Killer Lights-Video

[69MyWay]

nice job, works great, seems kind of powerful though won't it create problems in the long run?

I don't think it will cause any problems.

I have two major designs at this time. The design you see in Jay's video of his lights uses a "leveraged" arm. In other words, the arm is a three piece unit that expands and contracts when it rotates. This allows the motor to build up RPM fast with little to no resistance, and when it expands, it puts pressure on the light assembly and creates the assist needed to pop it into place. Those of you that have played with C3 lights know how critical the springs are to getting the light up and down.

I have had a set running for well over a year going up and down with zero failures. I was kidding Jay that his set may not last very long compared to a standard C4 or firebird. Reason is, everybody has to see these things in operation...so you find yourself flipping them up and down a couple dozen times everytime you take the car out in public. A standard car only gets them flipped at night...and at that, just once to start, and once when you get home! heheheheh

My third design uses less parts and the lights go about 10% slower. For mass manufacturing purposes, I am going to be producing the third bracket design which will be the third overall re-design of the system. I have not been redesigning because there are flaws with the first, only to slim line the process for mass production of the system.

I have the third design on my car right now and am testing it. So far so good. However, design three puts a load on the motor as soon as you hit the switch. It is possible in the long long long run, that design three won't last as long as what you see in Jay's video. If used "normal", maybe we are talking 10,000 trouble free lifts vs. 9,700. That is just a guess however. At some point, all mechanical devices will fail. Design 1 as seen in the video is the most flexible because the entire system can be rebuilt where version 2.0 is a throw away motor once and if it fails, and design three is the same throw away motor if there is a electronic or gear related failure.

Stay tuned.