tDR Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Well the el cheapo conversion is to stick on a new speedo face and hang a halfords special rectangular brick fog light onto the rear bumper / cut a hole in the rear bumper and stick in another ugly rectangular fog light. The proper way to do it is to use an electronic chip that will alter the appropriate ECU signals to make the Speedo read in miles per hour, the odo count up in miles and also delimit the Jap 112MPH restrictor. You would then either cover the k of km/h up on the existing speedo face or fit a new appropriate face, then get the car through it's SVA with a temporary hanging fog light before finishing the job by incorporating the fog light into the rear light cluster and removing the temporary hanging fog. Also, a radio band expander should also be fitted or you'll be listening to radio 3 a lot! HTH, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 Quality ! Cheers mate,well I i will reuest all this is done ,looking at the pic of the car I am going to see it looks like it does have a cheapo halford jobby on there so I need to look at this further how much would it cost to get this kinda work done if he had gone for the cheapo option ? to be honest if the cars mint and well graded then I aint gonbna complkain about a half hearted SVA - I will just get it converted properly after I buy it - what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Originally posted by far Quality ! Cheers mate,well I i will reuest all this is done ,looking at the pic of the car I am going to see it looks like it does have a cheapo halford jobby on there so I need to look at this further how much would it cost to get this kinda work done if he had gone for the cheapo option ? to be honest if the cars mint and well graded then I aint gonbna complkain about a half hearted SVA - I will just get it converted properly after I buy it - what do you think? Yes I agree the condition / grade of the car is the main thing. If it all checks out, £8k is a steal regardless of how it's been converted! To convert a Supra properly is about £500 including the cost of the SVA test. If it's already been SVA'ed OK then you are just looking at parts and then someone / your own time to fit them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 it will have a sva & mot but I have a feeling it will be done on the cheap,glad to half chatted 2u - thanks for the info - just hope the guy hasnt screwed the fog light permenantly to the bumper leaving holes when I remove it "finishing the job by incorporating the fog light into the rear light cluster" just looking at what you said the only way I see this possible is converting the brake lights to fog lights - does that mean I would loose 1 set of brake lights?(the supra has 4 doesnt it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon F Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Originally posted by far just looking at what you said the only way I see this possible is converting the brake lights to fog lights - does that mean I would loose 1 set of brake lights?(the supra has 4 doesnt it?) No, you can keep the 4 brake lights (Except when the fogs are on ) http://www.trlperformance.com/fcon.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Wot he said ^^ There is a device that take 2 brake lights away permanently but the TRL performance solution is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 hey thanks guys - that sounds like a good solution - will get this sorted once I 've bought the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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