Tail Lights

[Andrew Ryan]

I'm going to have to polish my tails, then maybe fix my reverse lights that don't work. Don't know why they don't work, too scared to get into them.

[Coyote]

not to mention normal LEDS are 1.5V you go and plug them into a 12V system and well lets just say i want some photos :D

[JiP]

Cool, thanks. I didn't know that plastic polish existed. I'll get onto that.

[HEKTIC]

this sounds like a good idea, :D

[mikeys toy[RL]]

i used this stuff and it worked AWESOME!!!

just clean really well with scotch-brite and maybe use an adhesion promoter (i didn't)

the thicker you spray, the darker it gets, but i sprayed it pretty thick and they look fine

[Des]

not to mention normal LEDS are 1.5V you go and plug them into a 12V system and well lets just say i want some photos :P

For some reason i don't think the led's that go in cars are 1.5 volts. :D

[coln72]

"not to mention normal LEDS are 1.5V you go and plug them into a 12V system and well lets just say i want some photos "

 

Ah hah young man, these ones are 12v and are made up of 15 separate LED's. They even have a globe fitting so all you do is shove em in where your old one was.

[HEKTIC]

"mikeys toy" that look awesome

[camerondownunder88]

Hi,

With led's they are 1.5V BUT

If you pull off the bottom of the ones at dick smith you will notice a thing called a RESISTOR.....

These things are easy to do at home but for a quick way get eh pre made ones there cheap and done for you no etching boards and all that.

Also avoid the super cheap ones. Was comparing them the other day and the super cheap one its interior LED light has 3 LEDs in it for a cost of $3 more than dick smith and the dick smith one has 6 LED's in it so go figure. So no I agree use dick smith ones but all the LED's are 1.5V.

 

Cameron

[Jason]

or.....

 

you can use a regulator to always make sure they run at a certain voltage becuse cars powersupply will vary therefor making the brightness vary. If get a a resitace value for a set voltage it doesnt work over a range. You will burn them out for will be dull.

 

So a simple regulator circuit to supply the reverse, indicator and tail lights, then you will wont a second circuit that cuts off the power from the taillights and provides the leds with max current (assuming you run them on like 1/2 current for taillight use)

 

ruts you can get super brightleds that hurt when you look at them in the same package. Or you could get even brighten lexan stars that need heat sinks and are roughfly about 100million times brighter than the sun ;)

 

 

J

 

and for the record jaycar is a dickload cheaper than dicksmith

Edited September 17, 2006 by irokin

[irokin]

I wasnt talking about dicky little LED replacement "globes", I'm talking about panels of LEDs like this. http://www.allproducts.com/ee/lastertech/2...truck_light.jpg

[Jason]

yeah those globes suck worse, i think it would be sweet to make up an array inside the orignal taillights

[casey]

irokin, we use them on dads trucks and there very very brite, also mikeys toy that van is hot hot hot