A number of us are interested in lighting the the chrome strip on the back of the lift gate, what Tesla calls the liftgate appliqué (part #1008856-00-C). The goal is to light the Tesla letters on the appliqué. Thanks to ZAX123, who bought an extra appliqué for this purpose and shipped it to me for testing, I delivered the piece this afternoon to PCS Engineering here in Maryland and discussed with their technical staff how we can get this done.
Before we had the actual piece we thought that we'd 3d print a copy and work with that. But once we saw the actual piece we decided on an less complicated and costly solution. We'll use the actual piece and cut out the Telsa letters, then light them with a red EL sheet on the back side. PCS is starting work on that approach. I'll post here as progress is made.
Assuming that this approach is successful, we'll operate this on a swap basis. Interested buyers will purchase a modified appliqué, install it on their cars, then return the original for a credit. Or they can keep the original but forgo the credit. Exchanged appliqués will then be modified for other buyers.
That's the plan for now.
Before we had the actual piece we thought that we'd 3d print a copy and work with that. But once we saw the actual piece we decided on an less complicated and costly solution. We'll use the actual piece and cut out the Telsa letters, then light them with a red EL sheet on the back side. PCS is starting work on that approach. I'll post here as progress is made.
Assuming that this approach is successful, we'll operate this on a swap basis. Interested buyers will purchase a modified appliqué, install it on their cars, then return the original for a credit. Or they can keep the original but forgo the credit. Exchanged appliqués will then be modified for other buyers.
That's the plan for now.