HELP!!! WTF is this light? - Calling all sherlock holmes wannabee's!

[lonewolf]

Here are some more pictures taken just now in the dark.

The first I positioned the camera on the dash as close to the windscreen as possible and looking backwards. Nothing but a bright light to see.


Then I got out and had a look from the front of the car, I could only see the light by looking up the bonnet with my head down by the grille.


When I got up I noticed that the light was reflected by the bonnet at about the same height as may be viewed by a car in front. Some kind of light to shine into a slow moving road hog? When the side lights were on though I could no longer see the mystery light, and its not visible in daylight so this idea is garbage.


The light is aimed so that it just misses the read view mirror as seen here. My hand is right up against the mirro, just in front.


Finally, with some black paper against the outside window there is nothing projected onto the windscreen. In this pic you can JUST about make out the curve of the dash in the reflection.



This thing is a mystery to us all it seems!!!!

Somebody, somewhere must know of it...


Cheers

Tim

[lonewolf]

Oh, and I had a look at removing it, but it is bolted through the head *****. I may be able to remove the bolts, but it will probably damage the slits. I definatly will not be able to re-attach it without removing the head *****. There are two screws on the switch/dial panel which I will remove in the daylight to see if I can see anything in there.

[Mookistar]

this is by far the best thread ive seen on here in months

collectivly we must solve this!

copying it to the Skyline chit chat section for more views....

[Madden]

Do you think it might be something for smokers to filter the air?

[Mookistar]

with lights in it?

surely the Aircon does that?

its gotta be some sort of

a.) radar jammer
b.) HUD
c.) alien heat ray

[fuelburner]

This is seriously doing my head in. We are on a need to know basis and I NEED to know!!

[Aphid]

does it have some kind of name, serial number or any kind of marking on it? I cant find it in the Service manual

[paul cawson]

I have a box screwed to my under dash with a red light on it that was to do with Toll road charging in Japan.Yours could be the delux version.

[KING]

Me personally would have had a screw driver to it and stripped it bare just out of curiousity with things like that attached to to the ceiling it would be even more tempting, somebody must know?
Delux Hair dryer possibly!

[Jim27]

My money's on it being some sort of police light or similar.

[Dave_R1001]

Take it apart and see!

[lonewolf]

I took the thing apart this morning and made myself late for work! and we're still none the wiser.

This is the Nissan switch panel, and with the panel removed. There is no identifiable serial numbers/part numbers anywhere.


I was able to prize off the panel with slots in and have a look around in there, I can see the lights clearer and what looks like more mirrors and prisms.


The lights may be filtered through glass, looks like the glass dots you get around the rear window/heater maybe?


Next step when I have more time is to see if I can remove the thing from the roof now I can get to the bolts.

Cheers

[lonewolf]

A few good ideas, but none really make sense.

a.) radar jammer - Made by Nissan?
b.) HUD - Best suggestion so far, but its far to dim.
c.) alien heat ray - unlikely, but VERY cool if it is
d.) Toll road charging in Japan - unless the sensors are in the ground and only work in pitch blackness, it won't work.
e.) some sort of police light or similar - Made by Nissan?

[psst]

what do the controls do? There is a switch that looks to be an on/off button? And there is the scroll wheel. What does that do? Intensity of light or angle of it?

The red and green colours strike me as some sort of visual aid. They are the colours used in 3D glasses........

[SPEED MERCHANT]

Maybe its some sort of air IONISER/purification system using light technology

They use a similar light technology to purify water as a last treatment before it hits the sea by using ultra-violet & for years they have been selling IONISERS to combat smoke, smells & pet odours in your house so why not a combination unit for your car !?!!

God knows we all know how much the Japanese smoke in their cars. You should have seen the state of my interior when it was first imported as I had to have it steam cleaned due to the amount of fag butts, ash & paper in there.
Looking at the vents on it maybe it takes the air in through there, especially when your smoking & passes it through IONISERS & the light filters pushing cleaner air out the back for circulation. Useful when Mr Japanese chain smoker has his windows closed, especially when the air-con is on or something.

Have I cracked it