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Carlos SpicyWeiner
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FEVER said:
Jamey@NNE said:
FEVER said:
Jamey@NNE said:
I was wrong.... here is the link to the resistors that feniex uses resistor Resistors | Mouser
twodogs603
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Put this behind the grill. I actually remember a locality here that had an unmarked radar car with one in the grill between two lollipops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jrfwdxD7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jrfwdxD7w
A lot of the CVPI's I have seen used simple lolly pop lights. For the longest time I used a setup like that using Grote model 5065s with a 50 watt bulb controlled with a Code 3 700 wigwag flasher. I did it because it was cheap (scrounged parts fom a junkyard), bright and easy to chang the colors with little expense.
julietbravosierra
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I prefer the "6 over 6" lin. 400 series LEDs, BOTH IN SOLID COLORS WITH SOLID ALTERNATING PATTERN!
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Shawn L
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well as far as decent out put and easy install whelen made a grille bracket for their 500 series lights , it was a "Z" type bracket that attached to the factory grille mounting studs and hung down , no holes and installs in about 10 mins. when you use some TIR6 heads its a decent package . it wouldnt be the same output as a 600 or 700 head, but there would be zero fabrication involved.
It's been a few years since I rummaged around behind the grill of a late model CVPI so I'm fuzzy on the lay of the land but you might want to try using a pair of Havis C-3061-7 'L-brackets' to mount each light head and hang them from the radiator frame.
Station 3
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I will PAY someone to make me OR find me mounts for those Whelen 600 series and ship them to me.
Im dealing with an install shop that is soooooo lazy and worthless they will not even try to FABRICATE any sort of bracket for the lights and will refuse to install them if no bracket or mount is available.
I need the mount to fit perfectly and be ready to go and be handed to the install shop.
Im dealing with an install shop that is soooooo lazy and worthless they will not even try to FABRICATE any sort of bracket for the lights and will refuse to install them if no bracket or mount is available.
I need the mount to fit perfectly and be ready to go and be handed to the install shop.
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MEVS06 said:
But that would be sweet... I have a pair of 600s that I'm gonna install in my Avalanche and the Pedestal Mounts would make it easier... lol
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Station 3 said:
if I had some on hand I would do it for you. Make one of your typical smuggling runs to florida and stop by
PJD642
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Don't know what color you're looking for, but I've got two blue Tomar strobe RECT-37s and pedestal mounts for 'em if you insist on using strobes for the build...you can have 'em cheap.
Dissension
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I'm not sure how they'd look with the louvered grill or what would be necessary to mount them, but maybe a couple of Oscilasers? A pair of red ones is currently available in the marketplace here.
i might have some strobe 700s in the shop. they are dual strobe heads i think.
let me know if those are interesting
let me know if those are interesting
Storm4200 said:
If my CV had the honeycomb I would do the ocilasers in a heartbeat, but behind the louvered grille, IDK...
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foxtrot5 said:
i just found a honeycomb grill on ebay for $25
Front Crown Vic Grille New 98 11 | eBay
NFD-102
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These are whelen M4's. Hands down you would be happy with these. And if they aren't big enough you can go with the Whelen M6's but you wont have any airflow to your engine.
Storm4200 said:
While I appreciate it, I like the louvered grille because it doesn't look AS much like a patrol vehicle.
Storm4200 said:
Yeah yeah I know... maybe I will swap it out, but it's a 2011 Crown Vic LX not the PI model so I kinda prefer to keep it as covert as possible. Right now from the front you can't tell I've got lights on it until I turn em on. The rear is a different story, the 2x Firebeams on the rear deck kinda stand out... plus the magmount antenna on the trunk lid...
Yea I was thinkin the linear 6's 500 series lightheads or either m2, m4, or m7's. got 4 xt4's in grill on my other car but just want 2 decent sized ones for this. Not huge but not a small ghost or ion. They are bright but just want bigger than that. Maybe even some xp63's work nice I've seen also. I'd say behind grill rather than in front. Some are better behind n others in front. Guess it depends what you prefer.
When are they coming out with the new cannons? I guess its not gonna be a tri colored one by how you were saying before about them with a dual filament bulb application. I would love to change my front blinkers to these and also my taillights and or rear blinkers. Is the wiring much different from every other light? Givin that these have 2 or 3 different modes to how you would want them to work? As in maybe a switch for warning and just normal parking switch for normal operations???
Found the strobe wire so far and hooked that up. The rest is still a mystery. Still having problems with headlight flasher and also horn doesn't work or pass highbeam. Guess they had horn wired for sirens
fleetcomm
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the third picture the large black cable is a motorola cable for astro spectra w-9 control head.
fleetcomm
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Do you know what agency the car originally served with? That could probably exactly pinpoint the gear.
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joeparv said:
From our understanding they will add another wire that will be for the lower power application. That hook to running, set a steady or the triple steady for brakes or mode 1 and still have the mode 2 for the warning application. That is what I have gathered. Correct me if I am off.
LED said:
it was a marked car, there's a sticker on it that say's "carter fire safety inc bellmawr ,NJ. so im guessing it was bellmawr lol
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joeparv said:
The black button could be a switch that when the car is running, you press the button, and you can take the keys out of the ignition and lock it. I've seen a lot of vics that do that. Try it and see if that's what it's for, they're sometimes red but it'd be worth trying.
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