Wingtip landing light kit

[tomcostanza]

I started fiting the wingtip landing lights supplied by Van's (with the MR bulbs). There aren't many options for the landing light side, but there are a couple for the nav/strobe light side. The plans say to fit the nav/strobe light directly to the fiberglass. I started painting the mounting surface with metalic paint, but it looks pretty cheezy. I wanted to get the max reflectivity. I was thinking I would fit a piece of alclad over the raw fiberglass, like the landing light side, and paint it white.

What have others done?

Thanks, and clear skies.

[jay.pearlman]

Why not just polish the alclad and use it as a reflector?
Other have done that if you look at some of the previous posts.

[Sam Staton]

This is also an option. Plexiglass is available with a mirrored surface - light, no polishing involved.

[byoung]

How well do the wingtip landing light systems work? I see many use the Duckworks (SP?) system for landing and taxi lights. Are the wing tip systems worthwhile?