i said it depends on how ebay motors turns out, i wasnt expecting to sell my car this early..

 

Yea, for sure. I am not saying that you are backing out in a negative way. I would do the same thing. It's only logical. Just asking if there is anyone else there who wants to come out and lend a hand or errrr tailight. Sorry, I wasn't foul mouthing you.

Kevin

 

np, wasnt sure is all.

 

just make them dim. every time i have to suffer waiting behind a sleazy infiniti with those things burning through my cornea i want to ram it.

luckily the trend never caught up and those blinding things will go away soon.

 

i know id sure as hell rather have a bright tail light that lets people know im stopping then a dim one. i dont need anyone rear ending me.

 

they should be like fx 35, 45 yesterday i was driving behind one and when the car was braking the light output is really bright.

 

 

You must have really sensitive eyes. I for one LOVE the LED tails, and would bet on seeing a lot more of them in the near furure. LED's are comin up!

 

YEZZZZZIRRRRRR! :spint:

 

LEDs are much more efficient especially in the daytime. I don't know about where you guys live but the past few years most traffic lights in Orlando have LED's in them (even replacing old lights that worked fine) or at least that is what they look like. They are very clear and visible during the day even with the florida sun beating directly on them. They light up immediately and turn off immediately unlike regular bulbs. I remember the first car that I saw with them it was the 00-02 (I think) cadillac cts, the one with nightvision. for the LEDs I'm sure we will see them on almost every car in the near future, it is a definite enhancement to lighting.

 

soooooo uhhhhhh ummmmmmmmmmmmm this is dead huh

 

I tried to make some last year spent like $80 on a set of tails to work on and ended up screwing them up pretty bad! So I kinda gave up, but it can def be done the most dificult part is getting the tails open with out messing them up! I may make an attempt at this again over break...

 

did you dremel it open ??

 

Yeah I first tried to use a heat gun to open them and that was where things really got messed up. Then I went with a dremmel, but I never got around to doing anything with sealing them back up so im not to sure how you would go about doing that. I have pics of where I dremmeled them if you are interested...

 

Dead....cmon u guys are already loosing all faith! I guess I can give all of you a sneak peak at progress. Parts are in and the project is moving full steam ahead! Just waiting for a housing donor....

Blank board ready for assembly:


After assembly without chip:


555 chip awaiting it's new home:


And the completed assembly:

 

And here is the purpose of this sweet little piece:

Running:


Braking:

 

Hey man ill donate some housings ive still got my busted ones shoot me a pm and we can discuss it...

 

Where can I obtain one of these boards at?

 

PM me for details Deckdout2.

 

damn bro thats nice as hell.........i didnt think it was dead just wanted to move it to the top

 

very nice work!

 

And just think, I was going to flame this one! Good job, just be sure to keep the LED placements close together so it looks clean when finished. You don't want to look like that E-gay one!

 

Just sit back and trust this will be done right. The only barrier is opening up the tails cleanly so that they can be resealed with no leaking of course. This project is gonna be damn near production quality or it's not gonna be leaving my hands.

Kevin

 

LEDs own all. my mom's caddy has em and i love them. good luck on the project kid.

 

I was under the impression that you didn't need any special boards for the LED's to works properly. Am I missing something here?

 

You can make them work without the PWM but it isnt as solid as doing it this way and this is stable for up to 20 watts which translates to a sh*t load of LED's. And you can adjust things like the brightness on the fly.

 

I use to take apart RX7 tail lights. I would remove this little tinted plastic from the tails and then seal them again......

Your best bet is a heat gun or to stick them in the oven on way low....Then when you seal them you want to make sure that there is an even layer of sealer on the connecting edges....

Let me check the dealership on Monday and ask for Maxima tails. if they have them..they are yours bro..

 

You cant open them with a heat gun tried that and messed one of my tails up pretty bad!

 

Maxima taillights are pressure fitted not sealed with a sealant, the only way to open them(2k2/3) up is to use a dremel tool around the groove.

 

Thats good to know...........

I just got my Maxima the other day.......learning as I go. I wish the search feature worked

 

Here is a link of the site I bought it from


http://www.diamondlot.com/cgi/info.e...ealer=DOUGNISS


Can you guys give me a little info.......

 

The search feature works for those that donate and there are alternate methods of searching in the Stickies.

A little info on what?

 

he lasted a while...hah

...alright back ON topic----->

 

So macdaddy, how much do you think your gona charge people when you get this perfected? i would be interested

LIST FO PEOPLE WHO WANT MKDADDY386 TO VIOLATE THERE TAIL LIGHTS

1. bugbite77

 

will a equalizer be needed? with my LED bulbs, my lights out light on my dash is on but the only way to fix this is to install a equalizer, but it will heat up too much.

 

Equalizer for LED's? That's new to me....

 

i needed an equalizer for my LED directional bulbs because they draw alot less power than the standard bulbs so the directional blinked fast (the car thought a bulb was out)
check out my page about my LED set up and read the problems under each bulb disciption
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/834850/6

 

That's a resistor, not an equalizer

 

nope, equalizer, check there page, i think a resistor does a different job
http://autolumination.com/equalizers.htm

 

No, that's a a load resistor as Nilesh had pointed out.

Load equalization is what the resistor DOES.

You = pwn3d by autolumination.