Farrar's car blog

Is the 1157 bulb in the turn signal or the backup light socket? (You can simply solder across the positive contacts on a 1157 bulb and put it in an 1156 socket for super bright backup lights, if that's your intention. The higher side knobby needs to be filed off).

Bill Robertson
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Is the 1157 bulb in the turn signal or the backup light socket? (You can simply solder across the positive contacts on a 1157 bulb and put it in an 1156 socket for super bright backup lights, if that's your intention. The higher side knobby needs to be filed off).

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Bill, thanks for catching that -- I labelled the sockets backwards, oops! My plan is to have dual filaments in everything but the backup lights, but your idea for super-bright backup lights using dual filament bulbs is also a good one. I will have to revise my sketch.

Farrar

OK, I think this is a really fleshed-out version of what I came up with yesterday and should be easy to read.

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FWIW, I got the idea for this by thinking of Bill's dual-filament brake light modification, and also that it would be nice to have dual-filament signal lights on the rear, just like we do on the front, and getting rid of the awful corrosion-prone connections back there. (Remember, I live in a high-humidity area: right now it's 88°F with a heat index of 104. And it's not yet 10 A.M.!)

Farrar

In the U.S. it is illegal to have amber running lights (or reflectors) in the rear.

Bill Robertson
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In the U.S. it is illegal to have amber running lights (or reflectors) in the rear.

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Okeydoke, here's my modified modification... modified. :)

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Does that make sense?

Farrar

The reflector/diffuser insert in position 3 won't yield the same light scatter as positions 2 and 4 (which aren't 100% identical either, but are a lot closer to each other than position 3).

Bill Robertson
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The reflector/diffuser insert in position 3 won't yield the same light scatter as positions 2 and 4 (which aren't 100% identical either, but are a lot closer to each other than position 3).

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True enough, but I plan on compensating by removing the stock diffuser and putting in a different one like you did. I wish I had saved those photos from the old DMCTalk -- I guess everything uploaded to that site is gone forever.

Farrar

I shot a couple of new pics of the lights in action:
http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...2&d=1308192855 http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...1&d=1308192853

At some point I'll photograph the boards themselves.

Bill Robertson
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http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...1&d=1308192853

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That certainly looks good enough for me -- I don't care if it matches 100% precisely as long as it's good and bright.

My plan is slightly different -- I plan on all three red bulbs being dual-filament, thus functioning as running lights and brake lights.

...unless, of course, it's illegal to do so... in which case I shall have to go and hide my head in shame.

Farrar

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True enough, but I plan on compensating by removing the stock diffuser and putting in a different one like you did.

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I would STRONGLY advise against that. That diffuser also acts as a DOT spec reflector, required on the car. CD's will not work as needed in all safety situations. I personally think its an excellent part of the taillight system. The only mod anybody should make on the taillights would be to make the running light a combo-brake light. Which it appears is all you plan on changing now. Bill's specific mod makes what are the stock brake lights running lights, and all lights brake lights. Thats a complete changeup. Only serves to make other DeLorean owners think his running with his foot on the brake.

With the effort it seems your planning to put into this, I dont see why you dont just get a set of new taillight boards?