Brighter tail lights

[Scott]

George, watch those pot pies (loaded with sodium..LOL listen to me) I
recently finished the insulation of my genny compartment (thanks to
Stephen Birtles) and I had lots of foil tape left over works
wonderful cut it to fit..then take the back off...EZ
Scott
86FC35 "RUBY"
Murrells Inlet SC (still next to heaven)
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mrdonut12" <mrdonut12@y...>
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)
>
> George Witt
> 81 FC 35
> Lincoln, Nebraska