RonGFK's LED tail lights

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RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby rongfk » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:54 am

Ok so a while back i seen all the diy led upgrades that were going around on the net. so, i decided to try it on my own car. quite an experience, there is a lot of work that goes into these, so i cant disagree with someone charging $500+ to make a set (i would probably charge the same). so by checking out the newer cars equipped with led tail lights, i figured out how i wanted to design mine. i believe it was an Audi that inspired my led design. if you plan on attempting something like this, do your homework, learn the led and resistor values, search, search, search... is the best advice i can give you. so on to the pictures..

here is my led boards all put together and installed. each large board holds 99 leds
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running light, reverse light and signal on
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brake light, reverse, and signal on
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now installed on the car

running lights
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brake lights
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signals lights
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reverse lights
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later in the day shots
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Last edited by rongfk on Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby rongfk » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:47 am

So what do you guys think?
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby JDMwhiteboy » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:30 pm

I like it, where did you pick up the boards from?
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby rongfk » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:33 pm

The boards, the LED's, and the resistors were purchased off eBay. Its the cheapest and best way to go. You get more than enough when you buy in bulk.
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby FrankP » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:55 am

Dang man, they look sick defiantly want one for my hachi

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby i13ethat » Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:29 pm

looks pretty good when signal lights are on

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby Ava92 » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:02 am

Looks really good

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby chocobot » Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:06 pm

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby SidekickChuck » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:30 pm

Thats not the phrase I used when in college for resistor color codes, but I can not recall what was. This was back in 1995 and I havent used the color codes since....so I forget.
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby marley4us » Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:14 pm

cool set up!
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby rongfk » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:10 am

pictures were taken at different times, so they look to have different brightness, but actually look sweet in person.
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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby FC_13 » Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:45 pm

Very nice! Great job!

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby Tsuchi921 » Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:13 am

Could you tell us the type of materials you used please? Such as LED type and resistor type. Thanks!

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Re: RonGFK's LED tail lights

Postby xhachiroku » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:37 am

Looks awesome have you made one for the sprinter tail lights yet?