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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:01 am
by loudwagon15s
looks very cool, i've always liked how some of the newer cars have led strips in the rear view mirrors
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:12 am
by Chris from Washington
loudwagon15s wrote:looks very cool, i've always liked how some of the newer cars have led strips in the rear view mirrors
HMMM, Never thought about doing that before.
Might have to look into it, and see how hard it would be to do?? hmmmm..
I know no other Camaro would have that.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:24 am
by solacedagony
Didn't you write a tutorial on wiring LEDs at some point? I need to look that up because half the lights in my dash have already gone out. I might as well replace them with LEDs that I know will last the rest of the lifetime of the car.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:34 am
by Chris from Washington
I think I had a thread for my tail lights in the 4Runner, but I think it got deleted when we merged forums.
If you really want to see how to LEDs, take a look at HIDPlanet.
They have a whole forum dedicated to just LEDs, and I've learned a ton from there. I've seen a few nice dash retros there, you get a lot of ideas too.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:32 am
by solacedagony
Chris from Washington wrote:I think I had a thread for my tail lights in the 4Runner, but I think it got deleted when we merged forums.
If you really want to see how to LEDs, take a look at HIDPlanet.
They have a whole forum dedicated to just LEDs, and I've learned a ton from there. I've seen a few nice dash retros there, you get a lot of ideas too.
Aight, thanks a ton for the link. I'll certainly look that up.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:20 am
by Scarrell
Chris, how much would it cost for me to have you make me a couple of LED strips that i could use for tail lights? each about a foot in length, and wired up and ready to install and all that(if possible) :happy055:
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:26 am
by Chris from Washington
Usually how I do them is cut a board to fit the tail light itself. So it fits right in there. It be easier then trying to wire up separate strips, later on.
Would you just want the LEDs in rows.
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or something fancy and harder to do?
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:03 am
by Scarrell
im wanting to do something similair to this, only not a long strip, and in the middle or so, the same size though, as long as they are fully functional, turn signal, breaking..etc..
http://www.xtremelowz.com/vegaschapter/ ... onrear.jpg
basically Caddy tails, but horizontal in the tailgate:
http://www.xtremelowz.com/vegaschapter/nick/nick6.jpg
thinking about.. i think i want them in the roll pan.. i can fit them in either though..
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:18 am
by Chris from Washington
Ah turns too.. Until I totally figure out what's going on with the indicators in the Camaro. I don't think I'll do anything that needs blinkers. Turns suck if you want to do it right
Another thing I'm thinking of is, all the PC Boards I find are at most 6 inches in length. So I would have to solder/glue 2 together to get a foot in length. So if the tail light you use, isn't defused or somehow not totally transparent. That might show.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:26 am
by Scarrell
couldnt i use a TAC to make it fully functional?
http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?idno=8862