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/customDesignServices.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 ?http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=26763&d=1334152670

[SS Spoiler]

Did the same thing by cutting out the letters, gluing red plastic behind with a neon tube on a switch.

[jgarland79]

Where do I collect my points ?http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=26763&d=1334152670
How did you run the power lines to them? I assume you drilled small holes in the bumper.

[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.

[LordFly]

Where do I collect my points ?http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=26763&d=1334152670

It would make an amusing 3rd brake light :)

[Dangermouse]

How did you run the power lines to them? I assume you drilled small holes in the bumper.

Not my car, unfortunately.

I only claim the points for finding the photo, not doing the work :)

From here:

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?9597-6419-up-for-sale

[Dan_YT]

It would be interesting for somebody to Photoshop that side-by-side with Starglider's wire method (although his obviously has the extra "turbo" text). I like the one Dangermouse posted, but if it's that bright in real life I would worry about it distracting the vehicle behind. I wonder if would be possible to use some sort of sensor to auto-dim that based on light level - possible located inside one of the louvres, like the 3rd stoplight projects often do but actually within the existing structure?

[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.

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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!

[DL4567]

Not my car, unfortunately.

I only claim the points for finding the photo, not doing the work :)

From here:

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?9597-6419-up-for-sale

Interesting. I swear there was a thread about it before that entire-car-for-sale thread. Oh well. I feel a bit better though about my futile searches knowing that the post doesn't mention EL or electroluminescent at all. Or the words "bumper letters," in that order.

I will give you some genuine internet points next time I see you! :)



The stuff I used is 3M Scotchlite.

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This looks like an impossible magic trick!

[Dangermouse]

May have been a .com thread ?

[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.

31059

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

31060

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?

[Kane]

Dangermouse's picture came from this For Sale thread:

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?9597-6419-up-for-sale

Edit: Oops, looks like he already linked to it...

[DMCVegas]

Interesting. I swear there was a thread about it before that entire-car-for-sale thread. Oh well. I feel a bit better though about my futile searches knowing that the post doesn't mention EL or electroluminescent at all. Or the words "bumper letters," in that order.

I will give you some genuine internet points next time I see you! :)




This looks like an impossible magic trick!

http://aytm.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/VOC-EFM.jpg

[awildermode]

The system will not let me upload an Illustrator file.

[jgarland79]

Try Dropbox or google drive to share it

[Kane]

The system will not let me upload an Illustrator file.

ZIP it and try that

[awildermode]

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Zipped file. See if that works for everyone. If not, I will have to upload to Google Drive and/or Dropbox from home. Thanks, Kane.