SVX Grille Lights
 

The SVX grille was asking to be modded.
It looks like a light but it's not.
I decided to make it useful by incorporating my alarm status into it.
Really stands out in the dark and there is no doubt that the alarm is armed!
It is shown running in demo mode which goes through most of it's patterns, but I usually leave it set to just a single pattern.
And yes, I know about the other Knight Rider Svx mods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1MxYFqJR-8

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That's cool. Can it dance to music?:cool:

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I like it! What alarm system are you using? How did you modify the grill?

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For those too lazy to click on the link provided...


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I want green LEDs for the Polo ;)



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Agreed! Where's the How-To Already? :lol::lol::lol: :D

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OK, the light bar I got off Ebay - 22 in. long, a perfect fit.

Drilled a 3/4 in. hole at each end of the grille. - should have taken pictures.

Slid the light bar into the grille and attached it inside with a plastic epoxy - it is a stick of epoxy in 2 parts you knead together to mix - has the consistency of clay.

After it hardens I sealed the ends with a small piece of aluminum tape thats used for home a/c also a little RTV around where the ribbon wire exits.

Any alarm that has either a 12 volt or ground when armed will work. - Ed

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Are you Michael Knight?
Is that Knight Rider?

and btw, is that your house in the background? It's very nice!

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Thank You.

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Can you link the Light Bar? Because not all light bars have sectional control, most are just all on/off.

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Red Bar:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-5...d=p3911.c0.m14

Blue Bar:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-5...d=p3911.c0.m14

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is it possible to use this technology with the rear turn signals and make a scan from left to right and right to left respectively. how much would it cost??

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Found the green LED light Bar at Knightlight.co.uk HERE. A little pricey at $161.00 plus shipping.






Also available in blue, yellow and red for your viewing pleasure

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That was the first one I looked at, but I believe it's too big to fit inside the grille without major surgery.

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Here are the specs and additional photos:

Total width including polycarbonate: 486mm (19")
Depth: 58mm (2.25")
Height: 6mm (.25"), 10mm on the larger circuit board (0.4")
Scanner Light Width: 448mm (17.75")
Scanner Light Height: 6mm (.25")

64 LED / 17,000mcd / super bright, brightest and most powerful LEDs available

Power consumption: (when running single bar pattern.) <110mA
(A 12W bulb, like an indicator bulb, is 1000mA, which uses almost 10 times more power)



......http://www.knightlight.co.uk/images/...ts/ks4064a.jpg

......http://www.knightlight.co.uk/images/...ts/ks4064b.jpg

......http://www.knightlight.co.uk/images/...ts/ks4064c.jpg


Probably the easiest thing to do in cut the bottom of the grille out, attach the LED assembly directly to it and reseal.

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I found out that the people I got the red light bar also had it in green as well as the blue.
Here's the green in my polo green '96: