Raised number plate to rear door with light

[stinka]

Following Ryans thread where he did the same here is my effort.

Thanks to Ryan for selling me his spare led number plate light for the very reasonable price of £5 inc p&p :thumb2

First I pulled panel off rear door from bottom working up, then mounted plate and light, pretty straight forward. used a bit of copper rtv on back of light unit as thats all i had to water proof. Stuck plate on with numberplate sticky pads, available from your car parts shop

Then I pulled N/S/R 1/4 panel off as i guessed there would be the loom there for the lights etc, not happy to be greated with a vile bodge load of hideous scotchlocks, but heho, I'll do it properly and solder it in :

First, root new twin cable through the sleeve from rear door :

rooted through both grommets and taped up again, see the yellow insulation tape:

Then cable tie to sleeve and push grommits back into place ( I couldnt go through the sleeve as it was too tight hence why i opted to cable tie along loom )

Then solder twin cable to light and cable tie to existing door loom (left ties long for picture so u can make them out, i cut them off before i refitted door cover )

Strip wires and find the feed wire in the loom with test light, for the rear sidelights :

On my truck it was this blue and red wire, solder POSITIVE wire here (sorry about this crap picture )

Then tape up the soldered wire, find an earth ( I just wrapped the wire around the earth screw that the guy used to earth the tow bar electrics and trapped it between the 2 ring terminals and tightened screw down) Then cable tie up again nice, and stick it all back together

And test it ... IT WORKS :thumb2

 

[Fez_uk]

looks good but think you used slightly too thick wire

 

[stinka]

looks good but think you used slightly too thick wire

Lol cheers, but erm, its the same thickness and its 5 amp rated :nenau

 

[Fez_uk]

those led(s) wont' pull much.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

and the number plate is rubbish, can't read it at all :augie

 

[stinka]

:lol

 

[makeitfit]

and the number plate is rubbish, can't read it at all :augie

You need high def screen I get MW51FLM :lol
Never understand the squidgy number plate thing ? Paranoia :augie

 

[stinka]

WTF ? How ffs ??

 

[rustic]

looks good but think you used slightly too thick wire

Even though the current is low, the wire has to be greater than the fuse in the line, unless you put in a lower rated fuse at the tap point.

 

[96terrano]

your welcome mate!:thumb2 looks good , mayby i should of told you after 3 days of use, the numberplate lights blow up:augie

lol just kidding, a very good job

 

[stinka]

your welcome mate!:thumb2 looks good , mayby i should of told you after 3 days of use, the numberplate lights blow up:augie

lol just kidding, a very good job

Cheers mate. Just been out to check in the dark and those LEDs chuck Out some serious light !!

 

[96terrano]

Cheers mate. Just been out to check in the dark and those LEDs chuck Out some serious light !!

Yeah, when I had them side by side on my old plate it lit the whole road up

 

[makeitfit]

and they pick out the letters a treat

 

[rustic]

and they pick out the letters a treat

And that's good...:doh

 

[makeitfit]

And that's good...:doh

no not at all, I've got an old skool 5w bulb up mine and keep my plates properly mucky :lol
I was just pointing out that earlier Stinky had smudged his plate for some reason and now it shows up clearly

 

[stinka]

no not at all, I've got an old skool 5w bulb up mine and keep my plates properly mucky :lol
I was just pointing out that earlier Stinky had smudged his plate for some reason and now it shows up clearly

Yeh but u told everyone my reg so I figured what's the point

 

[makeitfit]

Yeh but u told everyone my reg so I figured what's the point

I know :lol

Well it is on your other pics and avatar too

 

[stinka]

Ffs, I forgot all about my av :lol

 

[Fez_uk]

Poirot is on the case

 

[96terrano]

Poirot is on the case

:lol