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wow. that 's a lot of dissection work.

reroute those wires...some loom, and hide that dynamax speaker behind the air dam and you are all set

Yes, I had the installed dinamax behind, but the sound was low, for this reason I placed it front.

I am thinking to change my car, possibly in a future do an installation of better quality.




My future car.
Project:
1 911 EP TD28 all amber
1 90 watts strobe random nova
1 Dual predator to front
4 tir3 to front
2 tir3 to back
2 slimlighter super led red/blue to back
1 Siren whelen Beta series
1 speaker dinamax
1 transceiver kenwood TM D700
1 Scanner Radioshack Pro 2055
1 Dual antenna
1 Glass 800 MHz scanner antenna

wow, that is a LOT of lumens. If you are putting in a hardmount radio antenna, you might as well just skip the glass mount 800 and put in a real multiband scanner antenna...if you're gonna do one...

What scanner antenna do you recommend to me all band, but enhanced in 800 MHz? Thanks.

May I ask what exactly you do that you requre such warning power on a personal vehicle?

I am a volunteer of emergency services, and use my car in many occasions, crash in dark highways, rain... etc.

Some drivers in my country though they see an accident do not reduce the speed, and drunk drivers who do not see the traditional emergency lights. (rotator beacons)

And also the police and the local fire dept. have very basic lights in yours vehicles, and some officials do not worry in active your lightbars in an accident

For this reason I think to install all these lights. They are not so many lights if you think it well, I have seen in this one and other forums cars that look like discotheques in comparison to my project.

Miguel from Venezuela
Ham YY5OGU
http://www.171.com.ve

miguel171 wrote:I am a volunteer of emergency services, and use my car in many occasions, crash in dark highways, rain... etc.

Some drivers in my country though they see an accident do not reduce the speed, and drunk drivers who do not see the traditional emergency lights. (rotator beacons)

And also the police and the local fire dept. have very basic lights in yours vehicles, and some officials do not worry in active your lightbars in an accident

For this reason I think to install all these lights. They are not so many lights if you think it well, I have seen in this one and other forums cars that look like discotheques in comparison to my project.

Miguel from Venezuela
Ham YY5OGU
http://www.171.com.ve

What makes you think drunks see LEDs better then rotating lights...? I can show you plenty of pictures of DWIs who hit trucks and squads with LEDS... And speeding drivers don't slow down just cuz you have extra warning power. I suspect drivers go by just as fast past my two little TIR3s to the rear as they do for the two little strobes on the back of the state trooper down the road fro mme.

It looks like you just stuck lights randomly on your windshield.

I am living proof that people, regardless of where you are at don't give a rats %#$ about what kind of lighting you have. My crusier has a Whelen Edge 9M series, 8 strobe bar with rear flashers. Bar is brand new, so the lenses are nice and clear and the reflectors are as the same. Crusier also has a blo-me LED arrowstic in the rear deck, Plenty o'lights for getting attention. I still got hit by a passing SUV that didn't yield, while I was helping some folks out. The moron even drove into the shoulder...what's that tell ya?

You could have enough lighting to be seen from Mars, and people will still zing by your scenes at ludicrous speed. We lost a trooper and a paramedic here not long ago for those very things. Lights don't replace ears, eyes, and awareness.

To get off my soapbox, I agree, it looks like the front lights are just put wherever, and the wiring haning down is frightening...good choices of warning equipment, I think , just could donate a bit more time to the placement of the lights and wiring. Definately move the siren speaker...

My $.02

A good lighting setup is important, but it's just as important (if not more so) that a car is positioned in the correct manner, and that the lighting is used correctly. Otherwise, you'd basically have a UFO looking car sitting in the middle of the road, drawing attention. Yet another thing for today's busy (and equally mindless / stupid) drivers to deal with.

Sometimes it's better to simply shed all the lights and go with your parking or hazard lights. Either way, don't block the road unless you have to.

My two cents as well.

Thank you for your commentaries, in my 17 years of volunteer I know that the lights do not help if one does not take care of the unit of a crash parking it surely... Common sense and protection
Sorry for my low english.

Miguel Gonzalez
Caracas-Venezuela
YY5OGU

Dont feel bad, the light police will invade every forum entry

73's