I have finally compiled my few photographs and have presented the most appropriate from today's small Avalanche wash and meet. ?(A majority of the time was spent creating the animated GIFs of my strobe lights.)
Responding to brmiller's question, strobe lights are a grey area here. ?They are definitely illegal while driving, and according to the law, they are illegal even while parked, with the exception of amber strobes. ?Amber strobes would not look too appealing, so I went with white. ?(Originally, the strobes were blue and red; the white lenses were manufactured by a friend. ?For those interested, the strobes are Whelan Halogen Lightheads, driven by a programmable Whelan six outlet flasher unit, driving 60W to each bulb. ?Two housings are behind the grill, two more bulbs are inside my high-mount signal lights. ?Whelan units are what you will find in most police cars. ?I hope to post a complete installation guide in the coming days.) ?The police do not enforce the law too strictly here, and I know some people get away with even driving with strobes operating, but I decided to play it safe and only use them when parked, preferably not on a street.
Chasman took more photographs while washing, whereas I was busy catching up to him cleaning because I arrived late and did not have an opportunity to take any photographs until the end. ?Not very many, but they illustrate the end result. ?You may click on the link following each photograph to view a larger version of it.
The result of eight hours of washing, polishing, and waxing.
Larger: http://www.boarral.com/cafcna/avys1b.jpg
Our only casualty, the result of me not watching where I was backing up.
Larger: http://www.boarral.com/cafcna/casualty1b.jpg
In an effort to not upset anyone due to large file sizes, I will simply post two links to an animated GIF of my strobe lights in action:
Small: http://www.boarral.com/cafcna/strobe1a.gif (225 Kb)
Larger: http://www.boarral.com/cafcna/strobe1b.gif (700 Kb)
I hope to have several installation guides completed and posted in the coming days, including the strobes, my Whelan siren and air horn, my GPS antenna, and an update on the installation of the telematics computer. ?If anyone has any questions, feel free to respond to this thread, send me a private message, or e-mail me.