Picked up the new indicators today. Thought I will quickly throw them on while I have time, wrong, turns out the stupid LEDs were fitted dodgy as. Whoever fitted them chopped the plugs off the factory harness and also the indicator wires and then taped it together, all very amateur.
So I thought right I will fit a couple of blue bullet female lugs to the factory harness that had been chopped. Did that and the male lugs on the indicators are too small for my female lugs.... Then decided I will temp tape them in place and see if I can by some smaller bullet lugs.
Then I thought, hmmmm, still dodgy, so decided I will chop the new lugs off the factory harness and also the new indicators and solder the indicator wires to the factory harness and shrink tube the lot making it look pretty factory. The factory harness has some odd kind of bullet plug lugs but they work as they need to, so that fine.
But, this is not where it ends, it would seem someone has fitted an aftermarket rear guard because the new indicator locating holes wouldn't line up...... Anyway, I have now elongated the rear hole just enough to get the lights on. Also turns out the new indicators don't come with hardware. Rummaged though my screw and bolt bins and found some chrome cap screws and some flare nuts and a couple of small washers.
So in the end I have managed to fit one indicator and if I find the enthusiasm tonight I will do the other side. One thing is for sure, I'm glad I didn't book the Sprint in to have them fitted, I would have been out of pocket over $150 with all the dicking around that needed to be done to make them fit.
On another note, I can get a full check over and report for about $160-$180. Going to try and book it in, in another four weeks. Then I will know what needs attention and I can work on it according to priority.
But it's working out in the end so no complaints there. This almost reminds me of some of the wiring I had to replace on the VR after it must have been owned by a butcher at some stage.