Installing the mini-Bullet Turn Signals from the nFieldGear C5 Vintage Kit

Installing the nFieldGear C5 Vintage Kit continued - The mini-Bullet Turn Signals

After installing the 7" headlight conversion kit (see previous post http://royalenfieldsinamerica.blogspot.com/2015/08/installing-nfield-gear-vintage-kit.html ), I tackled the mini-Bullet turn signals.
The front signals are easiest, requiring only removal of the original turn signals and installation of the new.
When I removed the original turn signals, I had to snip the wires leading to the bulb assembly inside each turn signal housing. You'll need to splice the wire to the new mini-bullets at the end of installation, so be sure to have some crimp-style splices or other connectors of your choice handy. I installed some heat-shrink tubing over the wires and then used crimp-on spade connectors wrapped in electrical tape. It's best, I think, to measure the length of the original wires leading the signals and try to make the new wiring the same length. That way, you won't have to tie-wrap or otherwise secure extra dangling wires. Here's the new front right turn signal installed:

Be sure to use the amber-colored signals up front, and the red-colored in the rear!

For the rear signals, you will need the 2" chrome extension threaded rods that ship with the Vintage Kit. These need to be installed so that the turn signal housings will clear the OEM tail-light housing, and be visible from behind.

I removed my entire tail-light housing from the rear fender (small bolts are accessible from underneath the rear fender. When you remove the original turn signals, pay attention to which wires attach to which turn signal - on mine, the wires leading from the RIGHT side of the fender actually were for the LEFT turn signal. After removing the old signals and clipping the wires, you'll need to dis-assemble the new bullet signals and install the 2" extensions, being sure to feed the new wires through the bullet signal housing and through the extension rods. After installing the rear signals to your tail-light housing. the rest is the same as the front signals, except that you have a lot of room inside the tail-light assembly to tuck extra -length wires away from sight. 

Here are the new rear signals installed:

Nice! Be sure to test your turn signals before re-assembling everything!

NEXT: New grips and bar-end mirrors!