Directfreak

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I was watching an episode of Trucks! on the "new" TNN/Spike.

When I saw them updating an old trucks tailight assemblies, with L.E.D. lights. But not just a little bulb with 10 lights...

I mean a whole freaking sheet of 160 L.E.D. Bulbs.



It's made for a truck, but I can't help thinking it would look awesome in the tinted tails of an FB.

The size and shape looks right too. It's definately worth making a phone call and getting measurements for it.

What do you guys think?

By the way, there's more info

HERE

Sk8r_dude

sounds cool! link doesnt work for me tho

Directfreak

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sorry.

http://www.earlyclassic.com/ledtaillights.html

Sk8r_dude

i think its an awesome idea tho! they would look cool.

Sk8r_dude

much brighter!

1984special

it's cool but doesn't say how much it would cost... pretty sweet though. LEDs are def much brighter

82streetracer

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Direct freak

I saw that episode also and thought the same thing.
But i couldnt get on the forum yesterday to post it.

I wonder what company manufacturs them.

Im sure mantis Knows

MarkPerez

Hey, DF. It's a matter of buying some epoxy board, drawing the pattern you want, ' solid lights, circles, or whatever. drilling the holes, and soldering in a series.
Could be clear LED's,or coloured Red LED's. One could even use other colour LED's too. I think the colours come in red,yellow,blue,green,purple. i agree, that is a cool idea. hows the car coming along ???

Directfreak

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It's on the bottom link. Early Classic.

82streetracer

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I saw that but do you think that early classic creates the peice or is it just made for them.

I have been searching for awhile and have not been able to find a company that makes LED panel lights.

The only ones I did find were HUGE. for stadium displays and such.

virfighter

Doesn't the G35 come with LED taillights? It probably won't be too long before there are more and more kits out there. Maybe hold out a little longer?

1984special

Yeah it does.

BadAssRX-7

ive been thinking about doing this for a while also.... you gotta watch out for the colors... blue is MAJORLY expensive when i did elctronic manufactoring i think we broke it down to 10$ per led in blue.... looks almost white. we had bags full of them...... counted them 5 times to make sure they were the right count. Red on the other hand is pretty cheap. and a led wont burn out after "x" amount of time. they only go bad when you over power them.
the big trick to this is getting the STOP LAMP light to not kick on... i guess it works off current draw. i put in some super bright(55 watt) rev. lights and it kicked on the light so i removed them and a friend (yayo) had the led inserts and they kicked on the dam light also

racermike

LEDs will be universal in cars soon by virture of their efficency and long life. Blue ones have been very expensive in the past because of the materials and manufacturing proccess needed to make them and their past inability to equal the same brightness levels of the other colors. The continued effort, though expensive, has been worth it because of the increase in bandwidth available when using them in "data" (computer) applications, ie. lazer LEDs.
What is really neat is the development of WHITE LEDs, which are fast approaching brightness levels of incandecent lamps. Not very far in the future is the use of white LEDs in home lighting, which will mean "lamps" that don't burn out, have infinantly variable brightness levels, and use a fraction of the power that even florrecent bulbs use.
It is estimated that in less than the next decade, white LEDs will be able to replace even the high intensity bulbs needed for headlights etc..
When designing home built LED pannels etc., not ALL the LEDs are in series. The actual number of LEDs in a series is determined by the voltage/current specifications of the particular LED in use. If more LEDs are required than the number determined for a single series, then additional "series" strings are connected in parrallel. For example: If you want a panel of 32 LEDs, and the specs of the individual LED shows a need to connect 8 in series (to use with a 13 volt circuit),, you would build 4 seperate "series" circuits, and then connect those 4 circuits in "parrallel".
It is true that the "bulb out" detection circuits may trigger because the LEDs are using less power than the bulbs they are replacing. Also, the flasher circuits on some cars will also not work as they require a certain amout of current draw to function.

Mr BiG G

Hey i saw the same episode too and wen i saw that i said hmm FB Taillight + LED = happy me

fatboy7

It really wouldn't be that hard to make your own panel LED lights. Almost all through-hole LEDs come in a standard .100" pitch, the same as most prototype boards you find at radioshack. Litterally you could do you entire tails for less than $100. And they'd be so bright, the Mir space station would brake for ya .

Matty's first 1st Gen

if you own a soldering gun, and some wire you would be set, maybe i'll try this, I wouldn't mind LED turn signals up front

wagondriver69

LED brake lights would pimp, but the blinkers on our cars have a curve to them, like they wrap around the sides and back of the car.. i would just leave them

leif

i looked at the online catalog...the LED pannels cost between $110 and $130 depending on the size, i doesnt say if it is for one ot both though...probaly for both.