oldManTan

this awesome weather means awesome progress!!! the tail lights are so close to finished!!! just have the running lights and reverse lights to wire and it will be time to seal them up!!! just gotta buy some silicon tmr, hopefully i can get it all done.
So first i decided to paint the inside black because i thought it would look nice with the lens on, and i didn't want to smoke the lenses (still not completley decided on that)

prepping the original bulb sockets for wiring, this way no harness is ruined and i can just unplug the bulbs whenever i so please

Turn signal and Brake lights laid out, running lights will go on the bottom left and right corners

was having an absolute pain with this awful gel coating on the "waterproof" LED strips, should have read into that and bought non waterproof ones, just an extra step but whatever

magical wiring

all prepped and insides grinded out with the trusty rotary tool i got on ebay for 25 bucks!

the turn signal wiring for the bulb socket, not fun, solder doesn't like sticking to flat surfaces like that, that aren't copper

test lighting! plugged into the car and working straight off the harness!

and with the lens resting on top! looks EPIC!!! i actually like how towards the left the lights get further away from the lens and diffuse more


hopefully i'll get it completely done tomorrow so i can start working on making some sort of relay to replace the flasher, because the turn signals will be chasing they need to stay on when i flick the turn signal. once that's done, will start working on the headlights, still need to finish modeling and test printing the Ls though, but short on cash right now. gonna have to wait.

TokinSC400

Good work. They will look killer when finished.

oldManTan

yea i'm really excited to finish them, just seeing the brake light with the lens on hyped me up like crazy, not gonna finish today though, got other plans, great day outside gonna fly my drone.

empringham

Very cool! thanks for the reply.

oldManTan

big update, both lights are wired now, only thing left on both is the running lights, need to get some more brackets for that though and also silicon to seal them which looks like it will be difficult because when i pried them open the casing got a little warped.

MishaV

Woow damn. Please keep us updated. so cool!
Just used a same ledstrip as yours for the repair of the third brake light in the spoiler of my 00 sc4.

oldManTan

yea these LED strips are great, the only problem is getting that awful gel coating off for soldering, that's a real pain, i figured the best way is to use a carving bit on a rotary tool and scrape it off as close to the solder points as possible, then the soldering iron melts the rest. got some silicon yesterday, still need to get some brackets, menards is kinda far from my house so that's why i don't wanna go since i need to change my bearings ASAP

oldManTan

TAIL LIGHTS ARE DONE!!!
just waiting for the silicon to dry, everything works, decided to go with one running light instead of two, don't know why, probably out of laziness and because it was a pain to mount a bracket in that big hole there. still looks great i think. last thing to do is mod the flasher so it doesn't flash and just stays on. can't wait to get started on the headlights as well!

Scientifically proven ziptie fastening technique, works wonderfully



and here's the running, reverse, and brake lights on

i love how the running light is fully diffused and the brake light fades into the diffuser towards the left side to match the running light, that was not intended but i'm happy it turned out that way. let's hope they last!

oldManTan

here's the video of the turn signal, remember i still gotta do the flasher so the trailing signal will go on longer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds4f...ature=youtu.be

myLEXsc400

looks nice lit up, that's awesome work. Are you going to be keeping the 92-94 look though, or will you be redding them out?

ems

iTrader: (1)

so good, where did you get those turn signal leds from?

oldManTan

I'll be keeping it the same, maybe a tiny amount of tint because the lights are reeeeaaalllly bright lol.

i got them on ebay, but the seller only sells them in singles now and jacked the price up like crazy. so i'm not sure where to get them now. but they're great cz all they need is a constant 12V and they'll trail, no need for any special wiring or anything. they do need a constant current though, that's why i need to modify my flasher.

grumpi300

iTrader: (1)

you should show the reverse also in the video. they came out really nice, if you made sets to sell, i would buy em. haha.

oldManTan

on the car, with the reverse this time
everything works as it should, just the flasher to do tomorrow because it snowed 6 inches monday, out of absolutely freaking nowhere, and it's 60 tomorrow... chicago weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFL-...ature=youtu.be

ems

iTrader: (1)

aahh! I searched Rain Led Strip or falling led strip and found some if anyone is looking. very cool man!