Brighter tail lights

[Tom Warner]

George in most cases the cause of dim lights is low voltage. It was on my
1982 FC35

Tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY

At 09:25 AM 6/9/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>My old 81 FC didn't have very bright tail/brake lights and
>I'd read here about using aluminum foil (chicken pot pie)
>dishes put behind the bulbs to make a reflector to brighten
>them up.
> Do you have any idea how hard it is to find aluminum
>plates in a microwave world? I ate a bunch of pot pies
>in search of the elusive metal plates. ;o) I finally
>learned how to peek into the packaging to see if the plate
>was the right one or not before I bought them (and had to eat it).
> Armed with 4 new clean plates, I cleaned up the tail
>light lenses, trimmed the pie plates and installed them.
> Yes, it did brighten them up, but it greatly reduced the
>lit surface area. Only part of the red lens lit up. It looked funny.
> So, I made a visit to my local glitzy auto parts store
>(the one with the yard signs in front advertising a deal
>on cashews). Cashews in a parts store?
> I found a roll of chrome tape. Wooohooo. I took the lenses
>off, cleaned everything again and installed the "custom, cut-to-fit
>chrome tape" and it worked great.
> The entire red lens now lights up brightly. It worked so good
>I did the front turn signal lenses as well.
> Brighten up your life for only a few bucks. ;o)
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> George Witt
> 81 FC 35
> Lincoln, Nebraska
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