KIMI 3 - 1984 Series 3

[danny]

I will see into this matter at a later day. I will keep you guys posted.

[A7RXY]

Good luck Malcolm getting that all back together, almost lucky not being able to nip down to the pub.

[Casey]

Another small but satisfying job on a nice sunny (lockdown) day

I've never liked the look of the amateurish rear fog lamp so decided to do something about it today:

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I used an red LED lamp in the driver side rear reversing slot for this, so decided to switch the reversing lamp on the other side for a white LED lamp at the same time:

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A simple task, details to follow for anyone wanting to do this.

[Casey]

Here are the lamps I used, plenty of choice on Ebay:

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The installation of the OEM fog light was pretty shoddy:
Cheap, non-auto connector:

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The installer didn't even bother to route it via the grommet!!

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It was a simple job to reroute the red fog lamp wire into the multiway rear light cluster connector, removing the red/white wire and crimp, inserting new female blade crimp. I even managed to get some new crimps that look almost identical to OEM (not that anyone is going to see it!)

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[Hobbawobba]

It looks so much neater aye! One of the first things I done to the 7 Haha

[rotarypower]

So is it just the bulb?
Or did you actually remove / cut out part of the rear cluster to make it fit?

Maybe I'm being stupid but it looks different in the photos.

[Casey]

Very simple, just the bulb change from white to red, and rerouting the fog lamp wire.

[spirit r]

Thats what i have done whit the rear lights. No fog lights needed anymore

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[myatt1972]

Thats what i have done whit the rear lights. No fog lights needed anymore

I did the same Thomas, looks better in my opinion

[Casey]

Another very minor task. The bonnet stay clip was broken when I bought the car. I found something that I thought should work on eBay - cost me £2.75 for TEN, so if anyone wants one, just let me know!

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After:

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I had to use a Dremel grinding wheel to shave off about 1mm of plastic from two sides, but it's a snug fit into the chassis and a snug clamp onto the bonnet stay.

The simple things