"skyline" Backlight

[Al]

Last year i had my car painted in a similar colour to a Candy Apple Red. I then bought a spare rear "SKYLINE" facia and had it painted with the car.

The project was off and on for some time till now. Last week i decided to complete the facia and mount it on my car. Here is a brief discription of the work invloved and pics of the finished project.

After the spare "SKYLINE" facia was colour matched, i first used my Dremal tool to cut out the rear of the facia. In hin-sight it may have been better to complete the unit first, before painting, but time was an issue.

Then i used a sharp blade, off a Stanly knife, to gently cut off the paint from each letter. (Not as hard/long as i thought it would be ).

Using a Jaycar "bread board" and my electronic experience, i positioned two hi-intensity LEDs in between each letter. This was done to try and minimize the focus of the LEDs. YES, it is damn bright ; i may disconnect one wire and only use one LED between each letter.

It is now ready to be secured into position, using "Loctite 406 superglue", then i will coat it with sicaflex to ensure it is as water resistant as the original.

As stated above, i used Sikaflex to seal the board into the facia. When mounting the facia i had to remove one of the four bolts to allow the wires to enter the boot. I fastened the ground wires to an existing GND and spliced the +ve wire to the parkers (on the brake light assy). I didn't use any relays as i figured 0.3Amps for the whole circuit isn't a heavy load on the existing factory cabling.

Here are the completed pics:

[Haysey]

awesome! i wonder how i could do it on a R32?

[racsov500]

Thats clever putting them between the letters

looks very good

[ignuz]

i want one!

[Mr Italy!]

Nice work, it looks sweet!

[Ruffels]

Al.. will you marry me?

i want one!

[ctjet]

Question:

what is the main source if food for those living below the poverty line in Asia and the sub continent?

*insert thinking music*

Answer:

....RICE....

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!!!!

na but all jokes aside looks like u went to alot of effort

[Atreyu]

So would you make this if ppl supplied rear panel? Looks good.

[AdamACT33]

I think we have a new candidate for the nobel prize!

very nice

Edited February 12, 2006 by AdamACT33

[Lippo]

Good job Al, looks good. I saw one done in a aqua blue once in a mag. Think it was HPI, cant remember.It was a few years ago.Looks like you have created some work on the side Every little bit helps when you own a line

[Frink]

Well Done mate, that looks sweet. do you have it wired into your headlights or is it constant when the car has power?

[IOWNU]

Looks awesome Al!

Nice work.

[JeeTeeEss25Tee]

Time for a group buy

[Liz]

i approve!

[lingeringsoul]

does yours light up liz? I'm jealous now, I want one as well

[paulr33]

the official skyline fascia that glows looks very nice

its a cool light green colour, have seen it on an r33 in melbourne

[allblitz]

the official skyline fascia that glows looks very nice

its a cool light green colour, have seen it on an r33 in melbourne

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Yeah JARs car has one on it.

[foznice]

yeah the blue ones will get you plety of cop attention though... stay with the red

if anyone has a spare r32 light up panel lying around... PM me...

[RBFIRE]

Time for a group buy

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AMEN !!!!!!!

[Al]

Thanks guys I too agree, it's very ricey, has no real purpose but to be ricey, but it looks damn good :lol:.

Lights are hooked up to the "tail lights" and only come on when the headlights are turned on.

Forgot to mention; even though the facia is heavily painted the dots still appeared through the other side. So i stuck some black door jam strips in between each letter, on the inside.

I have seen the factory fitted backlight and am not a fan of the green light, especially with my candy red paint :lol:. I chose red to match the tail-lights, hopefully i wont get hassled as i have seen factory cars with the whole tailgate lite up red.

Even though i did this myself it is by no means a cheap project.

- Facia $40

- Prep (facia was previously poorly painted) and paint $80

- LEDs, resistors, circuit board $50(approx)

- Sikaflex $16

- Consumables $5

TOTAL: Approx $190