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Kick Plates - hard to find?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:20 pm
by Grue
Ho guys.
Just wondered - how easy would it be to get a machine shop to make us up some kickplates for a group deal sort of thing?
The only kickplates i can find seem to be those EL light-up ones from UK, which are almost always out of stock, and pretty pricey. Surely wouldn't be too hard to get some made up from brushed alu. Maybe MITSUBISHI etched into top or something.....
Just throwing it around as an idea as I'm not engineering-ly minded at all! Anyone any thoughts?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:08 pm
by HiRAEdd
On that topic, the glow pads in the FTO kick plates. Does anyone know how they actually work. From what I can see, a charge is just sent straight to the pad but what mechanism allows it to glow? And can this pad just "wear out"? I've pulled mine apart, tested the wiring and it's fine yet they just don't glow anymore. Does anyone know where to buy replacements? I have asked around a lot and no one seems to have even heard or seen them before, much less be able to source them.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:27 pm
by Slither
If they are the ones from funky's id say that they are the luminescent ones. Basically once you put a bit of weight or push on the glow part they don't work anymore. I got the same problem with my FTO blanking plate (although that never worked
) and my CF rear panel. Not much you can do about it unfortunately
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:10 pm
by HiRAEdd
Poo!
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:36 pm
by Grue
There was a guy on the UK FTO forum who sourced some of the EL material used in them.... and THINK used it to replace his. Might be worth a search!
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:28 pm
by onnzo
Yeah there was a thread on it on FTOOC recently. It was really cheap too (around $5 a pad or so) it was on ebay.
Mike
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:16 am
by Dr_Jones
You could try
www.flexiglow.com.au they used to sell EL pads.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:15 am
by HiRAEdd
Got this reply from them:
Unfortunately we do not have any products of this kind and also unable to
advise where you could get.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:09 pm
by Grue
No one? Ah well... thought that quite a few people would be interested in some kick plates.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:04 pm
by HiRAEdd
Found the glow pads on eBay, check my posting in Parts for Sale if you're interested.