hey guys. I want to have the flash to pass lens light up when the illume lights and headlights are on. i want the turn signal ligts in front to only light up when i flip the turn signal switch. There doesn't seem to be a bulb in the flash to pass lens. I want the lights up front to look like the FC In the Initial D movie. How do I do it? Is there a write up on this?

 

japanese rx-7 have FTP lenses with bulbs in them, or u can do what i did and mount some small fog lights right behind them, some cutting of the back of the lense might be required to fit.

 

You need to remove the FTP (flash to pass) lenses and take the back of them off thus destroying any resale value of them. but in short go to your local walmart or whatever to get some lights that will fit in the FTP lenses and still be shallow enough to not interfere with the headlights moving up and down. wire thos up on a switch or to your maker lights so they come on when the makers come on.

Personally I am going to do this but only wire them into my High beams, so they are ony on when my high beams are on... ie retaining their use as FTP lights.

hope that helps,
TR

Komp you beat me to the punch

 

ive been told that the lenses will melt from a actual buld in there. the jdm ones are made of a different plastic.

 

good Point Dreyko. Anyone have experience with this actually happeneing? Komp? how are your FTP lenses holding up with the fog lights behind them??

TR

 

i had 55 watt fog lights short oval shaped, walmart brand haha... and didnt really notice any melting,
make sure you cut as much of the back off as posible to keep the fog lgihts as far from the plastic as you can, id cut part of the top and bottom off too, so your just left with the front of the lense and the bolting points.


when i added 100 watt bulbs, it melted a tiny bit of the top and bottom,but didnt mess up the front( visible part) at all, and i had them like that for a yr with out having any problem.
i only cut the back off so it was too close to the fog lights.

 

thanks guys, good info. now what about rewiring the turn signal light to activate only wen switched??

 

i made so FTP lenses of the turn signals of the s5, u know they have the clear lenses..i just took off the orange bulb and put a clear one and put it in that space..its really easy becuz they almost fit..they just have a small amount of space..and it looks good..it doesnt light too much..it lights just enough...

 

i put fog lights in a set i had, and it got so hot in there, one of the lenses on the fog light actually cracked in half...and the black plastic was melting

 

Damn, I can't remember where I just saw the jdm ftp lenses for sale with light. If i find the link I'll throw it up.

 

hey JMice, pls let me kno if you do. thanks.

 

www.corksport.com ......thats where i got mine from...... brand new, they were sexy!

heres a pic of them installed on my car

 

That's it! Well worth it imo. Vipers, were they easy to install? mine are yellowing and time to change them up.

 

i called these guys at corksport. the JDm FTP is $177 for the pair. Ddddiiiiaaammmm

 

looks good

 

good shiet mahn... im not sure but are the FTP from s5 different from an s4? From the looks of your car you have an s5, did they fit well?

 

I wired my headlights so they turn on when I flip a switch but they dont' flip up, therefore, the light shines through the FTP's. it's pretty cool.

 

yup...not cheap for parts that arent made anymore...... but worth the money imo!


and they were a piece of cake to install... (although i cheated and just unhooked the side marker lights, and simply plugged in the lights to them) (same clips)

 

ftps were the same through the s4/s5 series.... so jdms as well as usdm ftps will fit both s4 and s5

 

I've been workin on this in a slightly different way. Since we have 2 switches that turn the lights up, and only one to turn them on, I wanna be able to turn on the lights with the normal switch and use the other switch to flip them up or down. I don't want any extra switches in the car for that.

 

A little FYI it is illegal to have foglights, ftp on when your high beams are on

 

I've been woundering why my stock fog lights turn off when I turn on my highbeams. Why is it illegal to have fog lights on when your high beams are on?

 

the us dot doesn't want you to be able to see the road

 

I wish that the headlight switch worked a bit more like talons did..

thats a good idea, I'm sure its a pretty simple modification needs to be made to the switch to make it turn the lights on with one switch, and pop them up with the other - I'd love to do this to my car, for a while I even had a switch on the retractor fuse under the hood for just this purpose..

Anyone messed with headlight switches know what to modify to make it work like that?

 

isn't it also illegal in most states to not have parking lamps, IE making the turn signals only light up when you turn on the blinker.??????


(damn- a bit drunk! that took forever to type)

ooh, and what Jakor said.