|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
01-21-2015, 06:17 PM | #21 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Odessa, FL
Posts: 7,611
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Oh... No wonder...
__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. |
01-21-2015, 06:23 PM | #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Orem, Utah
Posts: 5,762
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I fell in love with blue dot taillights as a kid seeing them on cool cars and dreamed of having them on mine one day. When I restored "Old Henry" in 2006 I put them on. Those, and the light in the hood ornament (another life long dream) are the only customizations I've done. Otherwise bone stock/original. They give the appearance of purple neon. I also put super bright incandescents in from Sacramento Ford to show them off better. Don't know what anyone coming up behind me thinks about them. I guess I don't rightly care. I love them and keep them. I've only had one cop mention them in one traffic stop of many I've had for other things. (Never a citation. I think they just wanted a closer look at the car) I put big magnetic reflectors on the back at night to be seen even better. Still get the occasional camera flash from passersby at night.
__________________
Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness Last edited by Old Henry; 01-21-2015 at 08:38 PM. |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
01-21-2015, 07:28 PM | #23 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Eastcoast
Posts: 858
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
My lenses are drilled and have red dots installed
They actually work. |
01-21-2015, 08:02 PM | #24 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Huntsville Al
Posts: 1,523
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I guess I will have to go against the grain here too because I love them. I have them on some 48Chevy taillights on my 32 coupe. Mine show up as purple at night.
__________________
Matt 24:36-41 |
01-21-2015, 09:24 PM | #25 |
Senior Member
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I love the blue dots also and have a set to put on my 46 when I get it back on the road
|
01-21-2015, 09:34 PM | #26 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Payette, ID
Posts: 935
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Dad's 3 window Notice sanitary tail pipe hanger Tim |
01-21-2015, 09:41 PM | #27 |
Senior Member
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I have a whole card of those Lic Plate reflectors, thought I would use them to.
|
01-21-2015, 10:22 PM | #28 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Conroe TX
Posts: 170
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
If you paint the blue dot black on the inside, the light shows up red, not blue or purple when the lights are on. Its a 50's thing.
|
01-22-2015, 04:01 PM | #29 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oamaru, New Zealand
Posts: 414
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I have blue dots on my 37 coupe, I like them, and they seem to really suit round lenses. I would also put them on my 34 if I had a pair. Does anyone have a pair of nos LYNX EYE blue dot lenses for a 33-36 they would sell?
|
01-22-2015, 04:40 PM | #30 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: PA Poconos
Posts: 723
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I thought blue dots were horrible in 1948 and I still do.
|
01-22-2015, 06:56 PM | #31 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Orem, Utah
Posts: 5,762
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Quote:
A lot available on ebay here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...e+dot&_sacat=0
__________________
Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness |
|
01-23-2015, 03:58 AM | #32 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: South of the Mason Dixon line
Posts: 296
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
If Blue dots are installed , paint the inside reflector, with flat white will make the light brighter in the day time & make shore the dot are directly over the bulb .
|
01-23-2015, 09:24 AM | #33 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Kalispell Montana
Posts: 344
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Boy this group is really resto heavy
I run dots on my 48 F1. All the criticisms CAN be true if you don't make adjustments. Like ED says, paint the inside of the light bucket flat white. I run 12V so I went to 2357 rear bulbs - they're brighter than 1157s. I was able to bend the brackets some and "aim" my taillights where I wanted them. I realize you guys with cars can't do that. I also went with a 10" LED strip in my back window as a third brakelight. I've driven dots from Montana to Ohio via Denver and Wichita without meeting any LEOs. Also into Alberta with the same results.....but like Vic, maybe nobody could catch up to see them lol. Come on out, the are legal in MT! |
01-24-2015, 03:24 PM | #34 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oamaru, New Zealand
Posts: 414
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Old Henry, thanks for your help in locating those 'stimsonite' blue dots.
|
01-24-2015, 06:02 PM | #35 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: North Pole, Alaska
Posts: 1,470
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I had them on my old Harley when I was younger, but I'd never put them on a car nowadays. I Just like the look of original better.
|
01-24-2015, 06:04 PM | #36 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 195
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
Back in the day everyone had Blue Dots,BUT that was then and htis is now I guess
|
01-24-2015, 06:23 PM | #37 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 281
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
I like my blue dots but I like my third brake/turn signal light even more.
I need to be seen here in Florida. Pete |
01-26-2015, 01:41 PM | #38 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Essex Vermont
Posts: 599
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
If you get stopped just tell them it's original equipment, there too young to know now days!
|
01-26-2015, 07:24 PM | #39 |
Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Basin, Wyoming
Posts: 47
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
When I was a kid, I got pulled over for only having one tail light. The cop didn't want to believe me that the car came from the factory with one tail light. I finally convinced him, and he let me go. 40 tudor standard. Ken, you are right. They wouldn't know the difference.
Dave |
01-26-2015, 07:41 PM | #40 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 3,388
|
Re: blue dot tail lights
What was the original purpose of the blu dot? Just lookin kool??
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|