LEDs are in use on trucks due to their reliability(DOT tickets arent cheap) and better visibility. They also draw much less current than a conventional bulb, and can be sealed against the weather since bulb replacement isnt necessary. I'm building a set for my 5-way sequential custom taillight assemblies.
P.S. Does anyone happen to know how to cast taillight lenses from red resin? haha
P.S. Does anyone happen to know how to cast taillight lenses from red resin? haha
They were selling sequential sets at the Roundup @ bellview this year. You probably saw the display IICrazy. Of course all their displays workied except the II, hmmmm....... Anyway the ones they had were set to sequence through the turn signal. I like the benefits of the led's but I really think you would need to have the all red conversion to look good that way.
In one of my street rod mags I saw a PU that they installed a LED thinrd brake light in the top of the cab. The cool part was that when not lit up you could not tell that there was a light installed at all. They mounted the light slightly under the cab surface and then covered it with body filler and painted the hole thing. I would like to do somthing like that with the side marker lights on my II.
I've been doing some thinking along this line also...LED lights (like Caddy and Lincoln use) would be cool looking on a customized Two. I'm not ral hot on the LED replacement lights (especially the rotating ones) that the Import guys use.
I searched the Internet for "plastic casting supplies" and got hundreds of good hits.
I looked at the first one and found clear resins for taillight casting:
http://www.alumilite.com/applications.cfm?Action=view&ID=4
I was thinking of grinding the stock tailight bezels smooth and painting them black or body color. Then inserting red transparent plastic machined to fit flush from the inside. This would probably require 2 pieces assembled to make the proper angle. The plastic lens would then have an LED circuit board attached closely to the backside. With the casting resin, you could machine one "blank" and cast copies. Or set the bezel face down in clay and carve out the mold for the resin.
Geeze this sounds like fun!
I searched the Internet for "plastic casting supplies" and got hundreds of good hits.
I looked at the first one and found clear resins for taillight casting:
http://www.alumilite.com/applications.cfm?Action=view&ID=4
I was thinking of grinding the stock tailight bezels smooth and painting them black or body color. Then inserting red transparent plastic machined to fit flush from the inside. This would probably require 2 pieces assembled to make the proper angle. The plastic lens would then have an LED circuit board attached closely to the backside. With the casting resin, you could machine one "blank" and cast copies. Or set the bezel face down in clay and carve out the mold for the resin.
Geeze this sounds like fun!