Has anyone made LED taillights yet?
12-03-2005, 03:08 PM
#81
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Originally Posted by xTeCaOx
12-03-2005, 03:18 PM
#83
Originally Posted by Igor911
I'd have to agree...they do look very clean looking.
http://www.partsngo.com/detail_1.asp?sku=20050324135239
http://www.auto-dimension.com/index....25&ref=froogle
https://www.coolights.com/index.asp?...ROD&ProdID=780
12-03-2005, 03:20 PM
#84
Originally Posted by MetaOrbit
No one's stopping you guys. Google is your friend:
http://www.partsngo.com/detail_1.asp?sku=20050324135239
http://www.auto-dimension.com/index....25&ref=froogle
https://www.coolights.com/index.asp?...ROD&ProdID=780
http://www.partsngo.com/detail_1.asp?sku=20050324135239
http://www.auto-dimension.com/index....25&ref=froogle
https://www.coolights.com/index.asp?...ROD&ProdID=780
ugly rice. They look 100x cleaner in a glass case tho
x eleventy-billion.
12-03-2005, 03:26 PM
#87
Have any of you seen the new Range Rover LED Tails? They have the orange circle in the middle for the turn signal and around that is a red circle thats the brake light. It's almost like xTeCaOx's photoshop but the brake light is surrounding the turn signal tightly. I think that might look interesting.
12-03-2005, 03:30 PM
#88
Originally Posted by Igor911
that's funny...I just did that and realized what tails those were...
ugly rice. They look 100x cleaner in a glass case tho
ugly rice. They look 100x cleaner in a glass case tho
12-03-2005, 03:34 PM
#89
Originally Posted by Metal Maxima
Glad somone else pointed this out.
Our taillights (brake portion) is 1/2 way lit for the parking lights and compleatly lit for braking.
How would this go about with LED's. From what I gather, a LED cannot be 1/2 way lit.
Do you plan on making 1/2 of the LED's for parking lights and the other 1/2 for brake?
12-03-2005, 10:22 PM
#90
Originally Posted by Igor911
here is my ?
Our taillights (brake portion) is 1/2 way lit for the parking lights and compleatly lit for braking.
How would this go about with LED's. From what I gather, a LED cannot be 1/2 way lit.
Do you plan on making 1/2 of the LED's for parking lights and the other 1/2 for brake?
Our taillights (brake portion) is 1/2 way lit for the parking lights and compleatly lit for braking.
How would this go about with LED's. From what I gather, a LED cannot be 1/2 way lit.
Do you plan on making 1/2 of the LED's for parking lights and the other 1/2 for brake?
12-04-2005, 07:33 AM
#92
Company called ICPW, had a rep drop by our dealership trying to sell the lamps, the response was not too good. Would looks nice if chrome was painted body color.
I gave them my feedback when they visited us at the dealership.
http://www.inprocarwear.com/tailligh...LEDT-1113C.gif
They are the manufacturers, not STILLEN or CM.
I gave them my feedback when they visited us at the dealership.
http://www.inprocarwear.com/tailligh...LEDT-1113C.gif
They are the manufacturers, not STILLEN or CM.
12-04-2005, 09:27 AM
#93
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Originally Posted by nismo_star
Would look nice if chrome was painted body color.
i definitely secound that.....i was planning on painting them body color after i opened them up and leaving the crome ring around the brake and signal lense
12-04-2005, 09:49 AM
#95
Originally Posted by MaximaPolak
Do it like the LandRover HSEs. Make the brake/running
light the whole circle (smaller of course) and put the turning signal on the
outside of that circle.
This is a 2004. I think the 2005s came with the way I said it would be.
Look at the red light. The silver ring around it would be the blinker.
light the whole circle (smaller of course) and put the turning signal on the
outside of that circle.
This is a 2004. I think the 2005s came with the way I said it would be.
Look at the red light. The silver ring around it would be the blinker.
The orange is on the inside and the brake surrounds it.
The ribs on the outside edges of the orange lens is what lights up red.
EDIT: Owned by refresh
12-04-2005, 09:01 PM
#96
Originally Posted by djsoniq
I'm not completely convinced that the light in the glass case is the stillen light...
12-04-2005, 09:18 PM
#97
Originally Posted by ICULookN
I agree with you. Those are not the same tail lights from metaorbit's link as the stillen ones. Those lights look almost stock and the stillen ones have those red bars going across. Metaorbit, did you get the name of the manufacture?
It may just be one of those situations where the picture that's distributed everywhere just happened to be a really bad picture. I think in real world situation they look pretty nice, as my the picture I snapped seems to show.
In any case, even if it did look bad, I don't see why anyone couldn't use red tail light paint or red tail light overlays to make the circular part completely red.
12-04-2005, 10:36 PM
#98
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Stillen = UGLY....cmon guys, just wait another week or two and this is gonna blow those ricy tails out of the water. I can't wait to see the final result of what I've sketched up as well as some of the other guys out there. Keep the input coming guys.
12-05-2005, 03:55 AM
#99
Originally Posted by makdaddy386
Stillen = UGLY....cmon guys, just wait another week or two and this is gonna blow those ricy tails out of the water. I can't wait to see the final result of what I've sketched up as well as some of the other guys out there. Keep the input coming guys.
Hey, man...keep a low profile...all the better to blow them away with.
12-07-2005, 10:00 AM
#101
Any up dates on your progress? Did you figure out how to open up those tails yet?
