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mfitzsimor
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:37 pm Post subject: Mounting LED light strips as 3rd brakelight |
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I have two 19" flexible led lightstrips - I plan to attach them to a 20" long L shaped piece of plastic molding and install the molding into the engine lid so that they can be seen through the vents as a 3rd tail and brake light.
I've seen photos of nice examples, but I can't quite figure out how people have attached the assembly up into the early style integral rain tray. Anyone here with experience and/or ideas?
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kiwighia68
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting LED light strips as 3rd brakelight |
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| mfitzsimor wrote: |
I have two 19" flexible led lightstrips - I plan to attach them to a 20" long L shaped piece of plastic molding and install the molding into the engine lid so that they can be seen through the vents as a 3rd tail and brake light.
I've seen photos of nice examples, but I can't quite figure out how people have attached the assembly up into the early style integral rain tray. Anyone here with experience and/or ideas? |
I mounted my high stop light against the firewall and not in the engine lid, like this:
I got the idea from Nicholas, also known as Sputnick.
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catahoula lou
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Try looking for a post about this article by C21Darrel. He did the type of installation that you're asking about and showed me in person at Prado a few months ago. Thought that I had bookmarked it...
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I used the same flexible LED strips with adhesive backing, but I mounted them to a strip of aluminum bar stock and used two beam clamps to fix the bar between the hinge mounting points. I added the tie wraps as a safety measure in case the adhesive breaks down from the heat - I don't know what the fan would do with those LED strips if they came loose!
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mfitzsimor
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Thanks - I looked through the 6 page thread and only saw DanUK mount them somehow in an early deck lid with the integral metal rain tray. I couldn't tell from the photos how he did it, though. Everyone else seems to have a later deck lid with available mounting holes from the plastic rain tray.
I was worried that a firewall mounting location wouldn't get enough light out during the day, but I think I'll give it a try and wire both strips as a brake light.
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mfitzsimor
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Thank you Darrell! I now understand how you just stuck the adhesive strip directly to the the front edge of the metal rain tray. I'm guessing I have to remove 45 years of dirt, oil, and oxidation before I give it a try but it looks good. I may put one strip on the fire wall as third tail light and the other in the tray as a brake light.
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mlhsquared
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| mfitzsimor wrote: |
Thanks - I looked through the 6 page thread and only saw DanUK mount them somehow in an early deck lid with the integral metal rain tray. I couldn't tell from the photos how he did it, though. Everyone else seems to have a later deck lid with available mounting holes from the plastic rain tray.
I was worried that a firewall mounting location wouldn't get enough light out during the day, but I think I'll give it a try and wire both strips as a brake light.
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Not to offend or to start an argument, but the point is to ask your questions in that same thread so that, for future reference, we don't have sixty odd threads to look through for information. One thread, one single point of reference. It's so much easier to look things up that way. There are those here who will basically pound this into your brain, but I think a kinder approach works better. So again, no offense, just trying to be helpful.. I'm kind of surprised that the Mods didn't catch this. They usually do. Peace!
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| mlhsquared wrote: |
Not to offend or to start an argument, but the point is to ask your questions in that same thread so that, for future reference, we don't have sixty odd threads to look through for information. One thread, one single point of reference. It's so much easier to look things up that way. There are those here who will basically pound this into your brain, but I think a kinder approach works better. So again, no offense, just trying to be helpful.. I'm kind of surprised that the Mods didn't catch this. They usually do. Peace! |
Well yes I do usually redirect if the subject has been well covered in a previous thread but in this case by the time I saw it at breakfast time there were already a couple of informative replies that would have quite possibly have drawn the topic to an early conclusion. The advice is as always search first...if you find a topic that has info relevant and is reasonably up to date add your questions to the existing topic...if the question hasn't been asked before it will add value to the existing topic.
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briggsy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting LED light strips as 3rd brakelight |
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kind of looks like a fire
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kiwighia68
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting LED light strips as 3rd brakelight |
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| briggsy wrote: |
kind of looks like a fire
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And still the guy behind you stopped just inches away, eh?
The brighter the better, everyone tells me.
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briggsy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting LED light strips as 3rd brakelight |
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lmao it's parked kiwighia68
and was the Eh! a poke at me being Canadian lol
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