Bill B

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Searched around and didn't find anything current.
Is anyone offering LED/Custom tail lights?
Thanks
Bill

Narfle

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Car Shop Glow makes some fancy sets. There are some people who will do a Theorie/Hayes style conversion for you, though they're a little dim IMHO.

Bill B

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Thanks. Everywhere I've seen them they are on back order with no in stock date available.

AE_Racer

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You can order them directly from CSG https://www.carshopglow.com/parts/csg-fd-001/?lg=en

I did that for my front bumper lights. No communication other than order confirmation but I did finally get them about 2 months later.

David Hayes

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Please don't confuse what I did with the Theorie LED lights that were part of the SakeBomb group buy. The Theorie lights were absolutely too dim and in my opinion, dangerous. That I why I put the time and research into fixing the problem:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...cation-955336/

If you follow the DIY instructions, you will end up with taillights that vastly exceed the brightness of the OEM lights. In fact, you will need to use a potentiometer to turn down the brightness as I did. They do take some effort to put together, but I think the results are worth it. Mine are still going strong and look great. I am not aware of anyone that will do this conversion but I'd contact turboIIrotary to see what he can do for you. His work is good and he uses high quality components.

As for the CSG LED taillights, those are also too dim to be safe for the road. Yes, they look cool, but there is no way the light output is close to OEM levels. I base this on the technology they use (5MM LEDs) and the pictures posted. You just can't use old led technology like what they use and end up with bright lights.

Bill B

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Thanks for the replies and PM's
I did find one more that I hadn't seen before.
Any info on these? I kinda like them.
EVO-R Mazda RX-7 FD3S LED tail lights by DEPO

David Hayes

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In my personal opinion, I would stay away from those. They had issues in the past with water intrusion and like the CSG ones, they will be too dim as well.

Narfle

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Please share some pictures. I've never seen a set of similar lights, which didn't disappoint.

David Hayes

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Look at post #214 in the DIY thread. The video is of a set I made for one of our US service members. Or, I've got a bunch of pics and videos in my build thread.

Narfle

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YMMV. I'll leave it there.

L-Spec

FWIW, I've followed a car with CSG's Version 4 tail lights during the day for a few hours and they looked fine to me.

David Hayes

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? Are you referring to my mod or something else? If my mod then also see the testing results I posted up in the DIY thread. The lights are most certainly brighter than stock.

Yet CSG does not post light output results. Unless they have changed from the 5mm leds they previously used - and the pics seem to confirm they have not - they cannot be as bright as stock.

drifter-s

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I have a set of the "wild style" tails from Corey at AZRX7. He even did a custom 3rd brake light for me. I'm very pleased with them. You can find him if you search AZRX7.

L-Spec

I'm not comparing to oem, and I'm not basing this on photos off of the internet. I'm just saying that I didn't notice an extreme amount of dimness compared to OEM when I saw the V.4 in use in person with my own eye ***** during the day.

Bill B

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Searched but didn't find anything from. AZRX7 about the lights.
Do you remember the thread title?

AE_Racer

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ArizonaLEDs

Bill B

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Thanks! I like them.

drifter-s

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Thank you. Should have posted the link. He has an Instagram page with the same name with a lot more pics of his work.

Jose A.

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Can also follow him on facebook

Digi7ech

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I'm super shitty at posting current work on my pages lol. Instagram is where I post a lot of current projects and designs.

https://www.instagram.com/azrx7/

azrx7.com is the shop to buy current stuff. I can make one off's as well.

Bill B

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Nice!
Are you doing anything wit the 99 front lights?

Digi7ech

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I've been meaning to, but not yet. I mainly take on paid projects instead of making products and then crossing my fingers people want them.

David Hayes

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^Seems like digi7ech use the correct type of LEDs in his conversions so I'd bet his meet or exceed OEM brightness.

MattGold

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led.tail_modz on Instagram is also doing the 99Spec style (round diffusers) as well as FC3S lamps.

Digi7ech

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Yeah. I use Osram plcc4 leds and full commercial level circuit boards with built in voltage regulation. The leds are definitely bright. I actually have to dim down my latest set for a Supra because he says they're blinding.
Off the top of my head they're something like 3500mcd per led @ 120 degree viewing angle.

Here' my 99 specs I am building for s customer currently.

I'll be toying with 3d printed diffusers in the next few weeks to see the outcome. A customer printed some for his MR2 with Star tails and it really made the design crisp.