
Night Moves
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Re: Night Moves
Are those Enkei rims, with the little black Allen head bolts around the edge? They look like the set I have on my Roadster, and I have never seen another set exactly like them on a roadster! Many years ago I ordered the center caps directly from Enkei - probably not as easy nowadays. Can I get a close up shot of those rims?
They are called Apache Mesh, and are a 2-piece or at least an inset design. I want to paint mine Gunmetal grey I think.
They are called Apache Mesh, and are a 2-piece or at least an inset design. I want to paint mine Gunmetal grey I think.
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"When all else fails, force prevails!" Ummm, we're gonna need a bigger hammer here.
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Re: Night Moves
Yes, they are Enkeis. I have the center caps, but only two of them fit. I can't recall whether it's the fronts or the rears. The PO ground the tabs off two of the caps, probably in an attempt to somehow get them on the car. At some point I'll probably make some sort of sleeve that'll accomplish that.notoptoy wrote: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:32 pm Are those Enkei rims, with the little black Allen head bolts around the edge? They look like the set I have on my Roadster, and I have never seen another set exactly like them on a roadster! Many years ago I ordered the center caps directly from Enkei - probably not as easy nowadays. Can I get a close up shot of those rims?
They are called Apache Mesh, and are a 2-piece or at least an inset design. I want to paint mine Gunmetal grey I think.
I will take some close-ups of the wheels for you. Good to know what they're called! Thanks.
I've thought about painting/powdercoating them too. I'm not a big fan of the gold, but I won't decide that until all of the bodywork has been finished (and painted) and that's years down the road.
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Re: Night Moves
I'll take more when I get home from work, but this shows it a little better.


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Re: Night Moves
So in that picture they are somewhat different in the center. There were several versions of the Apache Mesh, IV and V I know for sure, not sure on any others.
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Re: Night Moves
Apache III? or V?notoptoy wrote: Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:01 pm So in that picture they are somewhat different in the center. There were several versions of the Apache Mesh, IV and V I know for sure, not sure on any others.
Scroll down about 20 photos and they're there:
from a search
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Thanks for the link, Mine are the IV's, kind of neat that they are considered "extremely rare" at least by that one site. Based on that site, yours look to be Apache III's, though they have a question mark by that designation as well.
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Re: Night Moves
Some night life pics in my area. Many more to come in the future 

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Re: Night Moves
At Mendenhall 2018 after everyone left...
A lucky shot
A lucky shot
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Re: Night Moves
The 69 is all led, the 68 all incandescent
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Re: Night Moves
Reconfigured brake lights, (top). 1968 SRL.
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"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
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Re: Night Moves
Cool! So question (and this may be something 68 specific that I didn't know),
are the tops now running + brake, and the bottoms just running lites?
I am trying to find the quirks in my 69 set-up, and am thinking a re-wiring / re-thinking and some LED's may be in the plan real soon.
are the tops now running + brake, and the bottoms just running lites?
I am trying to find the quirks in my 69 set-up, and am thinking a re-wiring / re-thinking and some LED's may be in the plan real soon.
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Re: Night Moves
Owners often just reorder the lights as they prefer . The LEDs are nice to have with correct flasher cans
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Re: Night Moves
Fergus-from memory (not very reliable), my '68 has running lights on both. The turn signals blink on the top and brake lights on the bottom. It looks like Pebbles swapped the light sockets.
On our '69, the tail lights all function as one. That is, both uppers and lowers brighten as stop lights and flash as turn signals.
Dan
On our '69, the tail lights all function as one. That is, both uppers and lowers brighten as stop lights and flash as turn signals.
Dan
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Re: Night Moves
Most early cars <68 that I have seen, the top is turn sig and the lower is brake light. 68 all four are running lamps. I think the 69 and 70 are different as to how many lamps do what. There has been discussion here somewhere. Ross knows .)FergO2k wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:38 am Cool! So question (and this may be something 68 specific that I didn't know),
are the tops now running + brake, and the bottoms just running lites?
I am trying to find the quirks in my 69 set-up, and am thinking a re-wiring / re-thinking and some LED's may be in the plan real soon.
Studies have shown that brake lights up high (such as the 3rd) significantly reduce rear enders. Anything to avoid rear enders is a plus imo.
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Dan did you add a cancel relay?greydog wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:00 am Fergus-from memory (not very reliable), my '68 has running lights on both. The turn signals blink on the top and brake lights on the bottom. It looks like Pebbles swapped the light sockets.
On our '69, the tail lights all function as one. That is, both uppers and lowers brighten as stop lights and flash as turn signals.
Dan
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"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."