idea: mirror-mounted flashers

[Farrar]

Ah ha, now I get it, Bill! Good thinking.

If memory serves, the heated mirror wires are orange. If anyone has their upper door panels off right now, they can double-check this.

JC Whitney has lots of LED light bars.... hmmmm.....

Farrar

[jmettee]

As Bob mentioned, running an additional wire from the car body into the door (for a switched ground) will be challenging.
Bill Robertson
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Where does the ground in that mirror harness terminate? I recall seeing it in the door, but it's been a while & I don't believe it's shown on any of the schematics either since it's unused at the factory. If that ground runs all the way back into the cabin through the door harness, you would just need to locate it & not have to run a new wire.

EDIT: scratch that a I did just find it on the schematic. Looks like a single wire & grounded through the door/chassis from what I can tell. The wire is a Light Green with White tracer.

[Dangermouse]

Farrar,

is the idea to mount the LEDs on the mirror glass, thus making the signal visible from the rear/side only, or to mount it to the black mirror housing, making it visible from the front (and possibly side) ?

[sean]

Last year at Lexington Houston had a car with turn signal mirrors. Looked sharp but no word yet on when the kit will be available

From DCS 10
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[Farrar]

Farrar,

is the idea to mount the LEDs on the mirror glass, thus making the signal visible from the rear/side only, or to mount it to the black mirror housing, making it visible from the front (and possibly side) ?

My idea is the latter; although the "behind the mirror glass" lights are cool, they're only visible from one direction -- plus the DeLorean's mirrors are so small that I wouldn't want to lose visibility to a blinker. It's a matter of personal preference -- if you do this mod you can put them wherever you want.

My original idea was to mount a short LED strip inside a clear plastic lens (or perhaps translucent black, to make it less obvious until the light comes on) on the underside of the mirrors. With LEDs throwing light at a wide enough angle, the light would be seen from in front of and behind the car as well as from the side. My goal was maximum visibility, not maximum coolness.

Farrar

[TTait]

To be clear, you shouldn't lose any of the mirror surface, the LEDS mount behind the mirror and shine through it - it depends on the type of silvering used on the glass - some mirrors work, others don't.

I understand that you want something visible from the whole side of the car.

If you want to go huge I'll point you to some larger LED products that you could install behind a smoked plex outer rocker panel!

[dvonk]

From DCS 10
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is that the Stage 3 DeLorean?

(off topic: what VIN was the Stage 3?)

[sean]

is that the Stage 3 DeLorean?)

Yup
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(off topic: what VIN was the Stage 3?)

Dont recall.

[sean]

My original idea was to mount a short LED strip inside a clear plastic lens (or perhaps translucent black, to make it less obvious until the light comes on) on the underside of the mirrors. With LEDs throwing light at a wide enough angle, the light would be seen from in front of and behind the car as well as from the side. My goal was maximum visibility, not maximum coolness.

Not a bad idea but sounds tough to do cleanly.

[Farrar]

Not a bad idea but sounds tough to do cleanly.

VERY tough. I figure one would eventually end up finding the right size lens cover, then fabricate something out of fiberglass to make it "meld" with the current mirror housing.

Farrar