BigCol’s Flashy LED Lights

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Caterham standard caravan rear lights are pretty terrible. Their LED versions are excellent, I have a pair, but they’re currently £520 and rarely in stock. One of my friend’s (BigCol) bought some of these: here which look great and have animated sequential indicators (video here). back-cowl and he wanted them to fit his car properly. so here is the solution.

How much?

  • I can supply the cowls & led lamps with the econoseal connectors fitted for £160 delivered which are drop-in replacements for the caterham clusters.
  • if you’re outside of the UK I can help you find the LED lamps locally and just send you the cowls and all the fittings for £70

What are they like size-wise?

They’re about the same size as the caterham caravan lights. Here they are compared to the £520 version (which as slightly smaller). they’re big enough to cover the holes from the original caravan lights rear-cluster.

How to fit them:

  • unbolt the old lights removing the cables.
  • reattach the grommets to the new lights.
  • measure and drill two 10mm holes 90mm apart to the sides of the central hole. (use masking tape to get it all central and level)
  • get some loctite ready
  • fit the lights with the supplied nuts and bolts. make sure you get them the right orientation as the indicator is animated (small arrow on face points outwards, if you get it wrong, just undo the bolts and flip the light unit). The hex nuts attach the light to the cowl. then the wedge adaptors and the stainless washers then the flanged M6 bolts. use loctite on everything.
  • reconnect the econoseals through the rear panel.
  • go out and drive!

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Gotchas:

  • you may need to replace your flasher relay with an LED relay if you’ve not done this yet.
  • you may need to add a subloom to the indicator tell-tale if it has a common ground here
  • MOT requires a reflector which these units don’t have, however the units ARE homologated for EU market. but realistically, who is going to notice or care.

But I have a carbon-fiber fetish…

Ok, then wrap them in carbon vinyl: col-carbon.png

How to order:

To order, USE THIS FORM

Delivery:

Usually delivery is within a week, sometimes it is a little more, sometimes it’s next day. If you need it rushing, please get in touch and I can often expedite it. International delivery is usually about £15 to the US, Japan or Oz, and around £9 to France, Germany etc.

Payment:

Payment is arranged by bank transfer or paypal. you will receive an email shortly after you order with details. if you’ve not received an email, please check your spam-folder and/or get in touch via john@uberniche.co.uk

Colours:

I have many colours available in PLA. In PETG generally only black and grey. not all products are available in PLA as it is not stable under high temperature. if you have a special request, just ask as I may be able to help.

Contact:

to contact me, either email john@uberniche.co.uk or hit me up on Instagram