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pretty creative! Now just find whats his name... David Hasselhoff or whatever to talk to it, and there you go :).
 






hey carl thats awesome! make a movie of it like you did w/ your strobes...it'll be cool!
 












You have quite the imagination, and all the know how to put it to action, kick ass stuff you got there!
 






:bounce: :bounce: (Spas is excited):bounce: :bounce:

Hey, would it put you out at all to retype the process of how you changed the lights to LED's and where you got the materials from (and how much) ???? I REALLY like the look of that-if I had directions on how to make one in blue for my :exp: I would gladly do it!!!! Thanks!!!!
 






Ok, here goes -


SUPPLIES NEEDED -
- Drill
- 3/16 Dril Bit
- Dremel
- Knight Rider Light
- Electrical Tape
- Silcone
- Soddering Gun
- Sodder
- 4 Sets of Washer LED's (bought from local car store)
- PATIENCE



I first purchased the "Knight Rider light" from JC Whitney. They are aroun $35 dollars.


Once i got the light, you carefully crack open the red cases around the lights (on the light bar).

once you have all eight casings off, you will notice there are 8 regular bulb lights....

Get the casings, and drill a 3/16 hole into the center of each one.

Once this is done, obtain all 8 winshield washer LED's.

First get a cutting bit on the dremel (like to cut metal...it cuts plastic also with ease)

Carefully cut away the plastic on the washer LED and pull the actual LED out.

Now you have 8 drilled holes in the red coverings, and 8 leds.

Now, with the LED's...push one through each 3/16" hole. If they do not fit perfectly in...enlarge the hole a tad with a small knive (before drilling any holes, make sure you know the LED's size...i know from expeirence that the white LED's for the winshield washer lights are ALOT smaller than the green leds!!!!)

Aftre you push the LED's in..silcone the back side where you push them in. This will make it water proof.

Once you have done this, let them dry. Now to the actual light bar.

Cut off all 8 bulbs, as high up as you can...

After this is done, strip about 1/2" of the leds wire (you may need to cut some of the wire off before doing this)

Find out what wires are + and - and carefully wrap the wires around the wires where the bulb was connected. Sodder them in place and put electrical tape over them carefully.

Put the caps back on and use tape to keep them in place (they will be loose)

Now silcoen them back up real good...and your set!!!

HOpe this helps..

Carleton
 






whats an easy way to find out which is + and -??
 






with the LED's, you don't have to worry about frying them when testing....just put the wires of the leds, which you know to the lightbulbs, and see which lights up

Carl
 


















Originally posted by TarHeel085
so YOUR the punk that goes and buys all those LED's. i wanted some today and couldnt find any. mumbling to self: stupid ricer peices o crap blaaa blaa ricer UHH!

??????


Anway, for your second question...it would be hard to allign the holw washer LED to point the right direction. The easiest way to afix the LED and have them point in the same general direction was to cut out the LED from the washer led holding....

Carleton
 












TarHeel...

If you put the green LEDs in the RED casing, you won't get green anymore. Kinda defeats the purpose of changing the colors...:D
 






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