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dangrouche ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 550 Joined: 1-May 04 From: San Francisco Bay Area Member No.: 2,012 Region Association: None ![]() |
How many of you are paranoid of being rear ended? I certainly am. Here's my installation of a 24-LED brake light that I installed with a few bits from my workbench. I got this 24-LED from a Bang Good.com. That website gives free shipping. The current model is on sale for $5.19 and that model is SKU010514. I bought the 24-LED version, which they no longer stock and it cost me $4.55. Its $7.49 at AMAZON. NO RELAY OR OTHER ELECTRICAL PARTS NEEDED. I know I have seen these in the FLAPS for at least double or triple that. Anyway, as long as you can wait a couple of weeks, you can either buy it there or go to the FLAPS. I finished the install last night. This morning when I went to open the rear trunk, I see that I should installed the light closer to the rear window. Almost tore the thing off! Pic one shows the wrong way to do it. Pic two shows the wiring from the left rear tail light housing. I put on brass spades (get from FLAPS) that sisters the existing connections and no OEM wiring was cut or spliced to do this install. Pic three shows routing for two leads into the engine compartment into the engine compartment. Pic four shows how I drilled the plastic with a 1/8" bit and threaded the wiring. I also used speed clips (from car speaker install kits) and you see the galvanized metal in the pic. I stuck a patch of velcro as a vibration pad. Pic five shows the velcro in place. I also added a flat washer and a lock washer when I screwed it into place. Pic six shows the completed installation. I also covered the entire wiring in small plastic tubing and zip tied everything in place, leaving a large loop of wire so the engine lid can be opened. I considered installing this under the targa bar, but routing the wire would have been too much work and I did not want to use the double sided foam tape that came with the light. This install can quickly undone with a pair of dykes in a few minutes.
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pjhaun |
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Here is what I did to mine. I used a similar flasher. It had 2 wires in and 2 wires out. I think the one I bought was designed for a motorcycle.
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Here is what I did to mine. I used a similar flasher. It had 2 wires in and 2 wires out. I think the one I bought was designed for a motorcycle. http://youtu.be/fq0o2fBhSaA I'd love to hear the details of your setup, I wont do the flashing thing as that would fail my MOT over here but the long strip and strips in the rear lights look amazing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 21-August 03 Member No.: 1,055 Region Association: None ![]() |
Here is what I did to mine. I used a similar flasher. It had 2 wires in and 2 wires out. I think the one I bought was designed for a motorcycle. http://youtu.be/fq0o2fBhSaA I'd love to hear the details of your setup, I wont do the flashing thing as that would fail my MOT over here but the long strip and strips in the rear lights look amazing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) I bought flexible pvc led lights on ebay. They came from Hong Kong, which took about 1 1/2 weeks to get. What I did I bought two spare tail light assemblies and took out the insides to mount plexi glass to attach the pcv flexible led lights to. The led lights come in different colors. I used red and white. I guess I should have used orange for the turn signal instead of red. |
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