LED puddle light project

[Charlie's_93EB]

wow that was fast, and looks good. I love leds and have played with some, i have some that willl blind you but do not look that intence.

 

[Afboy143]

so the LED's are facing up into the mirror? Did you color one side of the lense black?

 

[justin146]

THe LEDs are facing down. If you pull the lights out of the mirror, it comes out as this plastic housing with a lens. I basically pulled the lens off of the housing and made the LED board fit in--then put the lens back on. This is a picture of the housing upside down. This was a test fit for the board- I added two more LEDs to the center after this.

I also found out that a flat screwdriver works the best to seperate the lens from the housing. I found this out after about an hour of trying EVERYTHING to get them apart. That is why this one looks so beat up. If anyone else wants to try this, boiling the housing WILL NOT make them come apart. The second one I did only took a few minutes to pop apart.

 

[justin146]

I made a second set this morning just like the ones I used. If someone wants them, make me a serious offer or trade me something for em.

 

[bmxking5]

That's awesome. Looks like they turned out to be pretty darn bright.

 

[Kinserin]

Im just curious as to where you bought the bulk bag of LEDs.. I used to find'em on ebay back in my computer modding days, but now all I can find are small bags of like 20 LEDs.. I want more damnit! And where you can get the circut board, that would be cool too.. Thats if I can steal your idea not for the mirror thinger though.

 

[justin146]

I got the LEDs from "besthongkong"s ebay store. There are lots of 100 all over eBay. The perfboard is from Radio Shack. Here is a video of the first panels I made. http://www.explorerforum.com/files/5083/justin 020.mpg

 

[ryf]

if you have 1200 (minus 16) of these, you should redo the taillights and turn and reverse with them. would be pretty cool, and if you did it to clears with color lights it'd be cooler, but if you already have the whites, they'll be cool, are those the 5mm ir the 10mm?

 

[justin146]

I am working on my front corner lights as we speak. I already have clear LED tails Those LEDs are 10mm by the way. I have these tail lights....

 

[Afboy143]

whooaoaaa!! i LOVE those tail lights, where in the world did you buy those?!

 

[justin146]

do a search on ebay for username "symmic". They also have these for 3rd gens.

The LEDs I have been using are just 10,000mcd. I just bought 100 110,000mcd LEDs off eBay for my interior lights. These are will in theory be 11x more intense than the ones I currently have with the same projection pattern. This LED thing is becoming an addiction.

 

[huskyfan23]

I made a second set this morning just like the ones I used. If someone wants them, make me a serious offer or trade me something for em.

$10? Those are a lot better-built than mine. I have 8,000 mcd LED's and only 3 per socket.

 

[TJM623]

how do u hook those up in the puddle lamps? I might be interested if it's "fairly easy"

 

[slravene]

will you take orders? ha....i need some underbody strips (maybe like 6 inches x 2 inches or something...and i have no idea how to wire up some LEDs)

 

[Turdle]

cool

 

[justin146]

TJM623 , These would just plug where your stock puddle lamp bulb plugs in. That is what the little piece that is hanging off by the two wires is for.


slravene, I am will be doing some tests this week to see how well the LEDs would hold up under mud/water, as if thet were under your vehicle. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[TJM623]

I'd be interested in a set of the puddle lamps then, if you wanna make me some =] just use a screw driver to pop off those plastic caps and then plug these in? I'm thinking you should start a lil business lol, I dunno about anyone else but I don't no a thing about wiring.

 

[Turdle]

I'd be interested in a set of the puddle lamps then, if you wanna make me some =] just use a screw driver to pop off those plastic caps and then plug these in? I'm thinking you should start a lil business lol, I dunno about anyone else but I don't no a thing about wiring.

send you mine also?

 

[justin146]

I have built sets for two people already. I am going to wait to see how easy they are for them to install before I make more. If they like the installation process, I'll start making more.

the most important thing to remember when installing them is knowing the polarity of the plug. You MUST hook the positive of the LEDs to the positive of the light socket- which means you will have to use a multimeter. If you put them in backwards, they will very likely burn out.

 

[TJM623]

Well i have a multimeter (my dad does) so, that'll be fine. Lemme kno i'll subscribe this, and you can let me kno here...if not PM me i'm interested for like 10$ ?