rear led lights

[paulm]

very impressive great work!

[steveobennet]

nope they are 5mm dome leds. when i get some free time this week i\'ll do a little write up. oh and i\'ve buggered up abit as there is a slight difference between the two but its not that noticable.

[Speedworks]

VERY interested!!

[steveobennet]

right, my original idea was to combine the nismo stlye lights on an r34 and the 99 spec rx7 ones. i drew a few diagrams before deciding on what you see above. the diameter of the brake lights are 70mm and the indicator 60mm. after a couple of hours of carefull marking out i drilled some 2mm pilot holes, the widened to 5mm



once both were done, sprayed the lenses satin black. and then wire up the leds with the help of alot of solder and crimp connectors.



then modify the existing loom for the lights, including adding a 200 resistor to the side lights wire to reduce the brightness abit. also load resistor were fitted  to the indicators to stop the from flashing too fast. and you have the finished result. also after failing with a hair dryer on a previous attempt, it is advisable to use the correct tools i.e a heat gun to seperate the lights, makes the job so much easier.

i\'ll get some decent pics soon, just need to give the car a dam good clean!

[trotter]

right, my original idea was to combine the nismo stlye lights on an r34 and the 99 spec rx7 ones. i drew a few diagrams before deciding on what you see above. the diameter of the brake lights are 70mm and the indicator 60mm. after a couple of hours of carefull marking out i drilled some 2mm pilot holes, the widened to 5mm


once both were done, sprayed the lenses satin black. and then wire up the leds with the help of alot of solder and crimp connectors.



then modify the existing loom for the lights, including adding a 200 resistor to the side lights wire to reduce the brightness abit. also load resistor were fitted  to the indicators to stop the from flashing too fast. and you have the finished result. also after failing with a hair dryer on a previous attempt, it is advisable to use the correct tools i.e a heat gun to seperate the lights, makes the job so much easier.

i\'ll get some decent pics soon, just need to give the car a dam good clean!

"ROFL" - ain\'t that always the way!!

[Speedworks]

can you elaborate abit more on the electrical/technical side.

I\'m an electric noob so something schematic would be great :-)

Many thanks and great job!

[Bobbit]

also after failing with a hair dryer on a previous attempt, it is advisable to use the correct tools i.e a heat gun to seperate the lights, makes the job so much easier.

I used a bucket of very hot water and left the lights in that until they got soft, and just pulled them apart (very gently mind), took one side off, dropped them in the bucket and by the time i\'d got the 2nd side off the 1st was nearly ready.

[Nik da Greek]

I used a bucket of very hot water and left the lights in that until they got soft, and just pulled them apart (very gently mind), took one side off, dropped them in the bucket and by the time i\'d got the 2nd side off the 1st was nearly ready.

+1, hot water FTW!  A heat gun\'s great if you want to clean out all the sticky clag once they\'re separated, but I find it too aggressive and localised a heat for the actual separation process. Hot water and a couple of thin tyre levers/long screwdrivers plus loads of patience is the way forward :Thumbs-up

[steveobennet]

+1, hot water FTW!  A heat gun\'s great if you want to clean out all the sticky clag once they\'re separated, but I find it too aggressive and localised a heat for the actual separation process. Hot water and a couple of thin tyre levers/long screwdrivers plus loads of patience is the way forward :Thumbs-up

thats how i broke the first light, by prying it. heat gun constantly moving all the way round the rim, 4-5mins later just pulls apart with your fingers. plus you can get a heat gun these days for a couple pounds.

um well i bought my leds off ebay and to save myself loads of work i bought them pre-wired with resistors for 12v. its simple really as you are joining several wires to one them to the original loom. it also depends which leds you want for side lights and which for brake lights.

[Jono FD3]

You took the easy way out!!! Should have gone for the full on solder yourself like I did then you know whay patience is! LOL

Jono

[steveobennet]

you sir have the patience of a saint!:King

i\'ll stick to the easy way

[ENVYD]

do you have a diagram of how to connect the led\'s to the normal loom?

[steveobennet]

nope but, the brown wire is the side light live, the green the brake live, the green and red i think is the indicator live and the black is the earth. so all the negatives go together to the black, with you choosing which leds you want for the side light, brake etc. i would advise using and extra resistor in the side light wire to reduce the brightness so that people won\'t confuse it with the brake light. i used around a 200ohms one i think.......

[ENVYD]

okay thanks mate, can you put up some links of what resistors you used for the tail lights and indicators?
 
thanks
steven

[ENVYD]

ah also, how many led\'s have you gone through in total?