Just want to give you guys an update. (since, obviously I can't show you in person anymore)
I have opened up my rear tail lights (like I said I always wanted to )
I split my passenger side lens, so I have to procure another one, somehow.
I'm also working on my bumper marker lights.
I am installing LED's into the outer circle reflector area. 8 in there and 2 will go on the side for turn signal indications.

On my side markers. These are the new style JDM lights with the "bump". The design is 30 amber leds per side and 10 white per side. I'm waiting on some parts to come in to finish that project as well as the tail lights.

Here is a picture of the tails. With and without the cover, wish I could find clear covers, that would be sick!



Here is the LED turn signal, pretty much complete. Next I'll mount it and trim up the housing so it will fit and I will hook it up to the car so we can see how it looks compared to the brake and normal turn signal

Ckt Board Front


Ckt Board Rear


Powered at 12v (power supply is only putting out 11v when hooked up )


In the new Signal Spot


The whole housing at 1/100 5.6 (just like the rest of the pictures)


The whole housing at 1/60 3.2 (more like what your eyes would see)


Glued into place (Silicone in the middle and Hot Glue on the edge)


I had to trim this in order for the board to fit. (Didn't feel like pulling out the rotary, so I used wire cutters )


Here you can see how close the fit is.


Parking Light


Parking + Blinker


Brake + Blinker



Edit:
Done with the sides, just have to wire them into the car

Here is the ckt board. 40 leds in total so as you'll see in the next pic, it needs more room.


As you can see I had to dremel down the backing in order to get the leds to fit into the case.



Parking light



Signal light



Parking + Signal



I could make these about twice as bright. I tested it with higher voltages, but I don't want to risk overloading them. When the car is running the voltage being supplied fluctuates. At WOT they will get over 14+ volts. Regular running around 13 and when the engine isn't running 12v.

The pictures are all running on a 12v power supply in the house. I will proceed to wiring them up tomorrow, as long as it isn't raining

01/13/2010

Finally did the reverse lamps
I cut these open a little bit differently. I cut them the way I was talking about a while ago. This way was tons easier than going sideways. Plus this has the added benefit of not messing up the clear lens either
Unfortunately it means you wont cut it perfectly and will/might hit some of the reflector. Easy fix though. Just paint the clear lens on the inside near the edges. This will help blend it all together.

See where the edge of the red plastic is serrated? This is where you want to cut. It seems to be where the parts were melted together.




Inner housing. This is the area that was painted.


This is the lens. I ended up taping the inside with masking tape and leaving the edges untaped. I also taped the front and sides, but not the back of the sides. After that I painted it black. (Sorry, I didn't take pictures of that. I wanted to get this buttoned up, because it was raining a little bit)


How they look at night. The driver side outer light is a stock JDM light.


Daytime pic taken with my iPhone, sorry
Again driver side housing/lens is a stock JDM unit.

 

good luck man

 

I cant wait for more.

 

too bad you can't put a clear lense on it. It looks sick opened up

 

looks sick!!!!

 

You know! I would have used my KH3 paint instead of normal black. I'm looking into what it would take to get some clear ones made. It's probably way too expensive, but you never know.

 

wrap that bish in saran wrap and you're good to go.

edddddiie, looks good mang!

 

^^^ saran wrap LOL HAHAH

 

First post updated with pictures of my bumper lights

 

Those look sick!!!!! I dont know how to wire up LEDs, so I'm stuck with whatever is prefabed. My soldering skills aren't up to par

 

^^^Here is a good tool for figuring out the resistor values you need for your leds. http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

 

^^^ that ishhh is sickkkk goood stuff eddie!!!!

 

It rained, but I installed them anyway

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hell yea

 

Updated first post with the LED's for the rear turn signal