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High Level Brake & Indicator Lights
Skibum346:
For some time now I've been looking for a good way to fit high level brake & indicator lights to the back of my beastie.
All the usual lighting solutions took up too much space when my, yet to be fitted, rear work lights are taken into account.
I came across a guy on eBay selling ready made LED indicator solutions, designed to be fitted into wing mirrors. That started me thinking.... a quick visit to Halfords for a set of chavtastic RED LED's and I'm set.
Today I finally fitted them, and they are succesfully working. The fittting has left a little to be desired, however. Either way, I figured you lot would have more than a passing interest so here are some pics.
1. Strip out jump seats & trim to expose the existing wiring... evicting several Landy spiders in the process and finding £1.35 as a bonus!
2. Make up and wire in looms for indicator and brake LED's long enough to reach the top corner. It looks very complicated but it's actually simple. The kits come with either a resistor in place along with three amber LED's in series; or four red LED's with built in resistors, each one wired seperately.
3. Make up a template for your desired LED layout... I went for a natty little diamond & chevron number...!
4. Swallow hard and drill!
5. Swear hard when you discover the LED covers don't fit the holes and start fettling with a round needle file... then swear louder when you realise you've gone too far on one hole... then scream when you realise that those hole the clips WILL go in leave them rattling around loose!
Finally pull out the cure all super glue and use it to gloss over your mistakes!
6. Smile resignedly when finished in the knowledge that it'll probably leak and when an LED blows there will be no replacing it!
In retrospect, if you really want an LED instalation here on the car... make the LED's up on a scrap of metal or plastic, drill a single hole to accomodate the legs & wiring of the LED's and silkaflex the damn patch with lights attached over the hole!
As you can tell I'm not that happy with the end results... but at least I've broken trail for some other poor sap who might try it! :roll: :oops:
Skibum
Xtremeteam:
:? scotchlocks= fire hazard
Wireless:
That looks so [ahem], I'm surprised you had the guts to post details and pictures.
wizard:
ouch ! It does look a bit, erm........ rough.
wizard :twisted:
Steve ray:
I usually find that dipping the ole girl in mud n water almost every weekend, then a hand ful of spare bulb holders to replace the ones in the back bumper works a treat!
As for that kind of bling .......... each to his/her own, but imho it's a bit on the 'chav' side and ....... "not in keeping with Land Rover styling" is probably the best way to put it mate.
But it looks like you've spent a lot of time on it and if it's what you want on your motor, then sod everone else - do it and enjoy mate! :D
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