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Re: [Fot] Running/Turn light improvement

To: Bud Rolofson <levilevi@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Running/Turn light improvement
From: Bob Bownes -Seiri via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:48:45 -0500
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>, fot@autox.team.net
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Wow. Great idea!

> On Nov 25, 2020, at 13:20, Bud Rolofson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 
> Listerati,
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving to all. Iâ??m thankful for family, friends, and surviving 
> (so far) the pandemic. Iâ??m also thankful I have a Triumph or two to 
> complete some little projects Iâ??ve been wanting to get to for a long time. 
> Maybe thatâ??s the silver lining in this whole virus thing, Iâ??m home a lot 
> more and need things to do.
> 
> So one of them was to replace the headlights on my TR6 with LEDs. Once done I 
> realized how shabby the running/turn lights and the side marker lights were 
> in comparison so I decided to clean, treat, and improve on them.
> 
> First I cleaned everything, the lens with soap and water and the light 
> bucket. Get all the dust (even sealed there was dust) off everything 
> including the 1157 bulb and especially the sparse reflectors behind the bulb. 
> I used a two part headlight restore kit (ArmorAll) to clean the road film off 
> the lens and then seal it with some UV protection.
> 
> Then I lined the top and bottom of the light bucket (which comes with no 
> top/bottom reflective surfaces) with some adhesive backed foil tape (3M 
> scotch foil tape 3311) as seen in the photo below to increase the reflective 
> surfaces. The triangles that resulted when I cut the shape needed for the 
> running lights I used in the side marker lights, which also got the cleaning 
> treatment. They fit without even any trimming.
> 
> The results were amazing once those light bulbs had more reflective surfaces 
> all around and a clean clear lens.
> 
> Next, an alternator for the #3.
> 
> Now back to making pumpkin pies.
> 
> Regards
> Bud Rolofson
> 
> Extreme Parts Racing (more than just a haircut)
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> 71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
> 71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3
> 69 Spitfire MK III (back up FE engine/dinghy car)
> 93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle 
> 77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)
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