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Jbaumshelter

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The license plate lights or even just new covers have gone NLA for a long time now. Iv'e been searching on the internet for about an hour. No luck.

Has anyone found something that is a good alternative? I believe my cracked up originals were from Hella.  

 

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I'm working on it on two fronts.    1) An old designer friend works with HELLA on a regular basis.  He has a couple buddies up the food chain there who have agreed to look at producing them

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They are almost ready.  I have a list of people that will be getting an email when they are ready.  If you'd like to know, just shoot me an email with your contact info.  Andrew@adamsautosport.com

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The listing for these is now live.  Fellows that were on the email list have already been emailed, those orders are heading out first.   https://adamsautosport.com/product/bmw-2002-license-p

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There are lots of generic number plate lights around with similar form/ factor but I will leave the aesthetics up to you (last time I suggested suitable LED ones for the rear bumper I was pilloried) :D

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Carbs: They're necessary and barely controlled fuel leaks that sometimes match the air passing through them.

My build blog:http://www.bmw2002faq.com/blog/163-simeons-blog/

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They're obviously made by Hella and were used on other contemporary German cars; has anyone approached Hella about re-making 'em--or check with Audi or VW vintage part vendors for availability.

 

Barring that...wonder if they could be 3D printed...

 

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I'm working on it on two fronts. 

 

1) An old designer friend works with HELLA on a regular basis.  He has a couple buddies up the food chain there who have agreed to look at producing them again.  Deadline to hear back on that is about a month.

 

2) If #1 fails, I scan the part, am getting ready to have it printed to make an injection mold. Have a few injection quotes and one of them ready to go.

 

Either way, by next year this time they will be available again.

 

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Thats all good news. I actually did find a set from a Porsche parts site. Only $195. I'll duct tape a flashlight to my bumper when I want to drive at night instead of that. Thought I also found a set that were black instead of chrome. Description said they were 5 inches tall! Glad I read the description. 

 

Simeon, I wouldn't mind exploring the LED ones but not for the bumper. I have a bumper tuck on a 75. I think it might look stupid on that big bumper. I'm sure if I did that I would be next in line for the pillory.

 

Maybe for the short term, I could use those bolt/lights until they become available again. Anybody ever tried those?

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2 hours ago, Jbaumshelter said:

Go ahead and shoot me....found these LED's that may work. Not my favorite option but better than nothing until they become available again. They are period correct...... for 2016. $13 bucks.

https://www.pilotlights.net/led-convenience-license-plate-light-6-internal-leds-waterproof-12vdc-or-24vdc-versions

 

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Cough :o (those were pretty much the same as the in bumper ones I picked out before). 

rtheriaque wrote:

Carbs: They're necessary and barely controlled fuel leaks that sometimes match the air passing through them.

My build blog:http://www.bmw2002faq.com/blog/163-simeons-blog/

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2 hours ago, Jbaumshelter said:

Thats all good news. I actually did find a set from a Porsche parts site. Only $195. I'll duct tape a flashlight to my bumper when I want to drive at night instead of that. Thought I also found a set that were black instead of chrome. Description said they were 5 inches tall! Glad I read the description. 

 

Simeon, I wouldn't mind exploring the LED ones but not for the bumper. I have a bumper tuck on a 75. I think it might look stupid on that big bumper. I'm sure if I did that I would be next in line for the pillory.

 

Maybe for the short term, I could use those bolt/lights until they become available again. Anybody ever tried those?

Here is an image that I stole from the internet without permission. (I've been guilty of that twice this week)

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I actually bought some ‘number plate bolts’ from eBay when I was planning on running my car without a rear bumper for an extended period. Never fitted them but I thought they might be a good solution. 

rtheriaque wrote:

Carbs: They're necessary and barely controlled fuel leaks that sometimes match the air passing through them.

My build blog:http://www.bmw2002faq.com/blog/163-simeons-blog/

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4 hours ago, Jbaumshelter said:

Thats all good news. I actually did find a set from a Porsche parts site. Only $195. I'll duct tape a flashlight to my bumper when I want to drive at night instead of that. Thought I also found a set that were black instead of chrome. Description said they were 5 inches tall! Glad I read the description. 

 

Simeon, I wouldn't mind exploring the LED ones but not for the bumper. I have a bumper tuck on a 75. I think it might look stupid on that big bumper. I'm sure if I did that I would be next in line for the pillory.

 

Maybe for the short term, I could use those bolt/lights until they become available again. Anybody ever tried those?

Here is an image that I stole from the internet without permission. (I've been guilty of that twice this week)

imageproxy.php.jpeg

 

I run them on my old IH pick-up. They work well, but the ones I bought were of low quality. I had to take one apart to repair the wiring due to a short. Something else to consider is the wiring. If you ever intend to remove the plate you either cut the wiring each time or use some very small connectors. I used the Deutsch DTM gold plated connector pins from the local Cat dealer. I sealed them with Heatshtink. Been holding up fine for 4yrs now on a truck that lives outside. 

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7 hours ago, AceAndrew said:

I'm working on it on two fronts. 

 

1) An old designer friend works with HELLA on a regular basis.  He has a couple buddies up the food chain there who have agreed to look at producing them again.  Deadline to hear back on that is about a month.

 

2) If #1 fails, I scan the part, am getting ready to have it printed to make an injection mold. Have a few injection quotes and one of them ready to go.

 

Either way, by next year this time they will be available again.

 

 

Thank you, Andrew,

 

There are thousands of old license plate lights out there — yes, 98.7% are cracked. If new OEM versions, or your versions, are not available when the ‘73 needs them after its repaint, I’ll use old ones — cracked ones, I’m certain — until new ones became available. It’s not like you have to pull the engine to swap them when the new ones become available, and how many of our 45-year-old cars are 100% without defects?  Certainly neither of my cars... ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, AceAndrew said:

I'm working on it on two fronts. 

 

1) An old designer friend works with HELLA on a regular basis.  He has a couple buddies up the food chain there who have agreed to look at producing them again.  Deadline to hear back on that is about a month.

 

2) If #1 fails, I scan the part, am getting ready to have it printed to make an injection mold. Have a few injection quotes and one of them ready to go.

 

Either way, by next year this time they will be available again.

 

Awesome!  I'll definitely be interested in either one of these options if/when they become available!

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