What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[Patrick C]

I installed white LED strip lights under each door, as well as blue LED strip lighting under the car. It took hours, but I feel like the end result was worth the trouble! Since it is illegal in most states to drive with blue lights, I plan on only using these at car shows and cruise-ins.

[jackb]

Towed it from CA to AZ. 700 miles.

[Tillsy]

Blackie and I drove our DeLoreans halfway across Australia over the past two days for tomorrow's DMC MidWest TechDay in Sydney

#6679 got the privilege of a complete look over by Dave Swingle in Sydney yesterday - a few boots and bushings I need to replace but she otherwise was given Dave's blessing the work I've done is great and that he has never seen a DeLorean in such great condition before, very stoked and proud

Am now half-way along my return trek across Australia to Adelaide...

[SS Spoiler]

Dave and Julee do house calls?........to Australia???? talk about service!

[DMC5180]

How many Deloreans came to the DMCMW DownUnder Tour Event? I see there was a D on a Dyno. Were there other Deloreans run on it? What was the Average HP?

[John U]

Dave and Julee do house calls?........to Australia???? talk about service!

Wow! And I was impressed when they drove all the way to Toronto!

[jawn101]

Noticed the headliner starting to sag in the rear. The fabric is not coming off of the board -- instead, the board itself seems to have lost a connection somewhere. Going to find the manuals and look up how it is attached. May end up doing the "roof cage fix" while I am at is, since the passenger door tends to squeak going up, and I am told that's a "classic" symptom of a de-forming roof cage.

Let us know how you make out Farrar. Mine has come loose in the same way you've described. Not cloth from board... more that the whole board isn't clipped/screwed in where it should be anymore. Right above the rear window, at that leading edge. I think part of it gets pinned in by the rear interior panels, but I'm not sure. That could be part of it for you too as I know you had your panels out to get at the speakers/seatbelts earlier.

Guys - this is just happening because your board is warped and sagging. Probably nothing has come loose, just the carboard underneath the fabric is starting to bend under its own weight. I fixed it by removing the board and epoxying a thin piece of aluminum bar stock (available at Lowe's, etc) to the underside of it. Thin enough that I can bend it slightly to get the board to match the curve of the roof, but strong enough that it will never sag again.



Unless when you remove the board you find what Dennis did, that your clip isn't installed properly

[Mike F]

Any chance you have a list of what LED's to buy for the taillights? I want to finally replace mine. Only issue is that my cruise control cutoff is linked to the brakelights and the first set of LED's I had didn't draw enough to trigger the system. Any idea what these ones are? I'd really love to get LED's back there again.

I got everything from superbrightleds.com. Here's what I put in the taillights:

Brake - P/N 1156-R18-T - Single intensity 18 SMD LED tower - Red.

Tail - P/N 1156-R3W - Single intensity 1 x 3 watt high power LED w/reflector lens - Red.

Turn signal - P/N 1156-A3W - Single intensity 1 x 3 watt high power LED w/reflector lens - Amber.

Reverse - P/N 1156-W3W - Single intensity 1 x 3 watt high power LED w/reflector lens - White.

All of these have a very wide beam angle, so they fill the lenses quite well. They don't have the severe hotspotting that a lot of LED bulbs have. I went with the R18 bulbs for the brake lights to give them a bit more "kick" than the tail lamps alone and make it clear at night that I have hit the brakes! It's not blinding or glaring; it actually seems to have just the right level of intensity. I also changed out the flasher unit with P/N CF13GL-02 in order to keep the turn signals flashing at the normal rate. All in all, I'm very happy with how it turned out and would definitely recommend these bulbs!

[DMC5180]

Please post some day/night comparison photos. Preferably with Standard bulbs on one side and LED on the other. The LED (experimenting with various bulbs) has yielded several looks.

[DMC5180]

Guys - Unless when you remove the board you find what Dennis did, that your clip isn't installed properly

Jon,

You can see how my rear headliner was hanging in the photo I posted in the your thread about the SS T-toof finisher. The headliner material had become unglued on the top side, which which caused it to Pop-up thus filling the gap that would otherwise be present. Look at the photo ED posted of his Finisher installation you can see the difference.