We won't call this a 'Berger' -- -- -- it's a "Duff"
07-31-2006, 12:16 PM
#26
TECH Regular
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Tomball, TX; B/CS, TX
Posts: 455
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
def tint it or frost it so that the light bars dont show up so much. Have you thought about it just making it like a 4th brake light? I know you already mentioned the red lights coming on when you put the brakes on, but what if you made it a continuous on, and then it got brighter when you applied brakes?
07-31-2006, 12:52 PM
#27
TECH Junkie
iTrader: (7)
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Prairie de Femme, LA
Posts: 3,809
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
cool idea. i wouldn't last 5 miles with the blue lights around here. can u take a shot from like 20ft back to get a better idea of how it lights up from a distance
07-31-2006, 12:58 PM
#28
11 Second Club
Thread Starter
iTrader: (103)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South of West Point Iowa
Posts: 2,633
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
--20Firebird02 -- I worked hard on selecting an appropriate plate down here 
-- TexasReb18 -- Yes, I'm going to integrate the brakes into it, but will probabaly do the white lights while driving and then red for the 4th brake. Yes, I'm going to frost/sand the backside of the panel to diffuse it more.
-- Phoenix5.7 -- I actually drove it last night about 1 mile and oddly enough, passed 3 cops!!! Luckily all were going other direction and none had rearview mirrors! Was paranoid about it. Will be switching from blue to white probably this week.
Thank you ALL for the positive comments and suggestions. I've even received 3 PMs about making the panel for other people. Not sure I'm up for that since I took so long on this and it is definitly a PITA!!!
-- TexasReb18 -- Yes, I'm going to integrate the brakes into it, but will probabaly do the white lights while driving and then red for the 4th brake. Yes, I'm going to frost/sand the backside of the panel to diffuse it more.
-- Phoenix5.7 -- I actually drove it last night about 1 mile and oddly enough, passed 3 cops!!! Luckily all were going other direction and none had rearview mirrors! Was paranoid about it. Will be switching from blue to white probably this week.
Thank you ALL for the positive comments and suggestions. I've even received 3 PMs about making the panel for other people. Not sure I'm up for that since I took so long on this and it is definitly a PITA!!!
07-31-2006, 02:27 PM
#30
You REALLY want to call something the "Duff" don't you 
Sorry, just like the partial Whistler headlights this has been done before also
Looks great though! I'd be too weary of chopping up my car though
.
There was a sheet of electroluminescent paper before that when you applied current it lit up like a neon, but was paper. I wonder if that could make this mode a little more car friendly...
Here, I found it:
http://www.beingseen.com/reviews.html
Check out a video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DernfD0TjA
Sorry, just like the partial Whistler headlights this has been done before also
Looks great though! I'd be too weary of chopping up my car though
.There was a sheet of electroluminescent paper before that when you applied current it lit up like a neon, but was paper. I wonder if that could make this mode a little more car friendly...
Here, I found it:
http://www.beingseen.com/reviews.html
Check out a video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DernfD0TjA
08-02-2006, 09:21 PM
#33
11 Second Club
Thread Starter
iTrader: (103)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South of West Point Iowa
Posts: 2,633
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Originally Posted by DEMONBIRD
You REALLY want to call something the "Duff" don't you
Haven't seen this mod in the year I've been on the board and it's one of the first things I searched for when signing up.
Still haven't seen it on LS1Tech, but I've seen Brents pages before (never that one) and I love the site he's got going.
I have hereby dubed this project type the 'LIT-CAMARO'.
I'm going to sand the back of the clears to diffuse more light, pull them back from the clear (I've got about 4 inches clearance most people don't have) and also switch to white neons. I thank you for the photolumenescent strip idea though! I want two colors. That color of aquablue looks like that old car (Countach) from "Automan" circa 1983.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084978/
Last edited by Duffster; 08-02-2006 at 10:19 PM.
08-02-2006, 09:46 PM
#34
Originally Posted by Duffster
Yes, after several months (off and on for nearly 9) of trying to get the letters as close to perfect as I could, I thought naming it after myself wouldn't hurt. Haven't seen this mod in the year I've been on the board and it's one of the first things I searched for when signing up.
I have hereby dubed this project type the 'Duff'.
I have hereby dubed this project type the 'Duff'.
Umm... you didn't search too hard... Brent even has a pic of it on his page:
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/appea...Camaroneon.jpg
Dude, it's cool that you did all that work and did something REALLY nice... But it's kind of lame that you feel you HAVE to name a mod after your self and REALLY LAME that you're trying to do it with a mod that someone (actually many people) did before you...
Chris (aka Whistler) was the absolute FIRST to do that to the headlights and everyone copied him from Keith's "Whistler how-to" page and it became simply known as "The Whistler Mod" because of that... not because Chris did anything to try to get a mod named after him (although the Harwood hood should be named after him
but that's another story...).Don't take away from your hardwork by trying to steal credit from others who came before you...
08-02-2006, 10:12 PM
#35
11 Second Club
Thread Starter
iTrader: (103)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South of West Point Iowa
Posts: 2,633
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Nope, Demon, you're right. I never saw that one on the LS1Tech. It is obvilously older than mine. Don't call mine the 'Duff' anymore. I stand corrected.
08-04-2006, 10:12 PM
#37
11 Second Club
Thread Starter
iTrader: (103)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South of West Point Iowa
Posts: 2,633
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Someone PM'd me and asked about the plastics. . .
The company that makes the two-part plastic is "VersaChem"
Two parts mix with syringe plungers and through an exothermic reaction. . .new plastic!
Deleted the PM. Hope this helps!
Duff
The company that makes the two-part plastic is "VersaChem"
Two parts mix with syringe plungers and through an exothermic reaction. . .new plastic!
Deleted the PM. Hope this helps!
Duff
08-07-2006, 01:13 PM
#38
TECH Resident
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 964
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cool mod, I remember either making a thread asking about this or posting in a thread about this AGES ago, never got any helpful replies. Nice of you to help out others interested in this mod.
