hollaatchaboi

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I'm interested in making LED tails. i have read numerous article on how to do the math for the voltage, etc. I pretty much have it down. However, I would like to know what do i use or how do i wire it so that I can make the LEDs brighten up when i hit the brakes. My plan is to have 5 rows or 10mm LEDS. I want them all to to stay on constantly with the parking lights and when i hit the brakes they get brighter. What do i need to do for this to happen? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx

f550maranello2

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DO NOT USE 10mm leds... ONLY use superflux LEDS from futureelectronics.com.... truse me u dont wanna be redoing it like i did.. to make it look decent ull need about 250 LEDs...

jltibbs

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250??? good lord. you have pics and a write up about your work?

f550maranello2

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yea u need at least that much in order for them to be visible during the day... mine will blind you during the day and at night also.. which is what u want... there is no write up because its simple and staight forward... just requires a week long of work...

jltibbs

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i don't see how you say its simple. you had to use something to mount them in. then get them all wired to light up right. nuts. just nuts!

jltibbs

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so if i send you my taillights, $ for LEDs, $ for labor, would you set my stock tails up like that?

hollaatchaboi

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what is the difference? Why didn't the 10mm ones work?

f550maranello2

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simple the arent bright enough.. trust me who ever tells ya that regualr 20mA LEDs can produce light like these superflux LEDS do they are full of crap... they dont..

Like i said MAKE SURE u use superflux LEDS ONLY

jltibbs

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they do look like they are really worth the money

darklegend06

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I seen f550maranello2's taillights and they are amazing, maybe even better than kelvo's but I have to see it side by side to say that.

So how much did you pay total for those superflux?

f550maranello2

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for 280 LED's i payed $123 shipped and for all the rest of the crap about $100 bucks....

Well worth it...

BlackMaxdout

www.lsdiodes.com

^-that is also another great site for getting cheap LED's. They have superflux too.
As a side note: they have THC3 LED's with a higher candela (brightness) than the superflux LED's.

Cdg2125

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I've been interested in doing this for years. Never have gotten around to it because the wiring seems too much of a pain in the a$$. Always thought the could just be linked together and thats it. Have not read up recently so I dont know how the process is even done now. What are going to use to control the current? How much are you putting through the LEDs?

f550maranello2

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im running 60mA through each LED with the forward voltage of 2.2 vots if i remember correctly

MorpheusZero

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I think you mean http://www.lumiledsfuture.com/products/

But they look great. I was thinking of doing some 3-row dual brightness LED tails after I got some projectors. I dunno though... pretty sexpensive.

Cdg2125

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Yeah now reading those numbers I dont remember how the math is done at all. It would be real nice to do this over the summer but I don't have the knowledge. I wish they could just be wired together and so be it. How do you control the current?

MorpheusZero

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Take an EE class. You should know pretty much everything you need to know.

Cdg2125

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haha wish i could take an extra class in between college classes. No time tho. You guys know just enough to make it work for me haha

f550maranello2

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with 1/4 watt resistors... a bunch of them...

ethnic6

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sorry to go off topic, but does anyone what LED bulb I need for the Ignition light? wanna change it from green to blue...