GI: Illuminated Rear Name Plate

[Ben]

I am introducing my version of the JDM style indiglo rear name plate. The JDM name plate is among the rarest of the JDM options.

My name plates are made of laser cut aluminum that provide exact fitment and allow for perfect proportion of the MR2 letters. You also get a choice of COLOR!

Colors available are: red, blue, green, "indiglo green", white, amber, and orange.

Installation of the name plate does require gluing the plate to the rear garnish, so it is not easily removed. I can also glue the panel for you if you are not comfortable doing so.

Check local regulations before installation - this is for display purposes only. It is not meant to act as any type of indicator light!


Price: $110
Includes: Name plate, light bar, all necessary wiring and connectors, and shipping.

Color Changing Kits are $140 shipped




The name plate looks just like the stock plate:







Red










"JDM Indiglo Green"












Blue













White










Violet























Turbo/TRD/SW20















The red is a very solid red and it comes out distorted in the pics.......

























The entire kit:

[Ben]

Order List:

1) Davis (MR2 plate - red) Paid 10/29/08
2) surfer8 (MR2 plate - blue) Paid 11/25/08
3) cbulen (MR2 plate - blue) Paid 11/26/08
4) no_soul (MR2 plate - white , SW20 plate - JDM green) Paid 12/5/08
5) Trevs2 (3 MR2 plates - red, red, JDM green) Paid 2/8/09
6) Denny D. (MR2 plate - color changing) Paid 2/20/09
7) Tycoon788 (TRD plate - color changing) Paid 4/11/09
8) mr29180 (MR2 plate - red) Paid 4/24/09
9) Foygroup (2 MR2 plates - 2 red) Paid 5/3/09
10) K.E. Bamboo (MR2 plate - color changing) Paid 5/6/09
11) Pat Signorino (2 MR2 plates - color changing) Paid 5/21/09
12) koji (MR2 plate - red) Paid 11/4/09

[Everett]

Are these the whole center panel you are selling? Or just the MR2 part in the middle?

Reason I ask is because I have the Revision 6 tails and would love to put this in the center.

[Ben]

It is just the name plate (the center piece). It does requiring gluing to the rear garnish. The name plate itself is about 3/16" thick.

[Everett]

Cool, so I'd be able to put it on my Rev. 6 center piece? I guess I just gotta maybe cut out where I'd want the light to shine through, eh!

[Davis]

Ben put me on the list! I've been toying with the idea of getting those for awhile now and throwing some red leds in and wiring it up to the brake light

[Everett]

Yea, I was going to wire it to my brake light also. Tap the brakes and "pow" MR2 in the eyeball! lol

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Everett

Cool, so I'd be able to put it on my Rev. 6 center piece? I guess I just gotta maybe cut out where I'd want the light to shine through, eh!

I'm not sure if it will fit the Rev6 panel, but I know for sure that it will fit the stock 91-93 panel

Originally Posted by Davis

Ben put me on the list! I've been toying with the idea of getting those for awhile now and throwing some red leds in and wiring it up to the brake light

Right now these are static colors, so they will not change color when you apply the brakes or go in reverse. If you were to just put in red LEDs with the brakes, there will be 2 colors on at one time, so it wouldn't be completely red.

But you certainly can get a red bar and wiring to the brakes only. The only catch is that it will be off when the brakes are off.

[Davis]

Yeah my idea was having them only lighting up when you press the brakes.

[Ben]

I'll add you on the list on the second post

I have 10 of these ready to go in any of the colors in the first post that you want. There will be another 10-20 made if the first 10 go

[surfer8]

Are you using LED's? I don't see any hotspots except on the red lights. Can you get more pictures?

[Ben]

Yes, the plate is lit with LEDs. The hotspots on the red plate is from the camera. There are no hotspots for the red. It is the same illusion as from taking a picture of the taillights. (The taillights look like they have hotspots when they really don't)

[jholder]

Looks good. Have you thought about using cold cathode flourescent? I've never had a chance to compare the two (led vs. ccf) for brightness, but I was wondering for something like this, it almost seems like a flat surface producing light would be better than a normal LED. Of course, i've also go no idea about cost in relation to light output etc etc.


Looks good.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by jholder

Looks good. Have you thought about using cold cathode flourescent? I've never had a chance to compare the two (led vs. ccf) for brightness, but I was wondering for something like this, it almost seems like a flat surface producing light would be better than a normal LED. Of course, i've also go no idea about cost in relation to light output etc etc.


Looks good.

A cold cathode was tried at first, but the biggest problem was size restrictions. The tube wouldn't fit inside the garnish the way the LEDs do. That and the drive circuit was a lot larger than what was made with the LEDs.

[metheores]

OMG I LOVE IT !!!
how long are you gonna have these available?

[Ben]

It all depends, I have 10 ready to go. So whenever they go, more will be made. If you would like to claim a kit, let me know!

[Tycoon788]

let me see how my check looks on thursday, then if i got enough left over i'll take one... not sure what color tho.. i like the green.. but the red matches the best.

[Ben]

^ Added to the list

[Davis]

Hey Ben, can I send you the money now? Before I spend it on more tools!

[Ben]

I want to get the install kit finalized before I start accepting payments. But that should be ready next week. No worries Davis, I'll hold a kit for you!