Tail lights
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Burning Brakes
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From: Lexington Park Maryland
Tail lights
Has anyone converted their C3 tail light to a complete red lenses as running lights and brake lights and used another means for the back up light? If so, can you share how you wired the new lights where the back up light used to be? thank you.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong guys, but I thought I read a thread on this very subject a few weeks ago. I believe the idea of incorporating a "backup" light into the licence plate area was also discussed....hope this helps.
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The one cool setup that I saw was on a car that had robotics that brought the backup lights down when the car went into reverse and pulled them back into hiding behind the bumper cover when not in reverse, but that's more complicated than I'd like.
I'm still looking for some reverse lenses to french into the rear bumper cover. The new VW beetle backup lights look like they would blend in.
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I rewired my back up lights to power some slimline LED fog lights, which I mounted above the license plate. I used heavy duty, double sided mounting tape, and they haven't budged since I put them there.
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I posted this in another thread not that long ago, but here it is again:
Originally Posted by 7t2vette
I also did the 4 tail light mod with LED, and I used some LED strips I found on Ebay for revese lighs. I mounted 3 of them to a piece of angle aluminum, and then mounted the angle to the licence plate bezel. They work great!
I liked the LED strips so much, I made a bracket to replace the licence plate light with one as well!
The old licence plate light:
I liked the LED strips so much, I made a bracket to replace the licence plate light with one as well!
The old licence plate light:
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As for an alternate reverse light, we're all wanting a better method.
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You'd be looking at equivalent wattages - LEDs are far more efficient than incandescent bulbs, an LED setup drawing as much current as the stock bulbs would probably sear someone's eyeballs out. The 77 uses an 1156 back-up bulb, which are about 26W. It's a 32 candlepower light.
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Really like the led lights, think i will redo mine.
After 30 plus years i still haven't gotten around to installing the backup lights.
After 30 plus years i still haven't gotten around to installing the backup lights.
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Burning Brakes
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Thank you everyone, I like that look better. I decided on different set of lenses, they did not have the chrome rings just plain red lenses. I have an idea on the back up light, I'll install them first and see if they look right on the car before I share. My plan to incorporate a set of small rectangular driving light and fabricate a mount so they flow with the car, I don't want them to look Half A$$ and cheap looking.
I did make a comparison between the LED lights everyone have on the photos and the LED bulb. The bulb are brighter to me and better appearance.
More to come.
I did make a comparison between the LED lights everyone have on the photos and the LED bulb. The bulb are brighter to me and better appearance.
More to come.
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Who makes those bubble lights?, really nice. Do they have two or three mounting holes? Time to upgrade mine.
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Thanks for the photo, that's exactly the same lenses I got. with my car being white it set of the rear end. I like it better without the chrome ring around the lenses, I wired the light together so they are all running lights and breake lights also.
Busy week end, should be able to get the back up light prototype done next week. I got my lenses from Rik's Corvette for the half the price of one of the original.
Busy week end, should be able to get the back up light prototype done next week. I got my lenses from Rik's Corvette for the half the price of one of the original.