Do you have any particular brand of tape you recommend? Or is Amazon cheapo sufficient? 1PCS Premium Silver Aluminum Tapes (3.9Mils), 2'*65 Feet Foil Tape, Metal Insulation Tape, Heavy Duty Duct Tape with Adhesive Backing for Hot Cold Air HVAC Ductwork, Dryer Vent, Heat Resistant, Repair https://a.co/d/hILxB3m I've never opened up the light casing. Are there any things to look out for? I'm a little leery of cracking old plastic. Thanks! Pete On Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 12:19 PM Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > Someone asked for pictures so I opened up a tail light. Delete the pop > bottle. Line the backup light window with alunim air conditioning tape. > Install big, bright LED. Put it back together. Might take you an hour > including the time in the hardware store buying the tape. > > Ranks right up there with changing the engine to an I4 as far as > improvements go. BIG improvement. > > Jim > > > Years ago, I bought a couple 6 LED external light to use as backup > lights. Then I read a post about fixing the existing lights. It was fairly > simple. I used the below mentioned LEDs and then created a reflector using > a 16 oz plastic soda bottle lined with aluminum air conditioning tape and > fit it into the stock tail light assy. NOW I can see backing up. Took about > an hour and worth every second of time invested. > > > > Jim > > > >> On Jan 21, 2023, at 9:18 AM, Pete Sicilia <pete@COFFEEPOT.ORG> wrote: > >> > >> In related news, I just upgraded my back up lights (1156) to these... > >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H54SP6O > >> > >> So far so good... although I'm always on the lookout for brighter > options. > |
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