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 Desert Bug
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 01:50 PM |
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'61 Kombi replacement rear indicator lenses.
I made these for Matt and Antheas' (Mattyler) Kombi as the original ones were stuffed and Anthea was offered some good original ones for $200
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The Kombi is now running the clear ones with amber globes. |
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Da Wiz
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 02:05 PM |
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Looks neat, has anyone played with the idea of using LED tail lights - you see them on the back of the big Mack trucks etc. HELLA makes them - I do
know they are called 'Combi' lights - most appropriate, i think 
Here is some info on them ...
... and a pic 
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 02:27 PM |
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good effort on the tail lights....
can you tell me what blue it is the bus is painted in?
thanks.
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 03:11 PM |
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DOnt quote me, But I think its Dove blue...
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 03:15 PM |
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hey unity... what is the colour of the beetle at the bottom of your post?
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Unity-28
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 03:16 PM |
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cobolt blue. I dont think It would look the part on the ute.
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 03:23 PM |
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They are pretty cool things to make out of plastic diffusers that go over fluro light tubes. Just use a hole saw and pop in an amber bulb!
Neat inexpensive trick!
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 04:47 PM |
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Very clever. You could colour them with lense tint if you wanted amber or red.
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 05:07 PM |
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Very neat job of the taillights!
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posted by Da Wiz
Looks neat, has anyone played with the idea of using LED tail lights [ snip ... ]
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I've got an LED interior light in the truck. It replaces the 41 mm incandescent "festoon" lamp with a bulb made from a printed circuit
board with three white LEDS, a diode and a resistor (kit from Jaycar). You can't get them assembled, although some other configurations such as
multi-led turn signals are available assembled. Each of the LEDs is 7000 mcd (microCandela ???) in brightness. The end result is about the same
brightness as the $1 incandescent bulb, a much whiter light and should last forever, which is just as well as the replacement bulb cost $35 in parts
(principally the LEDs, at $9.50 a piece).
About the brightest LEDs available are 15000 mcd, but I can't find any available at the moment.
There are PCBs and info. available at Jaycar.
Happy soldering.
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 06:17 PM |
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well modulus, i am off to me oldmans shop to get me a jaycar catalogue....:thumb
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 10:33 PM |
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Matra got it in one! Fluro diffuser comes in different thicknesses, the 3mm is what I used the other is too thin.
I made the amber lens from a Bay rear combination lens that was broken at the stop/tail light section, and the finished lens even has the Hella symbol
on it.
I found a 15 peice holesaw set (19mm to 125mm) at a Cheap Tools shop for $12 so the lenses were very inexpensive to make. The orange globes have ofset
pins so just file one off and it holds ok with one.
Two Guns, the blue is a Nissan comercial colour.
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| posted on January 11th, 2004 at 08:41 PM |
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Thats just an awesome job.:thumb
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