[xmats]

I have been toying with the idea of installing red Glowire as a 3rd highlevel brakelight. It's designed to be used in auto-applications, has low power-useage, and should be durable.

Anyone got any views on this ?

[sky]

Anyone got any views on this ?

Apparently I've just been told by some guy in work who's a petrol head not to bother.. apparently it's not bright enough.. but looks good on your dash!!! :roll:

Hmmm... each to their own :shock:

[xmats]

There is supposed to be one that is brighter, and I could allways put 2 or more beside eachother for added light-output. I'll have to see.

Could look good with a blueish glow from behind the rear speaker-grilles too :-)

[Dan]

It's rubbish. I've got some at home (The greeny white colour which is supposed to be the brightest). It's nowhere near bright enough. I also have a cold cathode which i was gonna use as a brake light but it's far too dim.

Worst £50 I've ever spent. :?

[xmats]

It's rubbish.  I've got some at home (The greeny white colour which is supposed to be the brightest).  It's nowhere near bright enough.  I also have a cold cathode which i was gonna use as a brake light but it's far too dim.

Worst £50 I've ever spent. :?

Damn :-( I thought the cold cathodes were brighter ? Ho hum, back to the drawing-board. Maybe some ultra-bright led's ?

[sky]

I also have a cold cathode which i was gonna use as a brake light but it's far too dim.

You're joking yeah? Cold cathode lamps can be well bright!!! You ever stared into a scanner recently? Pure white light delivered courtesy of a 250mm x 2.5dia CFL

I guess it depends where you got that CFL from and the spec of the power supply driving it..

[xmats]

I also have a cold cathode which i was gonna use as a brake light but it's far too dim.

You're joking yeah? Cold cathode lamps can be well bright!!! You ever stared into a scanner recently? Pure white light delivered courtesy of a 250mm x 2.5dia CFL

I guess it depends where you got that CFL from and the spec of the power supply driving it..

I'll have to look at that again then :-) Got any ideas where I can find more info ?

[sky]

I'll have to look at that again then :-) Got any ideas where I can find more info ?

Depends on what you want to do with it.. you can get short lengths from scanners and with a moderate amount of heat, reshape the tube into the form you desire... Brightness wise, they are well bright driven from a 12VDC power source

[Dan]

Thinking about selling mine on ebay, and my glow wire.

I got them from www.litewave.co.uk

The LED brake light I just fitted is well good. I'll take some pics in a sec with the work camera and post here.

[Dan]

Thought that was the Golf ;-)

I wish I only lost £50 on that! :oops:

[Mantamad]

Has anyone fitted a high level 3rd brake light to their Kat? just wondered what types were best.

[Dan]

I've just uploaded the pics of mine.

Pic of the brakelight:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.cousi.../brakelight.jpg

Closeup:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.cousi...dan/closeup.jpg

Pic from outside:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.cousi...dan/outside.jpg

You can see from these that the roof lining has bent a bit, but i should be able to fix this with some reinforced "duck" tape.

48 LED is nice and wide

[xmats]

Led light looks nice, and I may well end up going for that, but I'm still thinking about doing soemthing different. :-)

[xmats]

Oooohhhh...

This site has woken the boy-racer in me. :-)

Undercar-lighting :-) Too bad it's £210 + £120 for a complete kit side and front and back. :-(

[Dan]

I wanted a solid strip which is why i bought the cold cathode, but as it was so dim i couldn't use it. I think the longer LED one looks cool though. Will be even better when i manage to straighten the roof lining properly.

[Mantamad]

Dan that looks good - was it the LED 'tube' that you used?

[Dan]

Dan, I was thinking of using this for the footwells in the MX5 as it has only one very small courtesy light, if this would do the trick (don't want it too bright anyway) I might buy it from you if you wish to offload

You're welcome to it. It is red though.

[Abyss]

I know that the cold cathodes are bright enough, as i've fitted a couple to some showpiece PC's that i've built, the type with the see thru windows, but one thing I never took much notice of was their warm up or start up times, which I think would be pretty important in a high level brake light. :shock: