A friend of mine is pretty damn good with making LED lights/boards, so he hooked me up a bit. He is registered on the org. (Dark-V) as you might notice in my sig. Anyways, lets get to what he has done to my car:

- 8-LED License Plate Lights
- 24-LED White Dome Light
- 24-LED White Front Underdash Lights
- 12-LED White Map Lights

On to the night pictures, which I apologize in advance for, my camera sucks:

Pic of under dash lights w/ very dirty floormats, pedals and sneakers.


Closeup of board attached with Velcro underneath dash. Not visible from seating position.


Map lights w/ glare provided by camera.

 

Another picture of Map Lights w/ part of my face in mirror.


Dome light.


Side view of license plate lights. I tried to capture this, but the lights leave a nice bright white line on the ground right behind my bumper.


Close up of license plate.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Looks nice, did he wire the foot lights with the door? Or dome light? if dome light, can you tell me where to find that wire?

 

looks good man
ive done LEDs is all of those except the map...i need to do those next.

you need the AE/TE pedals

 

They are actually wired up to a switch. I kind of wanted to do the door thing, but wanted to be able to control it, so this will be fine for now.

sooner, the pedals are on the list for the spring.

 

why didnt you do the lights in the doors?

i do like your dome and license plate better than mine...yours are WAY brighter.

 

Nice lights and pumas lol

what kind of LED's were used?

 

The lights in the doors are next, as well as maybe LED clear corners. It's really all up to my friend and how many sandwiches I can buy him.

chopstix, thanks about the pumas. As far as the LEDs themselves, I'll get the specifics from my friend.

 

i would also like to know what LEDs were used. i have single ones and they arent bright enough.
i love those Pumas...got two pair (different colors) and two pair of similar Adidas

 

I really like the look of the plate lights.

 

Those license plate LEDs really look great. Any chance your friend would be willing to sell them?

 

Sweet looking lights Z! I have next week off so you better at LEAST bring over your door lights to me so I can change them!

Yup, I is Dark-V. I'm not done with Z's Maxima yet, I still have the trunk lights, door lights, outside lights, etc etc. to make. I can honestly say with the license plate lights, that they are a MUCH better match for his 6000k HIDs.

For LEDs, I used white piranha type superfluxes. They are square LEDs with a 100-120* beam angle so they cover a LOT of area.

As for making the lights for people, I like to keep it local. I know a bunch of org members are in the area, so just talk with Z or myself to see what we can do.

 

Where can I get some of these LEDS (white piranha type superfluxes)?? I'm looking at 5mm (55000 MCD) LEDs on Ebay. Does anyone know if these are any good? Is 55000 MCD too much??


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/100X-...88283072QQrdZ1

 

Wow...those are bright.

I've replaced nearly all the bulbs....but none of them are LED.

 

nice work, have u got in any trouble with the law regarding ur rear sidemarker lights? they're really bright n noticeable.

 

looks good but I wouldnt have made my tag light brighter

 

Why would you? You have something to hide? If you don't have anything to hide I don't see why not. Unless your doing something really stupid like street racing then I guess I could see why.

 

looks great! i wanna get some white led's for my reverse. but i have no clue hoow to do all that.

 

I'll wait til my Polargs burn out before I get LEDs.

 

why would you want to make your tag even more noticeable than it already is?

 

do you have a reason to make it less noticeable?

the light output of the LEDs improves the appearance. if you dont have a reason to hide, there is no reason not to do it.

 

ya you are dogmatic. why make the pigs job easier

 

here we go again...bash law enforcement officials for doing their job by stopping you for being stupid.

 

Your an idiot off the bat. Yes make your license plate light dimmer so cops can't see it. Gives them an even better reason to pull you over instead of making it brighter so they can see it and leave you alone cause you don't have a license plate light that is out. Idiots like you make the world stop turning.

 

Okay okay, the LED plate lights were NOT to really make them brighter, just better looking, a crisper, whiter light.

 

they look great...as to LED clear corners

A black max should have smoked corners, not ricey clears, yO!

 

Hey none of that Josh.

 

I see what you did there....

 

Your right about the smoked corners, they'd look very nice. Maybe try LED side lights smoked too. Hmmm....

I'm looking at a 5.5 gen Maxima to trade my Spec V for... This gives me some ideas.

 

Sorry irish, I do love my clears on my max. They provide a bit of contrast. However, I will be buying the bluebatmobile smoked overlays for the corners. So hopefully they will be like the CE smoked corners that they never made the rears for.

 

i was pulled over for my sidemarker leds being so bright. the cop thought they were blue till he got a better look. i have blue leds in my door, so all i had to do was show him the diff

 

those licence plate and interior lights look hot!

 

he was being nice...white or blue is equally illegal.
and please dont argue with me...its not legal. federal law mandates that the rears must light and reflect red and the fronts must light and reflect amber.

 

From what I understood here it's the signal light themselves need to be amber in the front and red in the back (along with the red stop lights).
But for running lights, they can be white. Around here I've heard nothing about white running lights being illegal. White blinkers themselves are illegal because people might not be able to discern them between the headlights.

Blue and Red are illegal in the front due to the police cars.

 

Blue and Red are illegal in the front due to the police cars.

*edit*

I do stand corrected, the sidemarkers do need to be amber or red.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automot...ornering_lamps

 

I never said make your license plate light dimmer. So dont put words in my mouth. I said leave it the way it is. There is no reason to make it brighter so it makes it easier for them to see it.

 

Why do you feel the need to disrespect the police? Their job is to enforce the law; if you break it, they have every right to get you.

 

i know nothing about LED's, how u make 'em? i wanna change my plate light like the one in the pic, somebody tell me how

 

U can too have clear sides front and rear with white led's, as long as they are DOT approved.i asked the the cop. and its up to the city your in