long story short:

get a 1/4" thick piece of frosted acrylic and cut circles in the size you need. then mount the LEDs about 1/2" behind the acrylic. it diffuses the light so you get a nice even glow over the whole shape instead of seeing each individual bulb.

the only problem is that it requires a deeper area to work with since you need at least 1/2" between the LEDs and the backside of the acrylic.

examples:

LEDs without light diffuser:


LEDs with light diffuser:


of course, i did a Ring shape instead of a solid circle...but you get the idea.

 

not to hard to do, i did mines but with a full circle only, my parking lights are as bright as regular stop lights and when you hit the brake twice as bright.

 

theorie
did you painted the circle to make it darker in the center. i like it ,i may have to do this to mines since i hate seing the bulbs also, do you have any pics of how you did the acrylic.

 

nice.

 

not a fan of the diffuser....which is why I purposely removed it.

Too each his own

 

BTW these lights are $43.00 each ($25.00 + $9.00 shipping + $10 handling)....bringing you to a grand total of $172.00 and you haven't even gotten the turn signals or the pigtails for the lights. By the time you are all said and done you would have spent at least $270.00 in just materials. Pretty pricey for some tail lights that you'll never see unless you let someone borrow your car.

P.S. The purpose of my thread was to showcase a mod that I took the time to do on my car. I am catering to those individuals on this board that are looking for ideas on modding their own car and to answer questions on how I performed the mod.
If you are going to hijack my thread at least include pictures of LED tails on an FC not and FD or better yet...start your own thread.

 

sweet

 

I know its your thread and between you two. but I personally like the defuser method. not like he's steeling your customers. rings are sick. can be done on a FC just as easy as FD.

 

my buddy did the truck tail lights into his s5 vert tail lights... it looked quite good

 

LEDs with light diffuser:


of course, i did a Ring shape instead of a solid circle...but you get the idea.[/QUOTE]

That looks gorgeous! Could you make a thread of how you did it? I have a '91 FC and id love to convert it to those rings with light diffusers

 

^ Here is a thread on how to do the work. Let me know if you have any questions:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/david-hayes-diy-led-taillight-modification-955336/

 

I really wana see the pic on the fc could update us