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Shotime216

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I was wondering does anyone know where to get a pontiac emblem for the front that lights up? Or if any has made on can you post some pics? thanks
 


theres a thread about this but i dont think anyone did anything with it,
i was thinking about it but never found the time
 
Sounds kinda ricey, but all you would really need is an LED, and some clear plexiglass with a vinyl decal of the black arrowheard outline and center "star".
 


I will explain it in words for now since that will be faster. Basically just take your current emblem off, and cut acrylic to mimic the exact shape of it. Then you can either sand the backside to curve it or heat it up and bend it to the correct angle. I'd think the heating/bending would yield a better result because the whole thing would curve just like the factory emblem. Then all you need to do is fasten some LEDs behind it and wire them to a 12v source (with the proper amount of resistors of course).

P.S. You might have to cut a hole behind the emblem for the LEDs to go through.
 
dpzelenak said:
would you take the black piece out to or just the red arrow sticky part
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The whole emblem. Then for color you're just gonna want one of those vinyl overlays from Reflective Concepts and line it up on the center. The end result will be a transparent arrowhead with a colored center.
 
Quick Photoshop mockup of potential finished product, checkerboard is used to emphasize transparency:

AcrylicMockup.png
 


I made that purely for illustrative purposes. The color can be whatever you want, you just have to order that color vinyl overlay.
 


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