Gone down the LED rought.... I know it\'s not going to be to everyones tast, but I like them :bandit Let me know what you think guys ;)
Start with a blank section of ally
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0483.jpg)
Turn it in to a siv:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0484.jpg)
Mount a rediculus amount of LED\'s in the holes
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0504.jpg)
Smash a few bulbs
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0551.jpg)
Wack in the wire & solder it up:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0557.jpg)
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0560.jpg)
Old rear lights:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0565.jpg)
New rear lights:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0566.jpg)
Side lights:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0567.jpg)
Brake lights:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/REX/Photo0570.jpg)
Couldn\'t get indicators as I couldn\'t get the timing right with camera !!
Jono
I hate you :p
...only kidding, mate, another epic conversion you make sound like anyone could do it...yeah, right :Giggle. They look excellent, although my only concern is that the taillight rings might be mistaken for a Passat, or even worse...a Skyline !? I\'d have a set, though, how much :D?
LOL... they also might be a little too bright, but we shall see what plod has to say once I\'ve been out a few times! Voud never to do them again!! took me about 20hrs to do them!! god what a pain in the arse to solder 320 LED\'s :(
Jono
well done bud!!!
Look really good, like up to date 99 spec ones :Thumbs-up
Adam
I\'m liking those bud, great mod!
Oh Hell i dont envy you! Did you fit inline resistors to all/serise of Led\'s or did they have resistors built in? Would love to see the backside (no pun intended) :god
20hrs looks to me that they are worth every minute. Any more pictures on the steps taken from mounting the LED\'s to soldering through smashed bulbs. Also what is the wiring/connection result? Are you plugging into the original bulb holder for you power?
Regards,H
I\'ll have to have a look to see if I have any other pics of the rear of the ligh!! each bulb had it\'s own little resistor solderd onby me :( !!! bulbs were ebay specials ;)
Yea, I just stick the smashed bulbs straight in to the std light sockets, so no loom cutting at all ;)
do you buy the ebay leds from china (really cheep)or already here in the uk?
oh and what lux/intensity do you use? they are looking good maybe a few to many though,i have looked at a few standard cars with leds and they dont use that many some as little as 8 on each side -ie for brakes.
yea, I know they only use a few, but to get the affect I wanted I needed to get loads in there ;) LOL. From china my good man, come with free resistors too, but you have to solder them on yourself, but you have to get them on the correct terminal or they won\'t light up... like I found out :(
very well done....they look great:god
very cool jono nice work
Linky to where you can get these leds please! Any more info on what way the resistor is supposed to go, I fancy a go on mine!
They look great bud and gotta admire your soldering skills there!
Chris
p.s. ive always liked your reg plate, lol
Amazing lights mate, they really look stunning!
I was thinking about having a go but from the looks off it i would have no chance lol. also knowing my luck one l.e.d would go and i would have the stress off constantly changing them.
Great modern look mate well done
Look great jono, but aren\'t led\'s really unreliable? I\'ve seen a few cars with broken led lights, even an M3
Shouldn\'t be fella, something like 100,000 opperating hours or something!! although you do get the odd rouge one! but all seems to be good with mine!!
Jono
100,000 hrs is in optimium conditions but you can still expect a healthy 20,000 hrs, which is still 4 weeks continueous!