture i nicked is off the tinterweb and played with in paint. same colour as mine though.

There are a few manufactures of the external smoked covers... one is in the Uk. I've never looked into the manufacture but it would be fairly easy to find out if they would go into production again..

on another front you could put the reflectors on the rear of the car..

e.g. reflector style mini mud flaps as not to distract from the style of the car..

TTFN

Sorry if I am going Off Topic slightly.Dave, do you have anymore details about the manufacturer of the covers? IIRC this has been mentioned before but fizzled out.
Cheers
Mark

paza1 wrote:Sorry if I am going Off Topic slightly.Dave, do you have anymore details about the manufacturer of the covers? IIRC this has been mentioned before but fizzled out.
Cheers
Mark

Have a look on the back moulded in the lense, it says something like Scintex - England.

Nice one

Tried googling it sometime ago but got nowhere. Maybe Dave has some good info.

Cheers
Mark

I'll start a new thread as this will go on a bit...

and don't wasnt to steal it...

TTFN

GSF at Birmingham stock Scintex lights for the Renault 5....GSF forum and the Peugeot 206 has Scintex rear lights.

"Axo-Scintex are an OE supplier of lighting for Citroen, Fiat and many other manufacturers"

Look what is written on the petrol pumps on the pic at the top of this thread...


edit...oops it has already been spotted. Sorry. I'll get my coat