Quest227

Materials in hand

15mm dia 600mm long perspex rod



2 x 22000mcd LEDS and resistors



Reflective tape...what's that??? No knows where I am...closest I could find was this (maybe Christmas will come early )




Now for the ideas....cos it's Sunday, I have to work the whole day and the shops are closed....will get this going in the week. The scoring along the tube will pick up the light no doubt.

Google Sketchup (my friend)




Tried shining a light through the rod last night with my cellphone (P1i)...just as a test....impressive



Questions (your help plz)

• Wonder if anyone knows if there is a standard high level brakelight, even from another car that can fit on the top of the rear windscreen?? I can always cover the hole on the backboard with a cutout aluminium piece. This way the tube can be longer (Not priority no 1 - getting sidetracked again )

• As I cannot source reflective tape, and the Christmas tape looks dodgy .....is there anything else I can use? Was thinking of the mirror finish aluminium that I could bend in a half round shape....will be difficult though me thinks

Driving to work....had another strange idea....tell me what you think

For the fins alongside my existing fogs...






Hope the pics come out ok and is not as big as my last ones on the other post

Quest227

Ooops forgot to upload these on the LED specs and (recommended) resistor per LED

Aslam

Looking good bro......
Very nice skillz and I cant wait to see the finished product

HI OFECR

What your talking about for the fogs is done around the BMW m1 concepts headlights.

intensity2x

3M makes a product called "Scotch Lite", its the reflective striping they put on fire trucks and police cars. Not sure where you could get some, but it is highly reflective and comes in just about any color you could imagine.

Quest227

Thanks, just checked supplier that supplied
perspex rod....they stock the item.

Quest227

Man, that's one cool car.... the fogs on those look frosted of sandblasted ....wonder how the lighting for those babies work?

Anyone know?

intensity2x

Annnnd we're gonna need some pix when you finish this

BTW- Where did you get that rod from?

Quest227

Sure Thang

Plexiglass rod from local supplier - offcut, got it free

kennungesser

Any updates?

feuss2

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2 ideas for the reflector peice:

aluminum foil (shiny side) held in place with clear heat shrink tubing, or maybe packing tape or similar? were you going to sand/score the clear side?

mask off the clear side and paint the rod with chrome paint...

the foglight fins look really cool. nice work with google sketchup

Quest227

Will try the aluminium foil….didn’t think of that..got the heatshrink tubing from a friend already







This would diffuse the light….I’m already doing this at the back with the scoring, don’t want to loose too much….but I still have the offcut piece to play with and test theories





Check the pic with the reflective tape….think it works better





Again, this was a distraction from work on a weekend…..thanks for compliment…..did you see the Sketchup Accords yet on my previous post?

Quest227

Quest227

Sorry, this was done in haste...had an unexpected visitor to my desk

Pics in groups of four...should have left a space between them....can see this is difficult to understand now....can't edit the post either...sorry....

1st Pic

Was the testing of the curve of the perspex rod....cos stupid me cannot change the laws of the universe ie. light travels in a straight line…..it had to be curved or the light will bounce away and not reflect back. This was one @ 180deg celisius for 6 minutes in the oven..and then ‘bent’ around the biggest pot the wife had…Yes I can bake. You will also notice that the rod has excellent magnification properties (might be useful to those that have done the typical led mod)



2nd Pic

Fooling around with cellphone light (P1i)..bottom right pic of test hole in offcut piece…was easy to do with 5.5mm steel drill bit



3rd Pic

This was doen on the test piece

Pilot holes on bottom right with dremel

Bottom left – drill with 5.5mm bit and tape for depth not to overshoot

Top right – leds fit in with a bit of movement(0.5mm)



4th Pic

It was becoming obvious that the drilling into the rod was not very easy…think the bending of the rod in the oven caused it to be more brittle and the drill was bouncing around and the holes were inconsistent….had to cut-off my first attempt and make the rod smaller by 6mm

Top pics – masking tape to hold things together

Bottom pics – Drew this on CAD, and stuck onto duct tape



5th pic

Bottom pics - Taped on with 2 pin holes to guide dremel location pilot holes



6th Pic

Wrap up and prepare for pilot holes

Bottom right – pilot holes drilled



7th Pic

Thought some burnishing compound would help the drill

I was sweating less by now



8th Pic

Drilled holes on both sides

Bottom left – the clear nail polish which the wife did not have…grrrr…..had to buy this for her….see, I wasn’t totally unselfish by spending the whole day in the garage and not thinking of her.

