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Last year i had my car painted in a similar colour to a Candy Apple Red. I then bought a spare rear "SKYLINE" facia and had it painted with the car.

The project was off and on for some time till now. Last week i decided to complete the facia and mount it on my car. Here is a brief discription of the work invloved and pics of the finished project.

After the spare "SKYLINE" facia was colour matched, i first used my Dremal tool to cut out the rear of the facia. In hin-sight it may have been better to complete the unit first, before painting, but time was an issue.

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Then i used a sharp blade, off a Stanly knife, to gently cut off the paint from each letter. (Not as hard/long as i thought it would be :cheers:).

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Using a Jaycar "bread board" and my electronic experience, i positioned two hi-intensity LEDs in between each letter. This was done to try and minimize the focus of the LEDs. YES, it is damn bright :rolleyes:; i may disconnect one wire and only use one LED between each letter.

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It is now ready to be secured into position, using "Loctite 406 superglue", then i will coat it with sicaflex to ensure it is as water resistant as the original.

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As stated above, i used Sikaflex to seal the board into the facia. When mounting the facia i had to remove one of the four bolts to allow the wires to enter the boot. I fastened the ground wires to an existing GND and spliced the +ve wire to the parkers (on the brake light assy). I didn't use any relays as i figured 0.3Amps for the whole circuit isn't a heavy load on the existing factory cabling.

Here are the completed pics:

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Good job Al, looks good. I saw one done in a aqua blue once in a mag. Think it was HPI, cant remember.It was a few years ago.Looks like you have created some work on the side :D Every little bit helps when you own a line :D

Thanks guys :) I too agree, it's very ricey, has no real purpose but to be ricey, but it looks damn good :lol:.

Lights are hooked up to the "tail lights" and only come on when the headlights are turned on.

Forgot to mention; even though the facia is heavily painted the dots still appeared through the other side. So i stuck some black door jam strips in between each letter, on the inside.

I have seen the factory fitted backlight and am not a fan of the green light, especially with my candy red paint :lol:. I chose red to match the tail-lights, hopefully i wont get hassled as i have seen factory cars with the whole tailgate lite up red.

Even though i did this myself it is by no means a cheap project.

- Facia $40

- Prep (facia was previously poorly painted) and paint $80

- LEDs, resistors, circuit board $50(approx)

- Sikaflex $16

- Consumables $5

TOTAL: Approx $190 :P

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