So by the looks of it about half of us have a spare NSX hood laying around in the garage, along with a lot of other spares that some day may be needed to return your car back to stock. (right)
Well I sold my red hood to a needy Canadian back years ago, and recently had the option to buy a black hood from macgruber down in Texas. I was just going to hang it on the wall and call it a day, but as I have a row of switched outlets up high in the big garage specifically for neon/lighted signs, I thought why not make my own?
I found a spare string of LED rope light that was perfect for the job. I added a few pieces of almost permanent double stick tape, safety wire and handful of clips for the rope light screwed into plastic plugs in the existing holes of the hood - worked great! I added a pair of chains from hanging fluorescent fixtures to the outside hinge bolts and a pair of stout screws in the wall.
Its not easy to see with my dark, unfinished walls, but it gives off a nice uniform glow around the edge and really looks great!
NOTE TO SELF: NEVER effing buy a black car! How do you guys keep them clean and unscratched? Just moving the thing around and setting it face down on soft towels while I did the light mounting scratched and fogged the clear...hours of time was spent re-polishing...jeebus!
Post your new found wall art here! How about an Xmas tree made from factory struts and sways?
Hmmm, I could make a pair of rolling chairs with my factory seats...have to make them powered...I like this idea.
Well I sold my red hood to a needy Canadian back years ago, and recently had the option to buy a black hood from macgruber down in Texas. I was just going to hang it on the wall and call it a day, but as I have a row of switched outlets up high in the big garage specifically for neon/lighted signs, I thought why not make my own?
I found a spare string of LED rope light that was perfect for the job. I added a few pieces of almost permanent double stick tape, safety wire and handful of clips for the rope light screwed into plastic plugs in the existing holes of the hood - worked great! I added a pair of chains from hanging fluorescent fixtures to the outside hinge bolts and a pair of stout screws in the wall.
Its not easy to see with my dark, unfinished walls, but it gives off a nice uniform glow around the edge and really looks great!
NOTE TO SELF: NEVER effing buy a black car! How do you guys keep them clean and unscratched? Just moving the thing around and setting it face down on soft towels while I did the light mounting scratched and fogged the clear...hours of time was spent re-polishing...jeebus!
Post your new found wall art here! How about an Xmas tree made from factory struts and sways?
Hmmm, I could make a pair of rolling chairs with my factory seats...have to make them powered...I like this idea.
