The general presumption at first: indicators must be orange.

But sometimes it is enough for them to flash orange. Sometimes they should even light up permanently. But what if they are supposed to do both and what if indicators are transparent instead of the usual orange?

We'll look into these unanswered questions here and deal with the transparent clear-glass indicator lenses on the Zs, which shouldn't actually exist. At least not everywhere. And yet they are there.

So let's first have a look at what exactly this is all about. We want to look at the orange front indicators, which are very common in Japan and the USA, but rather rare in Europe, and which have not been approved on our continent due to minimum distances and light angles.
The rest of the world has these on the vehicle, while Europe has replaced them with somewhat higher and centrally mounted indicators (see picture above).
The front panels below the bumper are therefore also different and do not have the cut-outs for the larger indicators.

But now things are getting a little more complicated. Originally, there were not supposed to be orange colored glasses for Europe, but transparent ones.
These were also produced, but only found their way onto the vehicle in small numbers.

And that was in Portugal. Here, on the other hand, there were not only the indicators fitted as in Japan and the USA, but also those with transparent glass.
However, not with the lenses initially designated as EUR 240Z Lens-FR Comb RH / EUR 240Z Lens-FR Comb LH, but with part numbers 26126-E4300 and 26121-E4300.

However, it was different in Australia and New Zealand, where things were even wilder. From the 260Z onwards, there were not only transparent lenses as in the 240Z, but also lenses that were divided into two parts and partially backed with another orange lens. These transparent, two-part lenses bore the numbers 26121-N3500 and 26126-N3500. So here you had one bulb for flashing and one for parking lights.

Another market that you don't always think of is Oman. Here, the transparent indicators were also available in combination with the mirrors on the mudguards that are usually only found in Japan.