Well Metal and Roy got me thinking and I started down the road of creating LED tails...this is just the first prototype. It's definitely not an easy project. I just wanted to see if I could get to the pics below and just that was a pain. now I've got get a pulse modulator(allows the bulbs to have a high low function, rework the led layout, and find time....I don't expect these to get done anytime soon.

 

Keep up the good work, There will be alot of people waiting with cash in hand for a good set

 

For low could you just illuminate 1/2 or 1/3 of the bulbs?

 

looks very nice

 

Looks good man keep up the work....

 

Looks good, Pri. Any reason why the end LEDs are brighter than the middle ones?

 

yea why is that?

 

yeh, it's because I didn't run any resistors in the layout yet. It's pretty blinding when on(the digital doesn't give it justice, and the PWM circuit will take care of that). Another reason is, that those 2 columns(brighter) have only 3 leds. So, 9v/ 3led is more power to each led than 9v/4leds. I plan on have more LEDs to fill up the brake light space but was limited by the circuit board size(that's 44 there...should be about 70 leds just for the brake light)

 

Sweet! Definitely seems like a cool mod I will never, ever do.

 

yeah me too resistors and backing it to open it .. too much work. but i know its worth it.

 

Spent a little more time on the brake/parking light design. I think this will probably be the final design for the brake light. Will work on the signal portion tonight what do you think?

 

sweet that is exactly what I would want. Hopefully they will be bright during the day.

 

actually this is a non-resistor setup...it's blinding. The camera just adjusted for it. PWM controller and resistors should fit that.

 

They looking real sweet. They look much better than the other chrome led out there in the market now.imo.

 

That looks sweet, Pri! YEAH!

 

those look real sweet...good work!

 

Good thinking out of the box mod. Different and looks good.

 

I think it's missing an LED. Second to bottom row, far right. Other than that, it looks good.

 

when will these be avalible for purchase?

 

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well i would try to buy the ones from ipcw.. they are nice just have a chrome backing.. i would try to paint them dark like the 00-01 se tails with some black clear paint..

 

I would be interested too. And also, if it's a lot of trouble to make them dual intensity, mine would not have to be. You could just make 'em with 1 pos and 1 neg out of the brake light and the turn signal. That's all I'd need. If it's as simple as wiring an extra resistor with a wire lead then I'd like it set up that way so I could turn it to stock if I needed to.

 

As for the GLE/GXE tail shell, it was the only cheap tailight I could find...I still have my perfect SE tails on my car until i'm 100 percent sure of what I want.

As for reproduction, my plan is to buy a set of SE's and do a swap and just keep that going. Basically, send them my LED's tails plus cost for their tails in return. We'll see how that all works out.

 

Looks great! What's up with the 2 on the left that seem to have a different color?

 

ok making some progress now...still need to solidify some connections as you can tell in this clip but you can see I've got it set up to become bright when you brake using PWM circuit.

Will begin working on the signal portion next.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/prpatel/...tPrototype.wmv

 

i spy with my little eye, some leds that are barely lighting up

other than that great work

 

keep up the great work might have potiential buyer.

 

great job. simple write up and wiring diagram would be appreciated.

 

Also some will not be as bright because of the 2 lines in the tail lights. I have seen Dr.Roy's set up and he can even concure that some of the lights will not be as bright.

 

this(the pic directly above) is my very first prototype the newer one(the one in the video) has about 15 to 20 more leds.

 

really nice work.....

 

man when you finish this, your going to have so many buyers. for one example id be one of them.

 

i'm really ready to buy some led taillights and yours are way better than the ones on ebay when will they be ready and how much will it cost

 

will these fit on a 4rth gen maxima?

 

nice work man, would like to see the finished product (on the car).

 

wow they look nice

 

wow great work! looks very oem

 

bump are you still working on these how are things going

 

that Looks FIRE...keep up the good work...

 

i like it!!