View Full Version : help my rear !!
cordobabrendy
10-04-2003, 01:46
seeing as im getting her back this weekend, i was thinking of ways to indulge in some making up for lost time kinda thing.
ive taken the "s" off the rear and am trying to think of a design for the replacement block to fill the square gap, any ideas, simple designs pleaser as its only about 2 inches by 2 inches..oh err missus!!
darkstar
10-04-2003, 11:20
Why not repaint it body colour.
You'ld still have the badge but very sublte
Fit a front fog lamp (the wee round ones on Arosa's Beezers etc.) to blind anyone driving too close.
An old mini-disc ?
Run out of sensible and silly ideas at the mo :)
Icecavern
10-04-2003, 11:56
How abou tget hold of another light and cut part of it out to fill the gap, unfortunatley you'll still have two joins showing but wihtout a close inspection it'll look pukka... :D
Pete
I love the idea with the rear light! Tailgaters get blinded! You want 200w tungsten fillament in that jobby so you only need to blip it and blind 'em for minutes! They won't do it again! hehehehe. I'm a nasty bugger aren't I :D :lol2: :car:
cordobabrendy
10-04-2003, 16:54
keep it coming folks, i'm toying with that idea about the light, but also having the seat logo with a backlight , same as the starlet turbos and also on a honda perlude ive seen it on, ill try and get a pic of it, looks funky!
piece of carbon fibre?a washer jet,rob T has hours of fun squirting cars behind him,why not cut out a peice of rear lense so to coninue the red all the way across?a parking sensor,i'm still not used to how much room i got when parking:redface:
BradsSEAT
11-04-2003, 10:00
cordobabrendy.....
take a look at what I did after my rear badge was stolen.
Got a piece of perspex (5mm thick and cut to shape/and super glued)...painted to match duko
http://www.geocities.com/auscordoba/current.html
Brad
piece of carbon fibre?a washer jet,rob T has hours of fun squirting cars behind him
Brend remember the drive back from Brunty? Tehehehe :D
cordobabrendy
11-04-2003, 16:23
brad, you got a close up of that bit? would help loads , cheers!
yea marty i remember, think there was about 10 quids worth of wurth screenwash wasted that day!! hahaha
cordobabrendy
11-04-2003, 16:25
also brad, what do you think of a perspex bit, stencilled red with coloured bulb behind it so in the dark it glows gently ? (not too bright or else S wont be seen properly)
BradsSEAT
12-04-2003, 03:04
Unfortunately I can't get my hands in a digital camera at the moment...for a closer shot on that part. When the badge was removed,I cut a piece of cardboard to create a stencil for the perspex...hence cut and file to shape...
A glow tinge light would look good but could become quiet figety....with an end result that can be unpredictable(whether you would like it or not--->in terms of reflectance).
cordobabrendy
17-04-2003, 18:06
was thinking of getting clear perspex, stencilling s logo and filling background black with s being clear, small led (maybe 2) red maybe or soft blue (not boy racer leds btw) in backof perspex and lightling connected to the numberplate lighting to operate.
cardboard for dimensions sounds good too. cheers mate.
darkstar
30-04-2003, 16:44
Any update Brendy ?
brend ,best check on the rear light,blue=deffo no no,white?not sure,white rear facing light means reverse??unless of course its separate for just show use.why not wire a red one when the brake lights come on?or with yer fogs?:cheers:
cordobabrendy
30-04-2003, 22:39
things have gone really badly at home this past week and a half so ive not had any chance to have a looksie, this weekend i will mostly be visiting maplins tho so watch this space.
jase, red is the colour mate, itll match the rest of the red light panels across the rear, wired into numberplate light as it will then come on with side lights.