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Living Room Ceiling Light

I have been hounding Bob since we first bought the coach back in 2008 to replace the living room ceiling light.  In my opinion it just didn't fit with the interior and looked odd.  I did exhaustive research to try and find a replacement light that would fit in that odd sized spot but to no avail.  We finally came to the conclusion that if we wanted to replace it we would have to create something to go in there.  We bought a piece of walnut board 24" x 10" x 1/4" and stained it with Minwax Red Chestnut to get it as close as possible to the color of the existing cabinets.  We had 3 puck lights that we bought from another Foretravel owner years ago and we replaced the halogen lights with LED's.  To create a structure to screw into we put 1/4" paint sticks backed by 1/16" epoxyglass laminate (left over from the basement skin repair) and secured it with small angle aluminum.  We then put a screw through the puck lights casing into the wood brackets to secure it to the ceiling. One of our goals was to make it look as if it came from the factory this way.  Overall we're very happy with the look and it also throws out a lot more light than the old one. 
The selected media item is not currently available.Bob & Faith Rozek
1997 U320 40'
Xtreme Remodel
2010 Scion XD

Re: Living Room Ceiling Light

Reply #1 –
That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question, after changing the exterior turn signals and running lights to LED I noticed that fortravel left about a 1/2" or less with some of the wires... your didnt look to bad but some I almost couldnt solder them..

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Reply #2 –
Bob,
It looks great!
John M
John & Carm Morales

"We travel not to go anywhere, but to just go.  We travel for travel's sake.  Our great desire is to move."

Re: Living Room Ceiling Light

Reply #4 –
Great job!
1993 U300 40ft GV SE
Build # 4344
 

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Reply #5 –
Looks good!! 
The selected media item is not currently available.Keith & Jo
2003 U320T 4025 PBBS Designer series
Build 6203    Cummins 500hp
2000 U320 4010 WTFE / Build 5762 —Sold—
Motorcade #18070   
Pasadena, Texas
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