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| Garland |
 Apr 9 2005, 10:20 PM
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Well can you see it?
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| Garland |
Jul 23 2019, 05:59 PM
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Restoration Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 1,411 Joined: 8-January 04 From: ......Michigan...... Member No.: 1,535 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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I’ve been wanting to extend the third brake lamp for more width. So this time I’m using the lamp from a Cadillac tailgate . I had to extensively modify the lens size, by filing and sanding it to fit inside the 914 trim. I wanted to reinforce the rollbar and give a backstop to the lamp, so I utilized some underlying material used for floating floors inside the roll bar. It also took quite a bit of time to shave/mill the hole in the roll bar trim.
Also I used the reflective material to get the best performance from the lamp. Do to do the additional depth needed for the lenses and the style lamp, I needed a little more height, the trim is mounted ontop of the pinch weld, instead of over it. The center section of the pinch weld I removed when installing the other lamp, so a set screw at each end holds the trim in place.         |
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Garland 3rd Brake Lamp, my best try... Apr 9 2005, 10:20 PM
Garland Ask, and you will see more! Apr 9 2005, 10:24 PM scott thacher http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Apr 9 2005, 10:25 PM Aaron Cox pretty cool...
wheer did you put the wires>? Apr 9 2005, 10:27 PM Garland A little closer look. Apr 9 2005, 10:38 PM Garland Wires are inside the stock roll bar. Then behind t... Apr 9 2005, 10:40 PM Garland Cut the hole in the trim to fit the face of the la... Apr 9 2005, 10:44 PM Garland Light on Apr 9 2005, 10:46 PM Garland DOT approved lamp, brightest light on the car. Apr 9 2005, 10:48 PM Garland Top off. Apr 9 2005, 10:50 PM Garland Again flush, almost with trim. Did not want to hav... Apr 9 2005, 10:53 PM Garland This picture just was cool. Apr 9 2005, 10:54 PM SGB Most certainly a keeper! It is great. Where... Apr 9 2005, 10:57 PM Flat VW Will that illuminate on deceleration as well as wi... Apr 9 2005, 10:58 PM Andyrew Who
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Are you reproductin... Apr 9 2005, 11:04 PM Garland Apr 9 2005, 11:10 PM Andyrew I dono.. that car looks expensive.....
what is i... Apr 9 2005, 11:14 PM Garland You can just see it at the top of the rear glass. ... Apr 9 2005, 11:14 PM Garland Ford GT Apr 9 2005, 11:16 PM Andyrew How the heck did you get that part???
How much??
... Apr 9 2005, 11:18 PM Garland <... Apr 9 2005, 11:22 PM lagunero Apr 9 2005, 11:23 PM Aaron Cox that is AWESOME Apr 9 2005, 11:24 PM Garland Apr 10 2005, 12:38 AM neo914-6 Demick did similar some time ago for not much less... Apr 10 2005, 01:10 AM Garland Wow I did the same lamp last year. I wanted someth... Apr 10 2005, 08:11 AM Elliot Cannon So I can just walk into any Ford dealer and order ... Apr 10 2005, 09:03 AM Garland ht... Apr 10 2005, 10:40 AM Jeroen wow! excellent job! Apr 10 2005, 10:45 AM GeorgeRud Got the part from my local Ford Dealer today. The... Aug 19 2005, 02:44 PM Ferg wow, that looks great, and I happen to have a spar... Aug 19 2005, 02:54 PM redshift http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/e... Aug 19 2005, 03:02 PM Garland Aug 20 2005, 09:10 PM Garland Here is the pocket cut out of the roll bar. I used... Aug 21 2005, 10:37 PM Garland This view shows the cut a little closer. (The roll... Aug 21 2005, 10:38 PM Garland Cut to top and bottom edge. Aug 21 2005, 10:40 PM Garland The trim needs to be cut out of the top 2/3 for th... Aug 21 2005, 10:41 PM Garland This shot shows the trim bar upside down. Notice t... Aug 21 2005, 10:42 PM Garland This is from the back side of the trim. The black ... Aug 21 2005, 10:43 PM Garland Another view of the backside. Aug 21 2005, 10:43 PM Garland The wiring comes out the back of the lamp through ... Aug 21 2005, 10:44 PM Garland Down the sail behind the sail trim, Aug 21 2005, 10:44 PM Garland and between the left grill end piece, Aug 21 2005, 10:45 PM Garland into the trunk. Along the left side wiring harness... Aug 21 2005, 10:46 PM Garland I hope that will help anyone doing this 3rd brake ... Aug 21 2005, 10:47 PM SpecialK NICELY DONE!! Looks like it should have b... Aug 22 2005, 08:33 PM Garland A few more shots. Aug 22 2005, 09:18 PM Garland Parking lamps are on also. Aug 22 2005, 09:22 PM lotus_65 could a guy feed the wiring into the interior bols... Aug 28 2005, 09:24 AM Harpo I agree that this is the best looking high mounted... Oct 4 2013, 04:05 PM StratPlayer That's where I located mine Oct 4 2013, 07:09 PM Harpo Thanks for the heads up. I just bought one off EB... Oct 5 2013, 07:14 AM Garland More, and it’s very bright.
Jul 23 2019, 06:03 PM Tdskip Very neat installation, well done. Jul 23 2019, 08:27 PM euro911 I have a spare crossbar trim piece and plan to do ... Jul 23 2019, 08:59 PM Garland Are used a router bit, in a drill press. It’s a... Jul 23 2019, 09:42 PM
euro911 That sounds like a good method. Thanks :thumbsup: Jul 23 2019, 11:58 PM |
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