i am working on a tail light project for my 03 and want to do an led setup but when it comes to electronics i have not clue what i am doing. so if any of you guys could give me some input as to where to start or anything i would really appreciate it...

 

Ebay lights



This is probably your best bet. Kinda expensive, but they are SAE/DOT approved

drew

 

HOLY CRAP those look nice as hell

But damn ebay...those are freaking expensive...

If I were you, i would buy a pair of headlights from the junker and try to make them myselves

 

yuck there is no way i would ever put those gross lights on my car im looking to do something original here i have already taken apart my lights and need someone who has done an led set up on any part of the car... i just dont know how to wire them up or anything...

 

www.hidforum.com is the way to go

 

If you wanted to add LEDs to the OEM tails you would have to purchase a perforated circutboard, cut to the shape of the oem tails, and solder in a TON of LEDs in series. It would not be crazy difficult, but very time consuming...it would look pretty awesome if you did it, though...

 

hmm where would i purchase a circutboard like this and how much do you think it would cost? i really want to do this like you said it would look awesome!

 

I have the links bookmarked somewhere...I'll find them in a sec. I would recommend going as bright as possible with the LEDs since more LEDs in series will be dimmer as a result of larger draw...but don't worry, it'll still be bright as hell!!!!

 

Here's some pics courtesy DWarner's cardomain site...

Cardomain

You can get the perf board from Radiosmack. I have completed one tail for the 4th gen, just been lazy about doing the other three...

You can ask UNCDood(jason) about them he has seen mine in person.

lata,
drew

 

that looks insane!!! i love it!! has anyone done this to a fifth gen yet i think that b/c of the shape of our lights it will look even better!!

 

i really know nothing about LEDs. what would you recomend i use for a led bulb?

 

they're probably not the cheapest you'll find, but i like http://www.lsdiodes.com/
they ship out fast and you get freebies

 

I would actually recommend getting the LEDs on eBay...you will get a much better price and a might brighter LED then would be availible on any other sites that I have seen. Brightness is measured in Micro Candle Display, or MCD.

 

do you have any sellers that you could recomend and an MCD that you could recomend for this project?

 

once i do get this all set up and ready to go how would i wire this up to my car? would i just be able to plug it back into the harness or would i have to design something else for this to work?

 

Good deal HERE!