Nail polish was used to coat the rough drill cut in the Perspex that it looked like glass afterwards



9th / 10th Pics

Dremeled the cuts behind

Put the reflective tape on with duct tape and fooling around with pics…..note, that there is NO leds inserted…the reflection properties of the tape is only shown with the flash of my P1i.

I was planning to finish this this weekend..but alas....must finish this next weekend....Hope you guys can let me know what you think....feuss2 suggested I change to RED leds to make better light dispersion through the red filter, which I am gonna do...thanks feuss2

intensity2x

Thats awesome man, looks great. Can't wait to see the finished product. I'm really looking forward to the fog light fins when you get around to that. I think those would look real sharp.

Any tips for removing the brake light housing? I couldn't find any good detailed instructions. I need to get at some rattles under the rear deck...

Quest227

Compliments of EURO003ACT on the OZHonda website

1- Push the entire centre brake light housing backwards towards the rear of the car

2- you should then be able to lift up the front facing of the housing slightly, just enough to get your fingers underneath (be care the plastic is sharp, i cut myself on it!)

3- you'll see the back of the silver reflector, push that bit towards the rear and pull the black housing back - that should unclip the two prongs that hold the reflector to the housing

4- now slide the whole black housing forward towards the front of the car, the two rear most clips should release, allowing you to lift off the cover

5- you can now take out the reflector housing

NOTE: it will take abit of fiddling/jiggling around to undo the clips, just be firm but careful

And something I found elsewhere

intensity2x

EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks!

JTso

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Nice work!

kennungesser

Dude, you da man!! This is going to look great!!

Aslam

Hope my car is next on your list when you complete

litesout

Beautiful work! I'm going to take a stab and say you're either an mechanical engineer or at least went to school for it.

Quest227

Sure, np

Means a lot - thanks....

Thanks - I really hope so, I have a couple of backup plans in my head

The trickiest part to get for me, was the perspex rod....but I made a good friend here...keep in touch

Thanks litesout...close....I am an architectural technologist ....wanted to study mechanical engineering at school though, but I was a late arrival @ course enrolment...

Oh, and I am also a MCSE.....did this a few years back..

odannyboi

too much work

Quest227

Yes it is, but I am enjoying every minute of it.....

feuss2

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don't hate... APPRECIATE!!!

odannyboi

not hating... it'll probably look sweet when done

HI OFECR

Progress or bust.

feuss2

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Is this installed yet? Please post pics!

intensity2x

Any progress / updates?

feuss2

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Can we see the finished product?

Quest227

Sorry guys, haven't been on this post a while....having issues with performance header and exhaust system.....and I am working on a VW motor dealership and 2 high rise apartment blocks @ work..times ate tuff.....Car's in shop atm....getting it back Fri/Sat..

And NO...it's not a BUST.....cos with all the info I have, apart from completing the mod, deciding which direction to go with the many options is also slowing things down...I will connect up this weekend with the white leds...I'll leave the red led Feuss2 option without filter, once I sort out filter cover replacement with the Di-bond material.

feuss2

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....would like to see pics if this was finished and installed

Quest227

Sure thing....got everything wired up to test this weekend...also purchased a fluorescent tube (red in colour) based on your advice





Did a test on the red tube, and it's very bright and lights up almost instantly...I might add a flat perspex rod in front to magnify the effect.

I now have 2 possible options to test...I'll take pics of both setups and post when done to get your opinions

Pic of my ride a month or so back..still have to install the Euro R badges and the puddle lights.


Was in India and Bangkok in Dec and been to R-Style @ MBK Centre - most dissapointing

feuss2

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Any updates?