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Old 24-12-2008, 12:58 AM   #1
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Illuminated letters

Regards from Spain!!

I am sorry, this tutorial is in Spanish...

This tutorial isn't end.

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Bueno, la idea es dejarlo lo más parecido a esto:



Lo primero escogemos las letras y las invertimos con el Photoshop. Luego las imprimimos en papel pegatina con fondo negro (lo del negro es para que no traspase la luz donde no queremos iluminar) O no las invertimos y las imprimimos en una cartulina negra,



Una vez impreso recortamos las letras con un cuter afilado con mucho cuidado.




Luego desmontamos la pieza y vamos creando un espacio con la dremel donde vamos a poner nuestras letras




Ya va cogiendo forma





Ahora vamos a crear el espacio de las letras. Finalmente he escogido una tapa de cuaderno para evitar totalmente que traspase la luz:





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Cuando tenga más sigo.
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Old 24-12-2008, 06:25 AM   #2
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the pictures were good.
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Old 24-12-2008, 09:19 AM   #3
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Well, the idea is to leave more like this:



First choose the letters and invest in Photoshop. Then print the paper sticker with black (black is what's not to pass the light to illuminate where we do not want) or not to invest in print and a black cardboard,



Once we cut the letters to form a cutter sharpening very carefully.




Dismantle the piece and then we create a space with the Dremel where we will put our letters




It is taking shape





Now we create the space for letters. Finally I chose a book cover to avoid completely transferred to the light:





: lol:



When I have more.
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Old 24-12-2008, 06:54 PM   #4
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Old 24-12-2008, 09:37 PM   #5
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Old 25-12-2008, 10:49 AM   #6
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Old 25-12-2008, 12:27 PM   #7
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what do u use to iluminate the letters i mean what is your light source for the mazda simbol?
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Old 25-12-2008, 12:58 PM   #8
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what do u use to iluminate the letters i mean what is your light source for the mazda simbol?
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Old 25-12-2008, 04:57 PM   #9
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Bingo - not a bad Idea

I can see many a BG and BA using it.

I know a few ford Probe guys lit up the GT section in the US of A

I was looking into a glowing mazda badge and it was contemplating my mind - this is starting to make me think.
None for my car but I now of a BJ2 SP20
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Old 25-12-2008, 08:46 PM   #10
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Old 25-12-2008, 09:04 PM   #11
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very very good idea
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Old 25-12-2008, 10:13 PM   #12
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Thats pretty sick, i was thinking about doing something like that once i find what i wanna write across
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Old 25-12-2008, 10:25 PM   #13
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just paint the centre bit

looks better
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Old 26-12-2008, 05:29 AM   #14
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Old 02-01-2009, 12:21 PM   #15
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Can you wire it into the tail/break light system? or is that no legal here in Aus?
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Old 02-01-2009, 12:23 PM   #16
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no thats fine did it with my car. just wire it with the number plate lights and it'll light up like xmas.
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Old 02-01-2009, 12:35 PM   #17
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It's a tricky area, as you're not meant to add unnecessary lights and the such that can distract drivers (hence no neons). Which is also why all those dickheads that drive around in clear weather with their foglights on deserve to get fined. Legal-wise it's probably safer to hook it to your driving lights than to the brakes, but if anyone ever asked about it you might be able to convince them it's just a particular level of trim for the car.
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i know in qld its ok to have red lights on the car as long as they face the rear as they just act as tail lights, or clearance lights if they are on the bottom of the car and can be only visible from the rear so this would act as a tail light.. nowhere does it say that tail lights have to extinguish for stop lights to operate
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Old 02-01-2009, 09:49 PM   #19
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Soooo gunna do this!
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Old 02-01-2009, 10:26 PM   #20
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anyone have pics of this done to a BA?
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