Made some hood signals .. UPDATE.....

[Canadian1968]

My 68 charger hasn't had hood signals operational for a while. Only because I had broken the ear off one of the housings so there was no way for mount one side.

I recently got interested in 3d modeling. I thought hey I could probably make my own housing . So a little time on the computer.. and few hours of printing and I came up with these..

Pretty happy with how they turned out.. still have to paint them..

 

[Richard Cranium]

Looks good, but the original metal base makes up the ground circuit for the lamp.

 

[Canadian1968]

Looks good, but the original metal base makes up the ground circuit for the lamp.

Your right. I realized this as I was test fitting the light bulb socket . Which is where the connection is made. So all I need to do is add a small ground lead to the bulb socket. The ground lead will be connected inner hood support cut out for the lights . I will post some pics as soon I have that done.

And this will actually be a much better and reliable connection compared to the factory that just relied on the ears of the housing contacting the hood

 

[Richard Cranium]

Your right.

I’m always right.

 

[6872n73]

I might run the ground to the body of the car instead of the hood.

 

[Don Frelier]

The hood should be a good ground.

 

[demonram]

My 68 charger hasn't had hood signals operational for a while. Only because I had broken the ear off one of the housings so there was no way for mount one side.

I recently got interested in 3d modeling. I thought hey I could probably make my own housing . So a little time on the computer.. and few hours of printing and I came up with these..

Pretty happy with how they turned out.. still have to paint them..

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Very cool, keep us posted.

 

[Canadian1968]

The hood was good enough for the ground before and with better method of making the ground I'm sure it will be fine. Plus will make for a nice easy install

 

[Don Frelier]

If you have a stud gun (stud welder) you can make it fancy.

 

[Canadian1968]

Well a little bit of research and some problem solving and this is my solution to the ground problem since my housing is Made of plastic.

I got some Ba9s sockets. I had some ring terminals that fit the diameter of the socket almost perfect. Test fitted with the bulbs I purchased . I then soldered the ring terminal to socket at the correct depth for the light sit in the housing at the proper location.

The ring terminal now also acts as a stop much like the design of the original factory sockets. Now you can ground the wire to where ever you please .

These new sockets are smaller so I need to alter the 3d print to make a nice snug fit.

But basically this is the finished product! I am also going to print the backing plate that sandwiches the housing to the hood as well !

Maybe not be 100% OEM correct but it's pretty close and in my opinion a better design ? Ohhh and saved myself about $350 .

 

[Canadian1968]

If anyone is interested in a pair of these for their car PM .

 

[f569]

If anyone is interested in a pair of these for their car PM .

Thanks.
I would have hit you up had I not purchased a pair a few years ago.
Nice job!
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