I like this idea...............
a trunk mounted "spoiler" with 3rd brake light built into the back,
may have to dream up this idea some more ?
John Atchison
Idaho Falls
69 2000
67.5 SPL SR20DET
At 11:49 AM 10/20/06 -0400, Mark Sedlack wrote:
>Can't speak for Todd, but the "R" has one - LED strip mounted to a plate
>that's welded to the rollbar. The rollbar pad fits around the plate, so all
>you see is the strip. The wiring runs inside the bar. There's pics of it
>under the Lot's-O-Stuff, Marriage, and It ALIVE links on my website
>www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns
>
>I got the 20 LED strip from JCWhitless http://tinyurl.com/yzr4om - its
>very light, and comes with a very aggressive 3M double sided foam tape. If
>you don't have a rollbar, you could mount one to the leading edge of the
>trunk lid. It would be easy to fold a thin, "J"-shaped aluminum bracket
>that would have a vertical face extending above the trunk to mount the LED
>strip on - probably could be made of heavy AL roof flashing:
>
>| < LED mounting surface
>| ____________________________< trunk
>| |
>| | |
>|__| <channel to slip onto trunk lip, ribbon cable inside
>
>A flat ribbon cable scarfed from a junk printer etc., folded and routed
>inside the bracket, some additional double-sided tape to stick it to the
>trunk lip, and you'd be in business. No holes to drill. Ziptie the wires
>to the trunk hinge, with some slack under the turtle deck.
>Mark Sedlack
>ZROC
>Cuyahoga Falls OH
>66 1600 http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/
>77 280Z http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/
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