I need a show of hands.

This little experiment is temporary. I put Scotchlite inside my doors because there's no light on the back of the car with the hatch up. I'm thinking of doing this more carefully and maybe with a bit more material, but this was such a PITA that I'd rather not do it again if it's deemed to be a retarded idea by my peers.
I tend to try stuff out before I think it through; this was a passing thought. For my next amazing act, I'm going to fabricate a Hoopty-worthy luggage rack and attach it to Mickey's old decklid, and then make it line up with my Dzus buttons.

Let's have a vote on the Scotchlite, shall we? Keep or scrape?

What about adding lights instead? You can install lights in each door so that when they open it would light the way to your seat. (I just gave myself something to do) You can flush mount them in the doors easy enough. As for the back, 4 way flashers???? Just sayin'!

Hey Corey---that's a good idea with the reflective material inside the door jambs----I'm going to do the same for my VS.

I don't know about lights but feel that reflective material will do the job adequately.

My only thought is to put maybe 3 strips of material inside the door jamb---even a solid area of reflective material covering all of the jamb would be helpful.

Very glad to see your great car back in action!----Jack

LA fire is now putting those all over the back of ambulances. engines and trucks. I think it looks cool especially on your rig.

I'm giving it my thumbs up. I think it looks pretty frickin cool, and it's functional. It gives the hoopty a little more of the "jet fighter" look as if it needs more of that. I like it! (subject to closer inspection and test drive data)

Ya gotta add a Remove before Flight banner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GASSER-17-REMOVE-BEFORE-FLIGHT-PARACHUTE-TAG_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ107069QQihZ009QQitemZ190228779399QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Cory, you are a nut case, lets face it, these weirdos would like it if you put propellers on your ride...

Jack, thanks! Feels good to be back on the streets.
Alan, I have one in the other car already; used to hang in the both of the 928s. I may have to get another one. :)
Mickey, you (and everyone else) can have all the test-drives you want. I really like sharing this thing with you folks.
Oscar, I'm a fireman. I did take the idea from the new NFPA requiring this stuff on apparatus -- good call. See the first photo ...
Mike, as for the four-ways, I don't have any. And the wiring harness stops at the front of the engine compartment, where there's a connection that only reaches when the body section is down and locked. When it's up, there's no way to power the lights in the rear, so I figured this would make sense.
Every Porsche I've ever had had lights on the trailing edges of the doors, but not this guy. Maybe I'll wire some into the holes that already exist. That's on the projekt list now, along with my door handles, a luggage rack/Dzus decklid, oil breather upgrade and a bimini top/Lexan windshield combo.

More test data: The second picture was with the bay lights on, using the phone camera and a hand-held flashlight. The third was just using the phone's spotlight from about 30 feet away.
Keep the opinions coming. If there's enough call for this stuff, maybe I'll order up some more and make some I can mail to interested parties.

Vince, really, you have GOT to drive this thing. When can we expect you out this way?

Ooohhh some blue lights underneath to pimp it old school...

Cory, perhaps next year for Carlisle....but no egg sammaches, or whatever you guys call them....you obviously haven't heard about the ongoing cholestoral problem facing the country...

C'mon Vince.....I've got your hard hat waiting........

It's DEUX not DEAUX! I'm just sayin'!

Sorry - no...

But in the same line of thought let me propose this: You can get the retro-reflective tape in silver-ish or black. The motorcycle guys use it all the time, I've even got some of it on my helmet.

Why not take a silverish sheet, cut out some crazy shape that suits your personality - and put that on the car? This is a pretty white looking sample below (and it's way way huge...) but I've seen it far more silver than this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/3M-Scotchlite-High-Intensity-Reflective-sheeting-NEW_W0QQitemZ280234962127QQihZ018QQcategoryZ46741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You could also do the hoopty's number in an orange reflective - that might look really cool at night and give "rearward visibility..."

angela

Nice ride Cory! Good idea with the tape. Whatever you can do to wake up other drivers has to help. If they don't see that car they are truly snoozing. Can't wait to see it in Carlisle next year. I don't know if I want to ride in it though. I'm afraid I might go home and throw mine away!

Cory -

Pep Boys or Kragen's has a 'pimp-your-ride' section where they have all the LED crap (I mean, supplies such as license frames, interior lights, map lights) on display. Get one of those LED strips with 4 red lights, peel the cover off the adhesive strip and attach to your door jamb, simple wiring to a micro-switch on the door - Voila.

My IM has a red reflector on the door...as does my Benz if memory service me right. I thought the lights in my car illuminated the ground so you could see what you were stepping out onto?

I'll look for those doo-dads, Jim. Thanks.
A white light to aim at the ground or one from under the dash wouldn' be too hard to rig up. ... hmmm.

Cory,
I have an original Hella flexible "goose neck" lamp that plugs into an auxiliary lighter receptacle. However, the receptacle must match the European connection. The German parts sellers on eBay are great and honest.