Electroluminescent rear bumper letter inserts

[jgarland79]

I had this idea today. I want to get some electroluminescent sheets and cut out the letters to fit in the rear bumper so that the letters can be illuminated.

Does anyone have a cad drawing of the letters? Someone must have it because so many people are selling those laser cut/water jet cut stainless inserts.

I think I could get these cuts to cut the sheets for me. http://electroluminescence-inc.com/c...gnServices.htm

[SIMid]

Seen it done before, but can't find a picture.

You could use the Rustproof font and scale it up to match the bumper letter height and then covert the file into a vector image?

[LordFly]

Can you get sheets of the stuff and just cut it yourself? I would be interested in that.

[Starglider]

I decided to use white EL wire to outline the stainless letters, looks better in daytime than flat EL panel.

[DL4567]

I remember pics of this done as well, and also can't find them now. Points to anyone who can....

[Dangermouse]

Where do I collect my points ?

[jgarland79]

Can you get sheets of the stuff and just cut it yourself? I would be interested in that.

I watched a few videos on YouTube about it and it looks like cutting it yourself leaves the layers exposed to the elements.

[awildermode]

Seen it done before, but can't find a picture.

You could use the Rustproof font and scale it up to match the bumper letter height and then covert the file into a vector image?

Rustproof, or similar font that is available, does not match the bumper letter exactly. I put reflective letters on mine, but had to measure and re draw the letters on Illustrator to get them to fit right. Here is image of my bumper, taken with a flash to simulate headlights. So, this only works at night. In day light, it just looks like glossy black letters.

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Not as cool as EL. But, I am cheap and lazy. The stuff I used is 3M Scotchlite.

scotchlite-680-roll.jpg

I have the Illustrator file at home that I can upload. Of course, knowing these cars, my bumper may differ from yours.

[SS Spoiler]

Neat idea!

[jgarland79]

Rustproof, or similar font that is available, does not match the bumper letter exactly. I put reflective letters on mine, but had to measure and re draw the letters on Illustrator to get them to fit right. Here is image of my bumper, taken with a flash to simulate headlights. So, this only works at night. In day light, it just looks like glossy black letters.

4432694684_e5b5ce8cb3_z.jpg

Not as cool as EL. But, I am cheap and lazy. The stuff I used is 3M Scotchlite.

scotchlite-680-roll.jpg

I have the Illustrator file at home that I can upload. Of course, knowing these cars, my bumper may differ from yours.

Please do upload the illustrator file. Can you also export to SVG and upload that too?