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Originally Posted by Swagopopotamus
Care to share some details on the light you made? Looking to do something like this myself. The low mounted third brake light is not visible with my bike on the back of the car.
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I got the LED strip from a friend. He has a box of them. (100 or so) I think it is half of a Suburban LED brake light strip, or from some truck or SUV.
I cut the reflector down on the end three LEDs because they are angled.
Anyway, it is 12 volt already. Which is nice.
My first attempt at installing it I blew the Stop fuse. More research: I found that LED lights often do this and need a resistor. They suggested a 6ohm 50watt. (crazy in my opinion) I installed two 10ohm 10watt in parallel, to make a 5ohm 20 watt resistor. Works great, and the resistors do not get hot.
The shield is made from a piece of vinyl siding. Sounds funny, but was exactly the right shape. Plus, I am DIY Guy!
You can just see the corners, that I am going to trim off. Was not sure till I got it installed how big I wanted it. Other wise the shield is invisible. (unless in back seat) But, who is in the back seat? The shield is smooth on the back, and is hardly visible through my tinted rear window. The light is bright, and works well. I don't have a pic of it on yet...
I made or installed all my mods. (leather included)
Bonus pic:
Just installed a Don't Panic button cover on the hazard button.
