AR7E - Alcester Racing 7's Equipe
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Well, unfortunately we can't show you a before and after of the required modifications to the LED casing - you'll have to trust this link to *a* supplier (not the one we used...) Ring RL097 It cost 15 quid from a local motor supplies shop (Halfords wanted twice as much for some reason - possibly faulty pricing). First thing to do is rip off the two supports (which have the window stickers on them) attached by ball sockets. They just pop-off. Now you need to get vicious. You need to break off at least one of the two end-caps (go for the unwired end). And now you prise the LED segment out of the black-plastic channel. Careful now - you don't want to snap or damage the LED strip... The LED strip is now open to the elements at the back of the lens - don't worry too much about this. At AR7E, we attached a strip of black plastic tape along this open side - partly to protect the rollbar from the hard plastic lens and partly to provide some grip so that the lens doesn't swivel around the bar. We also put a strip of tape along the bar itself for the same reasons. And then tie-wrapped the LED strip to the bar. We used two largish black tie-wraps at each end (a few centimeters in) and it looks OK and hasn't swiveled yet.
<Click Image for Full Size> Feed the wire down the bar diagonal and into the boot. We routed this one through the fuel-filler casing (let's just hope we don't get a simultaneous fuel leak and short!). We then nursed the wire down to the RHS grommet through which the rear-right brake cluster wires feed. The earth lead for the LEDs was passed through into the lamp cluster and added to the screw-down earth post in the metal backplate. The positive lead was tricky to fix as the cables in the lamp cluster are very short and tight. We did manage to force the piggy-back cable connector in here - but we are looking for a better solution. Make sure you get the correct wire, though - the brake and rear running lights are actually two separate filaments in one bulb and it's not easy to work out which is which. And we can't tell you either - we've forgotten already! An exercise for the student... |
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