Temu special

[tex]

£4 from temu... Worth protecting my rear end... 👍 😁 

[Neptune]

Looks like St George's cross.  You might get asked to remove it !!

[westfield_bumble]

@tex what did you use to stick it on ? Apart from zip ties and gaffa tape before you say it 🤣

Mine arrived yesterday

[tex]

12 hours ago, westfield_bumble said:

@tex what did you use to stick it on ? Apart from zip ties and gaffa tape before you say it 🤣

Mine arrived yesterday

3M double sided tape 8mm wide

https://ebay.us/m/7Brfwt

 

Has to trim a bit off the length. Inside there's normal led tape like the rolls with places to cut it. Sharp knife and pop off the end cap. Cut to length with knife. Glue the cap back on to keep out water. I already had a high mounted light so run the cable around the top best I could. So the light end you cut ends up at the bottom. 

Once you have the old tape removed, carefully stick new on. You could wipe the surface of light and cage with brake cleaner on a rag. Start at wire end (mines at top corner) stick on carefully. Add a tie wrap temporary. Work down adding wraps as you go. The bend isn't too bad.. Just steady away getting it as best you can.

Once on all round press home and leave it to stick. You could gently warm it with a hairdryer/heat gun to help glue stick best. 

I've still got the wraps on atm.. Got a fuel pipe to replace later and a filter. Never changed the filter since I got the car 20yrs..😁 There's a leak which has ruined paint. 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

On 29/10/2025 at 22:46, tex said:

£4 from temu... Worth protecting my rear end... 👍 😁 

 

 

I'm really starting to like this idea. I'm not going on Temu though, I'm sure they'll have something similar on AliExpress?

[tex]

You can see the leak damage (horizontal plate from scuttle in engine bay above passenger feet. 

I had a rattle and discovered under my tonneau cover way down the passenger footwell the tunnel had all the bolts fell out of the cover plate. So currently it's in bits waiting for fuel filter and hose. And a plate repaint. 

Here's a good tip. If you have to paint parts use a cheap clothes horse laundry hanger thing to dangle the likes of this plate for repaint. 

[tex]

1 minute ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

 

I'm really starting to like this idea. I'm not going on Temu though, I'm sure they'll have something similar on AliExpress?

You can get the option to have the light move like newer cars direction indicators do. The colours are different ie instead of just red on/off you get white reverse, stop/tail indicator etc then choose which you need 

[westfield_bumble]

Temu specials fitted and wired

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

16 minutes ago, westfield_bumble said:

Temu specials fitted and wired

We need videos of them in action!

 

[westfield_bumble]

Will try get a better video later. They can be set to either flash or be solid. One of each above. The "V" light has been trimmed off one end as it was too long so the centre is on the up on the right hand side of cage and the pattern is out for any one with ocd 🤣  Also can be used as indicators but only in red where it lights from one side and runs to the other like the fancy new ones

[Captain Colonial]

39 minutes ago, westfield_bumble said:

Will try get a better video later. They can be set to either flash or be solid. One of each above. The "V" light has been trimmed off one end as it was too long so the centre is on the up on the right hand side of cage and the pattern is out for any one with ocd 🤣  Also can be used as indicators but only in red where it lights from one side and runs to the other like the fancy new ones

Best set them to solid - it’s not legal to have flashing brake lights.  The main reason flashing lights are illegal is to prevent confusion with emergency vehicles, such as police cars and recovery trucks, which have specific exemptions for using flashing red lights.  Some newer vehicles have an "emergency stop signal" which flashes the brake lights during very heavy braking, but this is an EU-mandated feature that must deactivate automatically once braking slows or hazard lights are activated

[westfield_bumble]

Yeah I've set both to solid. I was just seeing what they could do

[Flying Carrot Steve]

As a safety feature I think it's a great idea. Make sure your MOT man doesn't get arsey about it though, you know what they are like these days. I had my Jag failed on the number plate for the first time in 35 years, and the guy who failed it passed it last year! Needless to say, he is no longer my MOT guy 😂 

[mega ade]

Put it back on for next mot unless your planning more bank robberies