My LED taillight panels... which version should I use??

StangTtops88

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Tried2Live said:

Yeah, those are the exact ones I was using. Parts Express finally (After 1.5 weeks of waiting) informed me they aren't getting any more of them, so I had to order them elsewhere.

Seems that the 2200mcd ones are exactly the right brightness for me. Once I finish these, I may build some for a friend's 66 Nova, but since the taillights are so small, I'll probably use some 6 or 8k mcd units.

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So you got them done yet? Gonna give any more info on how you wired them all up?

 

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No, still not finished. Still waiting on LEDs from NV.

I'm glad I'm not getting paid to do this. Somebody would be getting mad about all these delays.

 

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Tried2Live,

That's cool! I was thinking of using LEDs in my '68 restomod project.

 

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Any updates on the LED's?

 

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That looks awesome! Keep up the good work man, i'm anxious to see what the end result is!

-Bart

 

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Yeah, as of right now, I finished the other one, but when I lit them up side by side, they were different colors. Apparently there are lots of different colors of red LEDs, so my new supplier is trying to match some up for me.

I'll be sure to post pictures when I get things finished up. I'd really like to get this over with.

 

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mind re-posting the pics, man?

(talk about reviving old threads, hehe)

 

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Revival...

Can I revive this thread??? I am going to do LED conversions on the 79-83 style vertical bar lights. Can somebody repost the original pictures? It appears that they're dead...

 

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Total revival...I do remember this thread and would also like to see them again

...but he hasnt been on since 3/20/06, so you may want to try and see if there is an email to contact him

 

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Yea this thread was cool, he had pics of the board and everything. Too bad he didn't post more...

Looks like we should get more info on this considering that the Prius/G35/Accord/M3 etc. all have LED tails stock...

 

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Henceforward said:

Yea this thread was cool, he had pics of the board and everything. Too bad he didn't post more...

Looks like we should get more info on this considering that the Prius/G35/Accord/M3 etc. all have LED tails stock...

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ya...the freakin PriusView attachment 455767

why cant we all hahaha....we neeed a write up again....i wanna do this, but dont want to end up fryin the whole car lol

 

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Im reviving it again casue i am looking to do this swap too!!!

 

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i missed seeing the pics as well. i'd like to see how well it looked. maybe someone can help us out

 

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Bringing back this thread again, I've been searching all over trying to find the pictures, if anyone saved them that would be great if you could post them. Thanks

 

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your still going to just have to email the guy

 

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Any chance that one could just take one of those LED trailer taillights and adapt it to fit inside an LX or GT lens housing? Y'know, take off the plastic shell that those come with, figure which wire goes for the parking lamps and which is for the brake lamps, and then secure them behind the LX lens...? You can score a pair from Harbor Freight or AutoZone for pretty cheap.

That, or taking one of the aforementioned OEM LED taillights and trimming it down to fit ... although that'd be a way more expensive way to go, I figure.

 

1990Coupe

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Darkwriter77 said:

Any chance that one could just take one of those LED trailer taillights and adapt it to fit inside an LX or GT lens housing? Y'know, take off the plastic shell that those come with, figure which wire goes for the parking lamps and which is for the brake lamps, and then secure them behind the LX lens...? You can score a pair from Harbor Freight or AutoZone for pretty cheap.

That, or taking one of the aforementioned OEM LED taillights and trimming it down to fit ... although that'd be a way more expensive way to go, I figure.

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dude thats not a bad idea?

 

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I need pics!

 

1990Coupe

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check these out - either fit the round ones, or the square ones into an LX lens. i dont see why it wouldnt work? im thinking about attempting this project!


http://www.ledtrailerlights.com/stt/stt_M40200.htm

 

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Perhaps. It may be too thick though, it's tapered back there behind the lenses. You could take those apart and get some thin plywood or something to mount the LED's to. That might be a cheap place to harvest LED's. :dunno: