S13 coupe LED taillight conversion

[Dammitboy]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Here's a night clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_lyLFFsch8

[keith0486]

holy crap those are bright

[Otto.]

wow! those are going to blind the driver behind you!

[idahotuner]

the passenger side looks like it has sections that arnt as bright. lieka square that doesnt light up. whats the reaso nfor that.

[SkunX]

I believe he only installed the driver side so you can compare (atleast thats what it said for the daytime video)

[motoman399]

wow that looks a million times better than stock. so i was serious when i said i was going to try. check it out if you want zer...id=44

[wa-chiss]

NASA called, the astronauts aboard the ISS were relieved to know the flashing lights weren't gamma rays.

Seriously though, I love the lights. [borat voice] very niice [/end borat voice]

[ken240sx]

So now I know what to do with my extra set of tail lights for the hatch. I was going to sell them, but now I'm thinking about clearing out the yellow, and LED the **** out of it....hmmm. Great inspiration.

[240sxdrifterS14]

nice but looks like way to much work

[motoman399]

nice but looks like way to much work

that just depends on how much free time you have. lol it took me maybe 45 minutes to do 21 LED's. well worth it if you ask me.

[Redevil]

not a lot of work, just time consuming once you've figured it out.

[wangankid]

thats awsome mad props

[Dammitboy]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I'm glad you like em'. For the record- yes it is time consuming work, but if you want something different, then do it. I work full time, go to school at night, but still find time to do the stuff I like.

Ill start on the passenger side soon & post another vid of the complete swap.

K

[idahotuner]

awe i didnt realize you only did the drivers side. that is awesome though. cant wait ot see the finish product.

[ag240]

awe i didnt realize you only did the drivers side. that is awesome though. cant wait ot see the finish product.

+1 i thought he had done both, but then i used my brain.

i can't wait for the finished one

[kornaz]

Dude, awesome work! I should get started on my S14 tails.

[breadbox]

Nice work. I love how bright led tails are i just don't like the look of the little led everywhere, is there a way to put something in front of it to make it look like on solid light?

[motoman399]

Nice work. I love how bright led tails are i just don't like the look of the little led everywhere, is there a way to put something in front of it to make it look like on solid light?

i have filed down the top of the LED to make it more of a flood light rather than a spot. i think thats what your talking about.

[Kristine]

now that is pretty f***in awesome!

[-RJ-]

holy crap thats awesome. im def gonna do that too in the vert too

[sleepwalker4758]

sweet, can't wait for the write up.

[mott6904]

Forget doing the passenger side. make a write up first

[m tr4nch]

any updates with these?

[Fancy_Footwork]

MUST HAVE WRITE UP!

That's neat stuff right there. Not sure if I'd do it to my car personally. Might so some stuff like that with the dash though.

[RuthlessRPS13]

good deals! where did you purchase the LEDS and pref board? Im a newbie to little trinkets like that and have no clue where to start

thanks

[pimpgixxer04]

damn that ish looks awesome.....WHERES THE WRITE UP????

[Dammitboy]

patience...

[jkirves]

thanks for the inspiration!

I didn't do a write up, because I'm counting on Dammitboy, that he will do it and besides I'm lacking the technical knowledge. I just went to the nearest electronic store. talked to the salesman, what I was going to build and asked him for a bit help and I got the right parts. I installed 117 red LED's in 39 groups. 3 LED's in each group with a resistor and I installed all the 39 groups parallel (i don't know if that's the right word in english) and I was done. if you don't have that helpful salespersons and you know the specifications of the LED's then you can also use this website: http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

a picture says more than 1000 words.the inside of the lamp:http://car.stage.ee/forum/down...=viewthe result:http://car.stage.ee/forum/down...=view

now i'm going to start with the tail lights centre part (reverse lights) and then going to finish off the sides of tail lights. this has been a very interesting project!

[motoman399]

dude that looks sweet. i was going to do the center light too. the sales man at radio shack had no clue how to help me. so i just experimented on my own.

[nocashmotorsport]

i was actualy thinking about doing the same thing to my hatch center 240 piece to light up when I press the breaks. I think am just goin to go ahead and do it.