"Looking at the Caterham number plate light / reverse light, it specifies that it's for "no spare wheel carrier" cars. Why? Is it because the mounting hole pattern is different? Is the new loom section too short to reach up to a higher mounted light? "
This is my solution, implemented in 2018 when I rebuilt the car. I had a new rear panel and wanted to keep the clean look.
The LED units (bought from Germany, not sure they're still available and can't find the link either) are mounted on alloy plates (made from the old rear skin) which were riveted to the rear basket tube whilst the fuel tank was out of the car. I have since covered the clean lenses with a light smoke tint to further hide them.
The plug hanging down beneath is for the number plate light so that I can remove the spare wheel carrier and run without a spare. Both the spare wheel carrier and the mounting plate for just a numberplate have their own lamp units so its literally the work of minutes to swap over.
"Looking at the Caterham number plate light / reverse light, it specifies that it's for "no spare wheel carrier" cars. Why? Is it because the mounting hole pattern is different? Is the new loom section too short to reach up to a higher mounted light? "
There's an extension available for the new subloom.
Jonathan
Thank you again.
A reverse light is only an MOT requirement on cars first used after 1st September 2009.
This is my solution, implemented in 2018 when I rebuilt the car. I had a new rear panel and wanted to keep the clean look.
The LED units (bought from Germany, not sure they're still available and can't find the link either) are mounted on alloy plates (made from the old rear skin) which were riveted to the rear basket tube whilst the fuel tank was out of the car. I have since covered the clean lenses with a light smoke tint to further hide them.
The plug hanging down beneath is for the number plate light so that I can remove the spare wheel carrier and run without a spare. Both the spare wheel carrier and the mounting plate for just a numberplate have their own lamp units so its literally the work of minutes to swap over.
Cheers
Andrew
Thank you #15 - very helpful.