So some of you may have seen the pictures from The Springs where I destroyed a set of rear lights! Missus was not happy, however it gave me the opportunity to change over to some LED's and change the mount so it doesn't happen again!
Found some neat lights on Ebay from one of my favourite sellers, here is a link to the light. 5 year warranty and fully sealed, figured they were a good buy. Got them delivered and tried them out on the battery and they are very bright too! I picked mine up on auction for $72
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PAIR-M-VOLT- ... 1c2adfa7aeOld lights destroyed!
As you can see, i did the job right! Amazingly, only 1 of these wouldn't work. I bent the brackets back down and replaced the bulbs (lucky I had some spare in the glovebox) and drove her home. The RHS tail/brake combo wouldn't work as the wires had been sheared off neatly on the back of the fitting although the reverse and indicator worked fine..
Found some scrap alloy C channel which fitted nicely just where I wanted the lights so set about mounting the lights. The black surrounds on the light click off, so I decided they would look good mounted from behind with just the lens sticking out and everything else hidden. Had to make some slots in the alloy to fit and then countersunk some stainless bolts to mount it, rewired the plugs on, wrapped the whole lot in corrugated flex for protection and mounted them up. Turned out perfectly! And so slim I shouldn't hit them again!
Next job is to change the steel bearers under the tray to lift it about 20-30mm so I can fit a water tank in there and when I do that, I will bring the whole lot forward about 60-100mm which will effectively move these lights even further up and inwards!