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Illuminated scuff plates
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:33 pm
by mickey
After seeing a post from FTO338 i was very keen to get my hands on some of the original illuminated scuff plates but soon realised how rare they were.
So i decided to see if i could make them or something similar, so here they are..... Bad light but has to be dark to do its justice.
what do you guys think?
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:36 pm
by khunjeng
nice1 looks great....
how did u do it?? or which bits did u use?
KJ
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:46 pm
by mickey
Thanks, Well i laser cut 2 pieces of alluminum with the FTO logo cut out of them....that was the easy part!
Then hooked up 3 leds to the 12v wire coming from the interior light (so comes on only when door is open) Posistoned the leds under the logo. Put a piece of white translucent plastic behind the FTO logo to give nice even light.
Thats bascily the short version, was a pain in the ass but a good end result.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:35 pm
by khunjeng
so u gonna makje some more laser cut pieces??? I would do this also if i had the plate u made. I have heaps of spare LEDS!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:39 pm
by shue
looks mad. kinda looks like mine, except i dont have the lights but a bit of carbon fibre showing thru the laser cut out
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:51 pm
by mickey
I should of explained i personally didnt cut them got a friend of a frien to cut them but iam sure any cnc laser metal fab place would do it. He just used scrap so wouldnt be much at all. As far as the logo goes i had to supply that wich i just vectorised and made it a dxf. file so its all ready to cut on anything.
I can give u the logo as a dxf if u ever contomplait doing it?
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:21 pm
by FTO338
Looks good. hmmm now I’m thinking what else can be done with laser cut metal & LED light up logo.
Chris me & you can start our own LED shop by now hahahah
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:28 pm
by shue
hmmm now I’m thinking what else can be done with laser cut metal & LED light up
stereo blanking plates, fuse box covers, maybe a cover to go over the cup holder
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:56 pm
by FTO338
Nah....it need to be something different to those normal stuff.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:22 pm
by khunjeng
you could put one on your front grille...assuming u have a nice wide BOZZ style grill,,,hmm thats an idea
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:26 pm
by Rocco
They look so cool
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:36 pm
by khunjeng
can u send me the dxf. file ?? I'II PM u my email..
DXF
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:40 pm
by dstocks
Actually, if you can send me the DXF too, ill post it onto complete fto so anyone can download (if you dont mind of course). Just use the email below this message.
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:08 pm
by EURO
taht could be handy for making fuse box covers etc..
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:13 pm
by mickey
Files sent glad i could help (hopefully)
Lets see what else we can do????
Havent been on cruise yet so will show peeps on the next cruise