so fresh's led tail light attempt

[so fresh]

3/02/10
so yeah as the title state's im gonna try n do some led taillights

so far picked up a pack of 100pc led's and resitors from jaycar(i got the clear one's not the red but still the same price)


then found some trailer lights in kmart looks good saved me some time on soldering


now i got another trailer light lense just to spead the illumination of the led's and i picked up some light fittings from bunnings just to house the lense in and if im happy with it i'll get epoxy for that sold seal

then put part b over part a like so

and you get this

now the reason why i got that silver light fitting is so i can do this

and heres the led diagramme for all to see,this is so that the car thinks its a real globe.

then after that i'll make a casing for the unit to protect it sooooo
thats 1 done five more to go.....
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[marcs_sp20]

Wow, props to you for doing this project!

One question, how are you going to have them protected?

Have you thought about doing something like this, moreso with mounting your lights and filling the rest?

[so fresh]

Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

Wow, props to you for doing this project!

One question, how are you going to have them protected?

Have you thought about doing something like this, moreso with mounting your lights and filling the rest?

was just thinking of putting a clear perspex lense in like the altezzer taillights so simaler to the green bg but pushed in more so i can put the perspex in which would be glued to the taillight housing

[D Valerius]

I like, cant wait to see finished product.

[70NYD]

good on ya mate, im doing something similar v soon, planed it all out, but i wont speak of it untill its finishd

[so fresh]

4/02/10
ok went back to jaycar for more leds(3mm) + resistors n holders so all up bout $23 and thats for
20x3mm red led(clear lense),3pks of 8 resistors n 20pk of plastic holders and i think thats enuff for 1 light, for the parkers, but wont be doing it till 2moro starting work soon ffs!

[so fresh]

Originally Posted by 70NYD

good on ya mate, im doing something similar v soon, planed it all out, but i wont speak of it untill its finishd

cool cant wait to see,intice my curiousity you did!

[RibZe]

Why can't you be in Sydney

[so fresh]

5/02/10
ok just drilled 3mm holes into the silver fitting for the 3mm led's (didnt need those holders, led's didnt stick out further) will superglue them on later then more soldering of the resistors
so thats 12 led's per fitting, decided im only gonna do 4xpakers like those ek honda t/lights pics will be up soon...

[Ghoru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6sZg3iL5EY

i was thinking of doing something similar to this, with out the fancy disco work lol. but i was going to replace the very ends of the BG tail lights with amber/orange LEDs have the rest red as tail light and brakes and have the middle light up for brakes as well.

cant wait to see how yours turn out tho...

[Ghoru]

jus a thought tho...are they bright enough?

[so fresh]

yeah they are but if not their still parkers after all which doesnt need to be that bright but visable at night, lol like candles

[so fresh]

6/02/10
ok update... stuffed up wiring leds.
coz i only have a 1cm or so gap or dip what ever u call i fort i'll do the
resistor-pos(LED)neg-res-pos(LED)neg-res-pos(LED) and so on an so forth...
upto the 12th, put it on the batt and BANG! not light
power gradually gets drained out as it goes from 1 led to the next
so gonna have to do it in 3 groups of 4's rather than 1 group of 12.
btw i new it would happen just wanted to be sure.

[70NYD]

more common setup is groups of 3
if you do do it like that (groups of 3) i suggest you wire every 4th one together, so if it DOES blow, you wont have one massive gap
also i wold like to add do you really need a resistor between each LED. wouldnt it b bettr to have just one resistor on the start of the circuit??

i really like the idea/progress so far BTW

[Rupewrecht]

Yeah, i've got one resistor every 4th, just in case they do blow.

[so fresh]

Originally Posted by Rupewrecht

Yeah, i've got one resistor every 4th, just in case they do blow.

that looks even better mite incorperate that method,thanx dan

[so fresh]

Originally Posted by 70NYD

more common setup is groups of 3
if you do do it like that (groups of 3) i suggest you wire every 4th one together, so if it DOES blow, you wont have one massive gap
also i wold like to add do you really need a resistor between each LED. wouldnt it b bettr to have just one resistor on the start of the circuit??

i really like the idea/progress so far BTW

*this is my first time doing this so i didnt knowwhat the hell i was doing in reguards the resistors so just gonna put 1 on every forth.
*12 devided by 3 equals 4, makes it easier not too much to do(soldering)
burnt myself alot doin dis

[so fresh]

6/02/10
ok soldered 3 groups of 4xled's 1 resistor for each group @ 470 ohms and this is how it looks bear in mind camera's and light dont work that well but to be honest it looks really good.

[so fresh]

ok just finished the light after a few blown led's and super gluing my fingers to tools n wire but thats what happens on saturday,just need to wait for a call from jaycar for my order of 36 more led's.very pleased with the out come of''em

[70NYD]

awesome man keep it up