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. 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 £170 + £3 P&P which are drop-in replacements for the Caterham clusters.

  • I can also just send you the cowls and all the fittings for £90

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, (unlike the 500 quid Caterham LEDs) 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:

  • as with any LED solution, you may need to replace your flasher relay with an LED relay if you’ve not done this yet and 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 I have a carbon-fiber fetish…

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

Delivery:

Usually delivery is within a week, sometimes it is a little more, sometimes it’s next day. This isn’t my day job so if you need it rushing, please get in touch and I can often expedite it. International delivery is £12 to Europe and £15 to the US, Canada and further afield. US/Canada customers: customs/import duties will need to be paid before I ship. I’ll contact you after your order to arrange this as a separate payment.

Payment:

Payment is either by bank transfer or via Stripe who take payment. you will receive an email within day or two 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