Nice,

Off to a good start.  Did you feel like there was plenty of wire for the light to open? 

I do love the idea of a hinge on the license plate side and magnet  or friction latch on the outside.  But the low profile makes it a challenge. 
Actually the hinge depends on where the wire is and I don’t have my van here to reference.

If the hardware brings it out a bit   then you would want to do both lights so it matches.

Looking forward to the next possible solution! 

Eric 

> On Feb 23, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> Clarification, the magnets do hold the assembly to the van, I doubt it would drop off. Just not secure enough for my liking.
> 
> I think magnets still have a role, maybe as the “latch” to Eric’s original idea of a hinge mechanism 
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 4:59 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Decided to try the super easy thing first. Magnets.
>> 
>> They hold the assembly to the van, but not a good enough sideways locator, nor , I think strong enough to hold overall.
>> 
>> I did try screwing in a couple of the stock screws, backwards, facing out, as locators. But that made placing the light assembly onto the van too fiddly.
>> 
>> Private blog post showing pics of magnets etc here
>> http://shufti.blog/2020/02/23/private-magnets-on-tail-light/