DIY Zest-style Turn Signal Intakes

[revlimiter]

Transforming burned-out TSIs into Zest-style Turn Signal Intakes (http://revlimiter.net/blog/2009/10/turn-signal-intakes/)

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I started out with these.


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I added a couple of these and some bondo....


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... stirred in a couple motorcycle marker lamps...


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painted and finished!


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Zest-style TSIs.


http://revlimiter.net/blog/2009/10/turn-signal-intakes/

Not quite a how-to, but this blog post should be able to help anyone make a set for themselves. The parts used are all in there. You just have to bring a little bondo experience to the table. Very little. I'm not any kind of bodywork master or anything.

[Agent☣Orange]

Any tips about the Bondo?

[revlimiter]

Just get it smooth however you can. Sand, sand, sand. Then spray with primer and you'll see any spots that aren't smooth. So you sand some more. Then primer again.

[Agent☣Orange]

Just plain old Bondo or is there a different concotion for plastics?

[revlimiter]

Plain ol' bondo. It's just a filler. It doesn't mind being shoved between a few pieces of plastic like I did here.

[Agent☣Orange]

Thanks! Good to know this stuff. I've been meaning to mount some PCV end caps on the gauge hood to use as gauge cups.

[WASABI]

Adam, thanks for posting this. I read about it on your blog and I am doing the same mod this winter. One suggestion would be to make sure you point the pill bottle/round hole support, straight out the front. I did not do that, merely putting it in they way IT wanted to fit, which slants a little to the outside.

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I didn't notice it was tilted until I mocked it up on the car. I will grind it, and fill in a spot or two, so it sits correctly (forward).

[RotorNutFD3S]

Another great how-to from Adam!!!

[George]

will definitely do something similar with my turn signals! nice one

[Frenchmanremy]

What's that bracket for?

[revlimiter]

The bracket is to keep the little screw holes in the lights horizontal rather than vertical.

[brian]

Love your how tos Adam! I'm going to attempt the NACA duct headlight lid this weekend. Wish me luck!

[theothersawyer]

Looks great as always!!!

[shenanigan]

i agree! these look amazing

[revlimiter]

Love your how tos Adam! I'm going to attempt the NACA duct headlight lid this weekend. Wish me luck!

I need to do that too. I've wanted to replace my slightly bent NACA duct lid with a fresh one for a while now. The one on Sharka now came out of the wreck.

Luck!

[SISKO]

thanks adam ill be doing this soon!

[mx5 2nr]

Man, that looks awesome! Do you have another picture of the bracket?

[revlimiter]

All of my pix are in the page linked in my first post. http://revlimiter.net/blog/2009/10/turn-signal-intakes/

[mx5 2nr]

All of my pix are in the page linked in my first post. http://revlimiter.net/blog/2009/10/turn-signal-intakes/

hehe... sorry I saw that after I posted that message.

[Phatmiata]

Guys don't forget to hit that little "THANKS GIVEN" under Adam's signature to leave him some thanks!

Thank you for the great how-to Adam!! Left you some "Thanks"!

[Frenchmanremy]

I think Adam needs to find a way to make the same ones out of stock turn signals.
And do a how-to...

[RetroModern]

fyi, for this type of modification, "kitty hair" or fiberglass mixed in with bondo would work better for sculpting.