Yellow LED indicators
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Yellow LED indicators
It is often a problem making the rear indicators of our old Mopars UK legal. It can be easy on some cars to convert the back-up lights into indicators. But it’s not a good solution, particularly on most B body cars and Challengers.
Here’s a good solution from Bright Light Customs on a 69 Road Runner. The yellow LED panel fits inside the lamp and is bright enough to shine yellow through the red lens. It looks nice, works well, you get to keep your back-up lights, and it’s fully UK legal.
Here’s a good solution from Bright Light Customs on a 69 Road Runner. The yellow LED panel fits inside the lamp and is bright enough to shine yellow through the red lens. It looks nice, works well, you get to keep your back-up lights, and it’s fully UK legal.
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I was looking at their site last night jim, some good stuff on there and fairly local, Basingstoke.
heres the linky.
http://www.brightlight-customs.co.uk
heres the linky.
http://www.brightlight-customs.co.uk
1968 Ford Fairlane 500 Wimbledon White. Currently a 302 auto but to be 410 4 speed.
These look great, would be perfect for keeping a 70 Challenger looking original but also leagl.
Ive just put LEDS in the side markers on the Challenger at the front.
£10 for two strips off ebay, a bit of soldering and I now have orange indicator side repeaters and side markers which are better than the old bulbs.
Ive just put LEDS in the side markers on the Challenger at the front.
£10 for two strips off ebay, a bit of soldering and I now have orange indicator side repeaters and side markers which are better than the old bulbs.
Matt Hollingsworth - Vehicle Registrar
Panther Pink 73 Aussie Charger 265 Hemi 4 spd
Challenger Sam Posey Tribute car
Panther Pink 73 Aussie Charger 265 Hemi 4 spd
Challenger Sam Posey Tribute car
Looks like a good solution for us on the Sport Satellite too Jim, thanks
We currently use the reversing lights as indicators, but it would be handy to get them back as reversing lights!
Scuse my ignorance but is that the original wiring going to the LEDs, that used to go to the bulb holder?

Scuse my ignorance but is that the original wiring going to the LEDs, that used to go to the bulb holder?
How do you think this particular installation could be improved upon Dave?Dave wrote:It can be done much neater than that these days. You can buy strips of bright LEDs on a roll and be very inventive about how you mount them in the red lens.

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Thanks, yes I spose that could work, but if they're only held on with sticky pads (as they appear to be in Jim's pics), you could experiment a bit with different patterns to see what's best....Dave wrote:Think I would try a thin run of LEDs around three sides of the lens so that the brake light is not covered so much.RobTwin wrote: How do you think this particular installation could be improved upon Dave?


this is the ones I used,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330523651548? ... 1439.l2649
Used the original wiring and soldered connections to it. They are sticky on the back and shine out to the side not the top. I stuck them around the perimieter of the side marker light and they still show ornage through the orange lens.
You can also cut them into, two and solder connections to the other end. Bit fiddly but it works fine and zero current draw so you dont need to worry about uprating the flasher unit to run extra bulbs.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330523651548? ... 1439.l2649
Used the original wiring and soldered connections to it. They are sticky on the back and shine out to the side not the top. I stuck them around the perimieter of the side marker light and they still show ornage through the orange lens.
You can also cut them into, two and solder connections to the other end. Bit fiddly but it works fine and zero current draw so you dont need to worry about uprating the flasher unit to run extra bulbs.
Matt Hollingsworth - Vehicle Registrar
Panther Pink 73 Aussie Charger 265 Hemi 4 spd
Challenger Sam Posey Tribute car
Panther Pink 73 Aussie Charger 265 Hemi 4 spd
Challenger Sam Posey Tribute car