cu2wagon

I love that you're so optimistic and gungho about this so hopefully I'm not Buzz Killington, but it's not *quite* that easy.

Cutting is no problem. Just seal the cut with some electrical tape or something to keep moisture out. The now shorter piece will be brighter on the same inverter circuit since there is essentially less resistance. You might see some sparking shorts at the cut location the first time you power it on; just let it cook itself. Once it stops sparkling the charring will be nonconductive.

As for reconnecting the cut side without the connector, that might be easier said than done.

Does the strip lamp have a faint, unlit line running down the center?

iCrap

It does. here's a pic. Not on the center but more towards the edge

cu2wagon

Ah, okay. That's not what I meant but also answers the question. Without going into too much detail, there are two basic ways to print a lamp. One has a split electrode on the back and it results in a thin unlit line down the middle. Those don't look great when lit because of the dead space but I think you could manage to attach some leads to that with some creative, gentle, sanding of the back to expose the electrode layer. It looks like this:



The better lamp style use what you appear to have. There is an electrode on the polyester substrate and a second one printed on the back of the lamp. Think of it like an ice cream sandwich. The two cookies are the electrodes and the ice cream is the dielectric and phosphorous that illuminates.

The unfortunate thing is that both electrodes are printed over one another and one of them is printed directly on the polyester, sandwiched way down below like 7 other layers.

What you pointed out in your picture is a silver printed buss bar. That's what you want to tie into, but it's buried pretty well and only a few mils thick. You can try sanding down to it with a really fine sandpaper to expose it. Soldering could be difficult but not impossible. A small crimp would work better or perhaps a conductive adhesive if there is such a thing. There should also be a similar silver buss bar printed on the other side (ie. The left side o the picture you posted) of the lamp on the back. Same deal with that one: expose it somehow and tie into it.

ssjoeboe9

Good work guys! Keep it up!

iCrap

Alrighty so i'll try sanding it carefully and soldering onto that. hopefully works.

so, joe i'll order the red strips for yours prob today or tomorrow and then find smaller 1" strips for the letters for both of ours.

ssjoeboe9

Yay!!

iSeeYouTwo

Went to IFO at New England Dragway yesterday... Saw these guys there:









My hunk of junk.. finally got the wheels on





Don't mind my GF...



My buddy's E350

cu2wagon

Gads! I hate that I think I actually might like these wheels.

What is wrong with me?

opboarding

There must be something wrong with you, because those red wheels are terrible.

iSeeYouTwo

Yeah I wasn't really a fan of the wheels. Otherwise, the wagon was pretty dope. It was bagged and it had red leathers.

xtcnrice

Congrats on the wheels! What'd you do to make them fit? Looks great. I need that modulo.... but no monies

edit:
nvm noticed in the other thread. Surprised you were able to fit some spacers under there! I'm guessing those narrow tires really helped lol

MC MiYoung3269

AYEEEEEEE We have the same keyboard iPoop!

cu2wagon

I know, I know...

But they're so terrible that they've start to come back around to being awesome.

I'm not sure how to explain it. Like, I hate them so much that I sort of start liking them. Sort of like bitter melon. It's so bad that it's good.

I don't know. Maybe I hit my head and woke up even more simple than I was before.

xtcnrice

I'm sure you'll get over it. They look better as 16"ers on DC2s or something than what you saw up there, IMO. Nonetheless, the design itself is still meh.

iSeeYouTwo

Thanks bro! I was surprised as well... it was definitely the tire size that helped!


Ran into an issue after rolling the fenders (which was entirely my fault for not test fitting the wheels after already having them for a few months ) it turned out that the hubs on the wheels were smaller than the hubs on my car, so they wouldn't fit! Which is why I needed 5mm spacers...


But I'm definitely pleased with the outcome. Next up, I'll be installing my window visors and most likely a respray once I decide on a color.

iCrap

yup lmao, except mine is doing full rainbow swag mode

justnspace

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and i thought my work set up was balling with dual 30inchers.

iCrap

tripple 27s and a 37 bitch

justnspace

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MC MiYoung3269

I wish I could have same size monitors

urbanstereo

AOA?

bandwagon

iCrap

before this i had one 24, one 27 and a 19... matching sizes are so much nicer lol.

i got this triple setup for stupid cheap (for what it is)... Korean IPS/PLS imported monitors from eBay sellers. Only downsides is there is only 1 input per monitor (DVI) and it only works on GPUs that have built in scalers and dual dvi.

justnspace

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Whats that baby screen in the right hand corner next to the tower?

iCrap

It's a small 7" 1080p touchscreen. I bought it for my car-puter project but since i used a Nexus 7 instead i had that extra.

But actually, this is an old picture and i changed it out for a 37" tv someone gave me.

more recent... the kb was more visible in the other pic so i posted that one instead

cu2wagon

HFS! My setup is a secondhand couch and a nearly busted 13.3" Toshiba laptop. I primarily use my Nexus 7.

You's guys is crazy!

justnspace

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holy fucking shit is right!

thats so fucking awesome, icrap

xtcnrice

This is beautiful lol
Too bad I don't use my desktop anymore.

iCrap

lol, i'll admit lately i've just been sitting on the couch and using my laptop.. much more comfy.

I love the multi-monitor setup though. Since i got my 3d printer i've been starting to do some CAD work and these monitors are great for that, and i always have a free monitor to keep an eye on my VMs or remote sessions

Whats even crazier was my original idea. 3x3 monitor grid lol

xtcnrice

What's your graphics card(s) setup?

iCrap

2x R9 290x in crossfire and on water

ssjoeboe9

I got a 256gb ssd as a wedding gift haha I love my friends!

xtcnrice

daym. I remember when these cards first came out... $_$

I was telling you Joe... SSD upgrade is the equivalent of your supercharger. Once you go SSD...

iCrap

Yeah when they firsts came out it was like $500 per.. i got my 2nd one for only $170

opboarding

SSD changed my life

iCrap

SSDs are the best

iCrap

Did we give soupi so much shit that he made a new account? scroll to bottom posts

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-par...bumper-929580/

lmfao

MC MiYoung3269

Nah m8. I liked them before they popped up lol
And SNSD is going to shit imo and so is SMent so I decided to jump ships






iCrap... mbn.....

xtcnrice

LOL of course. Only he would do such a thing. And also call evo9's post a "burn".

justnspace

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hahahahha souipi got caught by the all powerful all knowing Ron A.





if any one even mentions Ron A.

damaged442

Lucy?! You gossum 'splainin to do!!

You can't even think of doing that to Ron A. He'll take you out faster than a Chuck Norris roundhouse!