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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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LED reverse lights

Did a retro fit on my reverse lights using LED's and they seem really bright. Gonna do taillights soon I'll update with some pics when that gets done in the next few days. So wanted to experiment. Here's a pic of my car and my buddie's s14 he did like 14 leds while i did 8.
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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are those authentic 99 spec rears? and are u gonna do a howto?>
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 11:01 PM
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What size bulbs did you use??
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 02:23 AM
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^ dito
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 02:31 AM
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bulb size? they are led's had to fab it up on a PCB board
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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What size bulbs did you use??
led's:



circuit board:



with a little electronic knowlege this can be easily done. reliable, looks real nice, and you can make your lights just about any color you wish
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Anyone have pictures of LED's on a circuit board in the shape of the 99 spec tail lights?
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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here's pics of the taillights... just finished em. Sorry about the low-res cell phone pics.
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 02:56 AM
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wow looking nice!!
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 02:57 AM
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The tail lights are awesome

great job
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 05:59 AM
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dang that looks awesome
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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They selll LED bulbs at AutoZone.
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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those bad boys look awesome. good work
tutorial coming out soon?
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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I'm sorry but those led's look terrible..
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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No offense, and I know it was a camera phone, but the tail lights don't look so hot. I would definitely prefer to fork out the money for 99spec tail lights.

However, the reverse lights are very cool. I wouldn't mind having my reverse lights like that. Nice job on the reverse lights
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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they were done on 99 converted lights. I'll have better pics up soon. They look alot better in person though. With the camera phone it picks up alot of the residual light (I dunno what the term is) because the shutter is open longer
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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here's some nicer pics, as you can see in the earlier pics they are really bright, took the later pics in signlight
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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are the reverse light led's supposed to be blue or white?
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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are the reverse light led's supposed to be blue or white?
White LEDs are slightly blueish.
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 03:36 AM
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tutorial on how to do the reverse lights...!!
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Got tutorial on how to do the brake lights?
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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anything on the reverse lights?
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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i don't really have a tutorial on it. I just took a few pics to document the event lol. I'll try to get them off my friend
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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I was thinking of doing them for people, but I have to become a authorized dealer to advertise. (Which I'm working on)
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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can u explain how you did it?
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