[Novanutcase]

I've been thinking about debadging my '03 GT and putting some euro side blinkers where the GT badges are now. I heard someone did it with some BMW side blinkers. Does anyone have a picture of this? I'd like to see if it looks good or like a$$!!!

John

[njstang]

it is pure rice, don't do it, it's even worse than the mirrors with the blinkers in them

[Lefty]

+1

[Abe02GT]

You would really replace your GT badges with euro blinky lights?!? Thats different......cause its gay. Dont do it. Please.

[Novanutcase]

LOL! I dunno! It might look kind of cool if the lights aren't too big! I was thinking some clear ones so that they don't detract too much especially for my color(Silver)! OR...tinted ones about the size of the Ford badge.

John

[foursixblurrrr03]

That wouldn't look good at all IMHO. Pure rice.

[texas_mustang]

I think if you got circular amber ones it would look ok

[travis_afx]

the rice term is thrown around way to much imo.

If you can find some small ones that look good there, and doesnt draw to much atention i say go for it if you like em.

[Novanutcase]

Originally Posted by texas_mustang I think if you got circular amber ones it would look ok

Originally Posted by travis_afx the rice term is thrown around way to much imo. If you can find some small ones that look good there, and doesnt draw to much atention i say go for it if you like em.

Thank you for at least keeping an open mind and, I agree, the rice term is thrown around WAAAYY to much. It seems like if you can't buy it from American Muscle it's rice!

I was thinking the side markers from a Chevy Aveo might look kind of cool. I heard that someone used some BMW sidemarkers but those just seem too big. As I stated before, I wanted to debadge the car but I don't want to have an open hole in the fender so I figured this might be kind of cool AND an added safety feature.

John

[GreenFaleen]

as long as they function

[texas_mustang]

yea, if they function i think it'd look badass and original. might actually look into it myself if it looks clean and well installed.

[travis_afx]

Originally Posted by Novanutcase Thank you for at least keeping an open mind and, I agree, the rice term is thrown around WAAAYY to much. It seems like if you can't buy it from American Muscle it's rice! I was thinking the side markers from a Chevy Aveo might look kind of cool. I heard that someone used some BMW sidemarkers but those just seem too big. As I stated before, I wanted to debadge the car but I don't want to have an open hole in the fender so I figured this might be kind of cool AND an added safety feature. John

Pictures of said lights!

And yeah, you deffinitly dont wanna go to big, and i would say small clear ones.

[Novanutcase]

Just found some small clear ones! I measured the GT badge and these are smaller than the GT badge. GT badge is 4" from G to end of the top of the T. 3 1/2" from G to the upright of the T. I stuck my hand into the fenderwell(I pulled out the wheel inner well lining previous) and felt where the badge is. I figured it would be 2 little prongs but it felt like one that was centered and about 3/8" big. Can someone confirm this? I'll try and pull the actual badges off but it would be cool to know what to expect. I'll probably have to drill the hole a little bigger if it is 3/8". The side markers will require a 3/4" hole and are 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" so it's actually smaller than the GT badge! Also, the lights have wood screws to attach that I'll have to change out for nuts and bolts.



Now I just need to figure out which wires go to the blinkers and splice them in. It has 2 wires coming out the back. ONe black one white. Any suggestions or instructions on how to wire this?

John

[F8L GT]

Yes there is bigger like you said about 3/8s hole in the center that has a divet i guess you could say leading to it, and then a smaller one. about 1/4 next to it a little off center from that one.

[F8L GT]

I should've taken pics when i took my badges off just for future reference

[Novanutcase]

OK....I found the wiring diagram. Can someone tell me which of the colored wires I need to splice into? I don't want them to light up when I turn on the running or headlights. I want them to only blink when the blinker is turned on.



Close up of, what I assume, is the area that I need to be concerned with



On the schematic I have it shows 3 wires going to each of the turn signals in the headlights. Left front is Black-Light Green/White-Brown and Right front is Black-Light Blue/White-Brown.
I can't read schematics very well but from what I could tell it looks like the black wire is ground and, for the left front the light green/white wire is power and on the left the light blue/white is power. Are these the wires I need to connect to?
The brown seems to be the wire that ties the front to the back on both sides. Is this correct?

John

[psycho bob]

hmmmm now those just made me throw up a little. i think if you really want to do something cool i'd say get some of those rectangle ford racing badges that have the clear plastic covering the logo. drill a couple small holes through the back for some LED's and then do a nice custom job. the LED's will light up the entire badge but will still give you the actual ford racing logo on the side of your car. i never thought of this till i read this thread, but now that i did hmmmmm maybe. too bad i'm in iraq and can't try it. maybe i'll order all the needed items for when i get home i can do a mach up to see how it would look.

[Novanutcase]

Originally Posted by psycho bob hmmmm now those just made me throw up a little. i think if you really want to do something cool i'd say get some of those rectangle ford racing badges that have the clear plastic covering the logo. drill a couple small holes through the back for some LED's and then do a nice custom job. the LED's will light up the entire badge but will still give you the actual ford racing logo on the side of your car. i never thought of this till i read this thread, but now that i did hmmmmm maybe. too bad i'm in iraq and can't try it. maybe i'll order all the needed items for when i get home i can do a mach up to see how it would look.

Hahaha! Glad I at least got you thinking of it as a possiblity! I like your idea and was thinking of the same thing. I was thinking of getting some oval blinkers(Chevy Aveo) and overlaying a vinyl cut out in the Ford logo. That way the logo would be blinking but wouldn't that be considered kinda ricey? LOL!(Not that I really care mind you!) The ones pictured were given to me to try out(I promised that if it worked out I would plug them! LOL!) If it works out, like I think it will, I'll probably change it out for the oval/Ford Vinyl overlay thing so that it looks like the original badge but with a twist!

Do you have a picture of these rectangular Ford Badges? The only ones I know of are the solid, oval blue ones I have on my GT.

John

[Lefty]

Originally Posted by psycho bob hmmmm now those just made me throw up a little. i think if you really want to do something cool i'd say get some of those rectangle ford racing badges that have the clear plastic covering the logo. drill a couple small holes through the back for some LED's and then do a nice custom job. the LED's will light up the entire badge but will still give you the actual ford racing logo on the side of your car. i never thought of this till i read this thread, but now that i did hmmmmm maybe. too bad i'm in iraq and can't try it. maybe i'll order all the needed items for when i get home i can do a mach up to see how it would look.

Interesting...

[svtkidd23]

eh... i dunno not my style.. but what floats ur boat..