I think the lack of aftermarket parts for the maximas has made most of us become our own type of engineers and have even more of a creative mind.
I think the lack of aftermarket parts for the maximas has made most of us become our own type of engineers and have even more of a creative mind.
12-07-2005, 10:10 AM
#102
Originally Posted by Lawtown
Any up dates on your progress? Did you figure out how to open up those tails yet?
I think the lack of aftermarket parts for the maximas has made most of us become our own type of engineers and have even more of a creative mind.
I think the lack of aftermarket parts for the maximas has made most of us become our own type of engineers and have even more of a creative mind.
This project will be kept under the strictest of confidentialities...
EdgeX will likley be the first .org member with 'Metal Maxima 5th Gen Taillights'
12-07-2005, 02:18 PM
#107
Metal - Here is a thought.
Why not gut the divider that seperates the Turn signal and the tail. Turn the light into 1 round LED. You could have 1 ring of LED's around the outside for the turn signals and a cluster in the center for the brakes. Just like the HSE up the top. Might be difficult to do with the different coloured lenses, but maybe you can find some cleared tails to test this out on.
Why not gut the divider that seperates the Turn signal and the tail. Turn the light into 1 round LED. You could have 1 ring of LED's around the outside for the turn signals and a cluster in the center for the brakes. Just like the HSE up the top. Might be difficult to do with the different coloured lenses, but maybe you can find some cleared tails to test this out on.
12-07-2005, 02:19 PM
#108
Originally Posted by rbrown81
Metal - Here is a thought.
Why not gut the divider that seperates the Turn signal and the tail. Turn the light into 1 round LED. You could have 1 ring of LED's around the outside for the turn signals and a cluster in the center for the brakes. Just like the HSE up the top. Might be difficult to do with the different coloured lenses, but maybe you can find some cleared tails to test this out on.
Why not gut the divider that seperates the Turn signal and the tail. Turn the light into 1 round LED. You could have 1 ring of LED's around the outside for the turn signals and a cluster in the center for the brakes. Just like the HSE up the top. Might be difficult to do with the different coloured lenses, but maybe you can find some cleared tails to test this out on.
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12-07-2005, 03:41 PM
#109
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Just waiting on housings here. Completion hopefully will be done around the same time, I am just waiting on a few parts setting the deadline a little farther back. Should be somewhere in the near future though.
12-07-2005, 04:15 PM
#110
oh man I'm jealous of all these german imports that have the led tails. I saw a Bentley continental GT last time I was home jesus those tails are teh sex and so is the engine and front grill. I really like the idea of the circular LED pattern also and would buy a pair if the price was right. I have a thought for Metal or any other LED modders : How about led lights in the headlight turn signal lens? That would look great. How could those sites charge $300++ for those 
tail lights. I do not like the look of them. Are the LEDs that expensive? Can't wait to see some progress on these lights.
tail lights. I do not like the look of them. Are the LEDs that expensive? Can't wait to see some progress on these lights.
12-07-2005, 04:52 PM
#111
Originally Posted by Metal Maxima
I will be working on this after X-Mas. I will likley have the first tail completed before the New Year. There will be no HOW-TO, however anyone whom may be interested in purchasing a pair will be afforded the opportunity once the methodology has been perfected.
This project will be kept under the strictest of confidentialities...
EdgeX will likley be the first .org member with 'Metal Maxima 5th Gen Taillights'
This project will be kept under the strictest of confidentialities...
EdgeX will likley be the first .org member with 'Metal Maxima 5th Gen Taillights'
12-07-2005, 07:34 PM
#112
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Originally Posted by maxspeedse02
oh man I'm jealous of all these german imports that have the led tails. I saw a Bentley continental GT last time I was home jesus those tails are teh sex and so is the engine and front grill. I really like the idea of the circular LED pattern also and would buy a pair if the price was right. I have a thought for Metal or any other LED modders : How about led lights in the headlight turn signal lens? That would look great. How could those sites charge $300++ for those tail lights. I do not like the look of them. Are the LEDs that expensive? Can't wait to see some progress on these lights.
tail lights. I do not like the look of them. Are the LEDs that expensive? Can't wait to see some progress on these lights.
12-07-2005, 07:39 PM
#113
FYI: MakDaddy is more than likley to be the first one done with this project. I want to finish my car before the year is out, and I am still assembling LED domes and maps for .org members, so my time is pretty tied up at present.
Go for it, Mak!!!!
Go for it, Mak!!!!
12-07-2005, 07:42 PM
#114
Originally Posted by Metal Maxima
FYI: MakDaddy is more than likley to be the first one done with this project. I want to finish my car before the year is out, and I am still assembling LED domes and maps for .org members, so my time is pretty tied up at present.
Go for it, Mak!!!!
Go for it, Mak!!!!
j/k...gimme a call when your workin on em and ill swing by
-kevin
its all good, his will turn out good.
12-07-2005, 07:53 PM
#117
dont forget when making these lights that if they are cleared out...that part of them has to reflect red atleast. If your going to make some sweet lights..make them legal for all to use. With that said.... can't wait to see them!
12-07-2005, 09:16 PM
#120
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for keeping this project under wraps. I just found out that Italiano is backing out on sending me the tails for personal reasons (no worries) so any other donors please let me know. Obviously housings are crucial for this project. Back to the parts list for me. :tardmash:PLEASE HELP!!!
Also realize that this project is going to need time for working out kinks and fine tunning things so they will be reproducable. Don't worry, results will be legal for all you OEM guys out there.
Kevin