Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:14:53 +1200
Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Piranha LED taillights
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Andrew,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>You might want to check out this website
for low cost automotive LEDs. <br>
<a
href="http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm"
>http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark Thoma</blockquote>
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<div><i><b>Thanks, Mark... useful site. Pretty affordable items, too.
I've bookmarked it, as I could use the festoon bulbs and also front
indicator "bulbs"... or should I say units? Particularly
useful will be the units with radial LEDs around the edges, so that
you can see them from oblique angles. Normally LED units are only
clearly visible straight-on.</b></i></div>
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<div><i><b>I Googled up "piranha led light" and the first
site to come up was a truck-accessory outfit. They had Piranhas but
made no mention of white 4" units... but my autoelectrician tells
me they are made. But some of the other manufacturers make equivalent
units in white... I'm just thinking of how to incorporate them into a
back panel under the tailgate. They come either as push-ins with a
push-in grommet or with mounting flanges. I guess they could be
mounted from WITHIN a custom black rear plastic panel so that the
flanges are out of sight and the lights fit flush with the panel. I'll
have to figure this out, probably with the help of a plastics
outfit.</b></i></div>
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<div><i><b>I was thinking that a set of orange sidemarkers set-up as
indicator relays would be neat, one set on the B-pillars and one set
inside the rear vents. The more there are, the more likely your
indicating is to be seen.</b></i></div>
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<div>Andrew Grebneff<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
Dunedin<br>
New Zealand<br>
Fossil preparator<br>
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz><br>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut</div>
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