I think there might be enough wire length for the hinge to be on the inboard side. Not sure. Will have to check before going further. Ab > On Feb 23, 2020, at 6:12 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > Nice, > > Off to a good start. Did you feel like there was plenty of wire for the light to open? > > I do love the idea of a hinge on the license plate side and magnet or friction latch on the outside. But the low profile makes it a challenge. > Actually the hinge depends on where the wire is and I don’t have my van here to reference. > > If the hardware brings it out a bit then you would want to do both lights so it matches. > > Looking forward to the next possible solution! > > Eric > > > > >> On Feb 23, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >> >> Clarification, the magnets do hold the assembly to the van, I doubt it would drop off. Just not secure enough for my liking. >> >> I think magnets still have a role, maybe as the “latch” to Eric’s original idea of a hinge mechanism >> >>>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 4:59 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Decided to try the super easy thing first. Magnets. >>> >>> They hold the assembly to the van, but not a good enough sideways locator, nor , I think strong enough to hold overall. >>> >>> I did try screwing in a couple of the stock screws, backwards, facing out, as locators. But that made placing the light assembly onto the van too fiddly. >>> >>> Private blog post showing pics of magnets etc here >>> http://shufti.blog/2020/02/23/private-magnets-on-tail-light/ > |
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