My first farkle!

[finless]

My first farkle.....
I am all about safety myself and the spyder could use some added safety farkle in my opinion.

This video explains....



Follow up showing my farkle in action!




Enjoy,
Bob

[asp125]

$14? Nice farkle job!

[MidLifeCrisis]

That farkle rocks.


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[donec]

Great video and great farkle idea.

[ABQAndy]

Great idea and inexpensive safety feature. Thanks for the info and video.

[jerpinoy]

That was a good idea and thank you. How did you slip the wires in there? I have'nt tried to remove my mirrors yet either. I like doing DIY too. I made my brake pedal (wider) mod and made my own floorboard too. I just can't able to post picture to share sorry.

[ARtraveler]

Great idea. Love the farkle. Now that you got started, what's next?

[spyderpoop]

where did you get the hot line from again under the Tupperware so you had to remove all of it on each side to install or just the mirror and the wires was their cant wait to see a follow up on another farkle thanks Rich

[finless]

Removing the mirrors is pretty easy. Scary to just quickly pull up on them to un-snap them from the body but that is in fact how you do it.

See these videos:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/m...etails&mid=247

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/m...etails&mid=237

The bottom front snap can be a pain to get snapped back on. I had to do it a few times to get it to snap.
You will see in the first video Lamonster had a little problem getting it snapped back on too.

Now to feed the wire you have to take off the top and bottom front panels of the mirror and unscrew the light bulb fixture (4 screws). It's not as hard as it looks but prying with a screw driver to un-snap them might scare a few people! I was a little leery to do it but just went for it. Once you have the bulb unit out, you will see the pass-through hole under it. Plenty of clearance for a wire.

See this post here:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/s...l=1#post475127

Only comment is breaking off the snap tabs that look like 1/2 arrow heads. I had no issue with them breaking while taking it apart. However when you go to snap it back together, MAKE SURE you have all of them aligned in the slots before trying to snap one in place! This I think is what breaks them. I almost made that mistake and almost broke one off because I missed getting one aligned.
Needless to say, if you ever burn out a light in one, you will need to do this take apart anyway or spend more bucks to have ti serviced.

Now, you might be able to fish a string or something by playing around with it. I tried a little and gave up hoping to find the hole and getting it behind the mirror. You might get lucky.


Also here is a post talking about other ways to do it without taking them apart. But you do need to drill a hole. See page 2.

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/s...ht=turn+signal

Bob

[spyderpoop]

Removing the mirrors is pretty easy. Scary to just quickly pull up on them to un-snap them from the body but that is in fact how you do it.

See these videos:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/m...etails&mid=247

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/m...etails&mid=237

The bottom front snap can be a pain to get snapped back on. I had to do it a few times to get it to snap.
You will see in the first video Lamonster had a little problem getting it snapped back on too.

Now to feed the wire you have to take off the top and bottom front panels of the mirror and unscrew the light bulb fixture (4 screws). It's not as hard as it looks but prying with a screw driver to un-snap them might scare a few people! I was a little leery to do it but just went for it. Once you have the bulb unit out, you will see the pass-through hole under it. Plenty of clearance for a wire.

See this post here:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/s...l=1#post475127

Only comment is breaking off the snap tabs that look like 1/2 arrow heads. I had no issue with them breaking while taking it apart. However when you go to snap it back together, MAKE SURE you have all of them aligned in the slots before trying to snap one in place! This I think is what breaks them. I almost made that mistake and almost broke one off because I missed getting one aligned.
Needless to say, if you ever burn out a light in one, you will need to do this take apart anyway or spend more bucks to have ti serviced.

Now, you might be able to fish a string or something by playing around with it. I tried a little and gave up hoping to find the hole and getting it behind the mirror. You might get lucky.


Also here is a post talking about other ways to do it without taking them apart. But you do need to drill a hole. See page 2.

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/s...ht=turn+signal

Bob

oh great you did not need to remove the side big Tupperware then just the mirror body parts thanks I,ll try it in two week to get my courage up

[PrairieSpyder]

I want these, too. I'm going to keep Stoney Rodent busy this summer!

[Chupaca]

great video, great farkel...now you opened the can of worms...good luck trying to stop the farkeling..!!

[finless]

Just posted my 2nd farkle add-on in the DIY forum.

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/s...l-video-how-to



Bob

[Bob Denman]

Farkleosis has set in..
And you're hooked!

[PrairieSpyder]

Isn't it great we're FINALLY getting some RT videos on here?

[muonwhiz]

Farkleosis has set in..
And you're hooked!

Yes, and farkelosis is an addiction! Have added 23 things to my spyder since getting it last year and the addiction is still going strong!

[MouthPiece]

Your videos are quite good. Voice quality is absolutely great. Easy to understand. Your delivery flows very well so that it keeps the viewer's attention. Your explanation is good (although I thought Video # 2 was better).

You ought to be in the tv or radio business. (or perhaps sales).

Please keep up the good work on your videos. Oh, I forgot to mention. The camera work is excellent. Very clear and you can see exactly what you are referrring to.

Again, please keep up the excellent work.

Chris

[finless]

Thank you for the comment.

But I should let you know I am not inexperienced on doing videos like this. I don't try to do them all pro and like to keep it raw and real. People seem to like that style. But I have done over 1,000 RC Helicopter how-too videos over the last 3-4 years.

Again thanks for nice comments and I do plan to keep it up as I like doing them and helping people when I can.

Bob