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Got rear ended on the way home from work yesterday broke my license plate frame and dented my plate too!!
I also hit a chunk of blown out tire about a month ago, that I couldn't avoid. Just been putting off filing the claim. So I'm having the front end redone too. I'm going to see about doing the GT500 front end possibly.
Got rear ended on the way home from work yesterday broke my license plate frame and dented my plate too!!
I also hit a chunk of blown out tire about a month ago, that I couldn't avoid. Just been putting off filing the claim. So I'm having the front end redone too. I'm going to see about doing the GT500 front end possibly.
People suck, bottom line.
Good luck with the repairs Patrick!
People suck, bottom line.
Good luck with the repairs Patrick!
No GT500 front, but I AM getting a Boss 302 front lip instead of my Roush one. Just easier for the body shop to bolt it right on instead of modifying. So new front bumper, Boss lip, rear bumper repaired, new GT500 quad valance, new RTR license plate surround. New clear bra front and rear. This time I'll have them do a custom piece instead of the precut too.
No GT500 front, but I AM getting a Boss 302 front lip instead of my Roush one. Just easier for the body shop to bolt it right on instead of modifying. So new front bumper, Boss lip, rear bumper repaired, new GT500 quad valance, new RTR license plate surround. New clear bra front and rear. This time I'll have them do a custom piece instead of the precut too.
I got the RTR rear license plate surround and put LED Pods in the "vents" wired up to the reverse lights.
(my interior lights are extra bright LEDs too)
I have a smooth panel waiting in box as well.
I got the RTR rear license plate surround and put LED Pods in the "vents" wired up to the reverse lights.
(my interior lights are extra bright LEDs too)
I have a smooth panel waiting in box as well.
Do you have pics or a write up of the reverse lights in the vents? I've thought about doing that to mine too.
Do you have pics or a write up of the reverse lights in the vents? I've thought about doing that to mine too.
I don't have a write-up yet and it will be a while before I can assemble one properly. It wasn't that bad though. I bought Single-LED light pods from Amazon and with my brother's help, made brackets to mount them to the back of the RTR panel. The brackets are made of some thin sheet metal we had laying around that we cut and bent to fit. I painted the brackets black.
They are tapped into the reverse light wires behind the taillights which I think was the blue wire on both sides and used an existing ground stud. We put a waterproof connector in the middle of the wire so that the panel is removable. The wires go though existing grommet.
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The LED pods are advertised at 10W each at 12V, but I measured 6W Each which is 0.5 Amp Each. The stock wiring should handle them fine. Although the stock wiring did look thinner than I was expecting.
These are the flood pattern.
I didn't use those brackets they come with.
These barely fit in depth. Anything larger might not fit. Unless maybe you mount them in the vent in front of the mesh instead of behind it like I did, but you'll have to check width on larger pods as well. I wanted them to be as hidden as possible until they were on.
I wonder if you could do dual color (red/white) LEDs and have the reverse lights and a 4th/5th brakelight?
With ingenuity and parts, you can pull that off too if you want. Although the stock red lighting back there is enough on its own.
You can modify the pods to add a Red LED in them or add some smaller sealed red LEDs around them or a red led ring. There are plenty of possibilities.
9/12/18, 09:58 AM
broke my license plate frame and dented my plate too!! 
