High line brake lights

[Maersk]

Been having a play with a couple of indicators I got from one of the breakers. What is the feeling on these lights. Not sure weather they look to chav like or not.

[Maersk]

[Maersk]

[S6 Devil]

I quite like the third picture. How do you stop some from lighting up? I seem to have a few on one indicator that have a loose connection, so light up intermittently. I would like to know how to fix it.

[Maersk]

I've removed the LEDs from the board and replaced them with reds. The reds light up with the brake light and the yellows with the indicator in pic two. I know you can get dual colour LEDs, but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to use them. I had to turn down the stop on the base of the led and fit them through the plate. Your faulty ones may just be a dry joint to the board as the units I got had a few on it.

[S6 Devil]

I like the look of this then. One concern I have with the brake lights on the Tuscan is that they are so low and not exactly massive. Having an additional high line brake light without fitting the extra bar on later Tuscans, works a treat. How did you wire them in?

Edited by S6 Devil on Saturday 19th April 02:50

[S6PNJ]

Maersk said:

Been having a play with a couple of indicators I got from one of the breakers. What is the feeling on these lights.

I've fancied doing the same. Care to share the breakers location and price either here or by PM please?

[Maersk]

I got the indicators and pods from TVR Dean. The LEDs came from ebay I will try and find the link again as it was a while ago. Whatever you do don't touch the PCB as it's a PITA to repair. I cut the legs from the existing led and found that the corresponding led on the other side went out as well. I was only going to have one line of brake lights at the top but as I say it was a bit of a experimentation. The indicator fault reader seems to be ok with this amount of lights out. The bases of the new LEDs where then removed ( luckily I have a lathe and a daughter who can operate it as it would take ages by hand )so I could push them through the front plate and then it was just a case of soldering them together and connecting them to the brake light circuit which I turned out to be easy to run wires up through the targa bar. I also had to ease the inside of the pod to allow the legs of the LEDs now in shrink tube to fit in easily.

If you need anymore pics or info let me know.

Cheers

Steve

[S6PNJ]

Cheers Steve, any pics you can put up would be great! I have an Emco 3 lathe (small hobby lathe) though my father has the full set-up, Colchester, Bantam and Capstan lathes (as well as a CNC Mill) so I won't have any trouble turning down the LED bodies!

[Maersk]

Some more pics as requested

[Maersk]

[Maersk]

[Maersk]

Couldn't find the link for the led supplier but this is what is ok the packet. They supplied the correct resistors with them but ask for more shrink tube if you can


I connected them in groups of four to one resistor

Cheers
Steve

[S6PNJ]

Much appreciated!