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Offline hotrodharley

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rear light on altereds
« on: March 15, 2014, 09:01:32 PM »
where is everyone mounting the rear tail light on your altereds?pics be greatneed to mount one and like to get some ideals on where to mount one at;;pics be great
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Re: rear light on altereds
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 04:15:16 AM »
I simply had a light mounted on the turtle deck of my 23T. 

On my old slingshot, I used a bicycle tail lamp, it was LED, had an integral battery, and came with a round bar clamp which fixed to my helmet bars nicely. 

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Re: rear light on altereds
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 09:54:10 AM »
I can see the purpose of a light on the back of bracket cars and such where they run at night and rather quickly and no chutes. But when running blown cars (or fast) that require chutes (obscures the tail light) the track is supposed to have the proper safety crew on top to relay that the track is clear or there is a problem. Never was asked to have a light 7.60 and faster.But I do carry in the toolbox a clip-on bicycle(battery powered) just in case.

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Re: rear light on altereds
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 10:17:41 AM »
I can see the purpose of a light on the back of bracket cars and such where they run at night and rather quickly and no chutes. But when running blown cars (or fast) that require chutes (obscures the tail light) the track is supposed to have the proper safety crew on top to relay that the track is clear or there is a problem. Never was asked to have a light 7.60 and faster.But I do carry in the toolbox a clip-on bicycle(battery powered) just in case.

same here;;agree with you;;with the raidos and safty crew at end of track that should be more then enough..
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Re: rear light on altereds
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2014, 03:28:37 AM »
I think it is a good idea on all cars that run at night. Mine is a simple LED light from Northern Tools that does not weigh much of anything and works good.

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