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    Default Adding lights to the rear of F3's

    Saw a thread regarding additional lighting to the rear of RT's. Wanting to be better seen, I did $6.50 worth of added lighting to the back of my F3S. For $5, I added some red LED strip lighting to my inner rear fenders. I connected them to the accessory lead under the passenger seat. I also spent a $1.50 on a red LED light that I double side taped to the top of my license plate light. I just routed a thin wire to the license plate light base. On the more $$ toute, I added a TRicLED run/turn/brake light light in early spring. I bought that last Black Friday from TricLED for $65. Hopefully traffic from behind will be looking ...
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    Boy did I get that title wrong. I was expecting a big smokey tire shredding burnout...

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    Quote Originally Posted by PMK View Post
    Boy did I get that title wrong. I was expecting a big smokey tire shredding burnout...
    Same here LOL
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    Did similar. Had Spyderpops deck out my rear trunk, vents, and mirrors. You got the better price though.

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    $5/lights, $4 t-taps and a couple hours of putzing. I tapped them into the license plate lamp. Should be noticeable come darkness...
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    Quote Originally Posted by troop View Post
    $5/lights, $4 t-taps and a couple hours of putzing. I tapped them into the license plate lamp. Should be noticeable come darkness...
    Do you have an after sunset photo to show us?

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    I'll try and get one tonight ..


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    A couple from the back and one from the front..
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    Can I ask where you got the strip LEDs

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