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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Lightbulb Led Tail Lights

I was looking around the forum if anyone made or knew someone that sold led tail lights and iv found some nice led 99 spec tail lights that look sexy on the forum. if anybody knows more info on these tail lights let me know because in very intrested if the price is right here is a link with some pics

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=LED+LIGHTS

if anyone has any info please pm me or leave a comment
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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PM FDNewbie. He posted those pics and said he could get them. If he still can, he'll hook you up with a price too. From what I understand, he's a good guy to do business with, though I haven't bought anything from him myself.
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Yep, i'd HIGHLY recommend FDNewbie (Ramy) for your transaction. Makes things very easy, fair pricing, and excellent timing. Glad he's local for me
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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Hey thanks for the positive words guys...much appreciated

TURBODREAMS04, I can get ya the tailights no prob, but a few notes (since I get a bunch of PMs on these, but no one comes through).

1) They're done one by one, it's a one man show, so if you're not ready to buy when they're available, it's a several month wait until the next set is available. So when I say I need to know within the next X number of hours or days, I MEAN it. Really

2) There are only one or two styles to choose from, as seen in my original post (that you linked to).

3) The guy who makes the tailights is NOT the same guy who makes the center tailight. So if you want the entire set, it may not happen at the same time.

4) These lights are EXPENSIVE. The guy includes in his price not just the incredible amount of time and effort it takes (there are 400+ some LEDs in the side tailights alone), but also the cost of the cores he has to come up with to convert them.

PM me for any further info.

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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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Yeah...they look pretty good. I was thinking of getting some too..but I'm gonna tune the motor first.
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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it's not hard

I'm actually in the process of making them. I say the total budget is around $50 if you do it yourself. GEt some LED on ebay for at the most $1 each. Build a mounting plate and solder up the connections. Easy. I'll do a writeup on this real soon.

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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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I've noticed there was this way of doing LED conversion, or the simpler way of getting direct replacement for the bulbs.

I've gotten all my LED's from Autolumination.com
They've turned out great... nobody can tell the difference until you hit the brakes or use the turn signals. They provide as much light as the stock light bulbs but with the reaction time of LED's.

Check them out..

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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Hey, Neo do you have any pictures you can post of your taillights with LEDs?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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Well, you know how the stock units light up?? It's the same. They might be a bit more red (very little difference) but overall it looks like the stock lighting. The difference is in the reaction time it takes to light the bulb, in this case the LED.

I wish I could take some pics, but I don't have a digi cam.... I know, I know, I'm probably the only guy without a digi cam... too broke because of the car!

I'll try to get some pics over the weekend...

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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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wisesports led tail light

check this out http://www.wisesports.co.jp/main.html
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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So what is different between the 2 prices?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 04:07 PM
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So what is different between the 2 prices?
i have no idea, maybe with or without center piece
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 12:57 AM
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I just found this place online for LED tail lights for the FD RX7 i emailed the place to find out more info on them but they are a good price
http://www.lighter.net/products/rx7brakelights/
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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99 spec FTW!
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by TURBODREAMS04
I just found this place online for LED tail lights for the FD RX7 i emailed the place to find out more info on them but they are a good price
http://www.lighter.net/products/rx7brakelights/
I wonder if these are just as good as the ones FDNewbie gets? FD, wanna comment on this? Also, FDNEWBIE, what's your price for the set?
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 12:18 AM
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http://www.lighter.net/products/rx7brakelights/

I emailed the guy 3 days ago and i never receved an email back hopefully i will get an email soon
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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I have no idea what the quality of the lighter.net LEDs is...so I won't comment for or against. But I can tell you that the ones I get from Japan are indeed VERY high quality. As mentioned before, there are 400+ some LEDs in the tailights, and there's even a switch on the back of the tailight allowing you to switch it from "donut" mode to "solid" mode and visa versa, as per your preference. Now THAT'S sweet.

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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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FDNewbie !
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---- > Instert Total $$ Here ! Please !

Preferably with and without center section (3'rd Brake Light)

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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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I dont see how number of LEDs = quality. I use 208 genuine Lumileds Superflux LEDs in mine. These are the same that you see on Lexus and BMWs. The pictures posted appear to be conventional 5mm LEDs.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DCrosby
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Preferably with and without center section (3'rd Brake Light)

DCrosby, my apologies...I kinda forgot to post that

He asks about $600 for the tailights, and $300 for the center tailight. And yes, ppl buy them EVERY single time they pop up for sale. I'm sure some of that price is to recover the cost of genuine 99spec tailights he provides for the conversion.

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Old May 4, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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we also sell a diff version we make.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by FDNewbie
DCrosby, my apologies...I kinda forgot to post that

He asks about $600 for the tailights, and $300 for the center tailight. And yes, ppl buy them EVERY single time they pop up for sale. I'm sure some of that price is to recover the cost of genuine 99spec tailights he provides for the conversion.

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Do you have a picture of the center LED light?
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Old May 4, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Compilez
Do you have a picture of the center LED light?
One style can be seen here: https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=29 And there's another style...

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Old May 6, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by respecttheseven
we also sell a diff version we make.
Respecttheseven..do you have any pics of the R Magic Drift Lights installed??
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Old May 6, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FDNewbie
One style can be seen here: https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=29 And there's another style...
Thanks Ramy..
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