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Old 03-04-2011, 07:11 AM
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Hello everyone,

Just got to UK, and just receive my car yesterday. I'am in the US military and just been assign here for x a month of years. Need help on conversions if any body can help me, i been through shops on base and they said they could do the conversions. My problem is the rear fog lights that they want to installed on my car which is about 2.5 in by 3 in. This is just not eye catching to me, i do not mind having led day time running lights but the rear fogs lights just kills me. Is there anybody here that can help me or is selling rear fogs light that is suitable for my car. I need it for MOT and also i would need tires. Or can you suggest a place or alternatives in which i can make this work.

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Old 03-04-2011, 07:20 AM
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to make it look good your going to have to either fit a UK spec bumper that has the fog light fitted in the lower section or cut a hole in the panel and fit one yourself
both will involve paint although the later is just a touch up to the black, do a search im sure someone has fitted a uk type fog lamp to a JDM rear bumper
tyres if its not drivable some thing like Event tyres come to you with mobile fitting, descent price as well
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Have a word with USNFRS2K he's based at Lakenheath and went through this when his car was imported.

I'm from Mildenhall originally, grew up in the days when they used to have a couple of SR71s flying out of there.

have a read through the following thread that includes part numbers for the job and the contacts for a honda dealer. I suspect nearest towns with dealerships to Mildenhall will be Thetford Cambridge, Bury st Edmunds and Ipswitch.

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/842...#entry20136740
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thank you
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Hey Drezky, I'm Matt and US NFR S2k is Dominic. We're both in the area. What I did was make the center brake light the fog light. It's wired up to a switch. Other than that there is nothing else I can think of that needs converting or modifying to pass the MOT. The center brake light turned to fog light can be converted back to a normal brake light when I'm done. It's pretty "unevasive". Look forward to meeting you soon!.
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yeah hope that i can meet you guys, kulo was gonna help me but his busy, also i message dominic facebook, hopefully he respond back but yeah if i could meet you guys it would be awesome cause being new here kindna sucks.
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The natives are friendly
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Drez, roll out with us to London next Saturday night for the Miss Banzai London Tunnel Run charity event. Its a good place for us to have some fun and talk when we stop at places. Get in touch with Dominic and you can link up with him since he's closer.

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/846...rch-12th-2011/

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you could convert one of your reverse lights into a fog light
Old 03-06-2011, 07:30 AM
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^ thanks everyone with all the help, mattxx ^ and i got hold on dom in facebook, so i might rolled with you guys in london, sounds good to me, i dunno about the 2 to 5 lines round about though, still new to the area, the farthest i've gone in my car is new market, but the roads here are scary but fun...
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