cant wait for the final product.

 

Cant wait to see the pics... I have one of my 97 tail lights out for the same retrofit. Except, I chose to work with red superflux leds b/c of their greater light intensity and viewing angle.

Unlike yours, I am working on a low profile board for the upper rear light, as well as the brake application.

Personally, it is way too much work involved for a partial led retrofit.

Maybe I will post-pone any plans now to see what you come up with

 

my question is this - how are you handling running light vs brake light...

in the stock setup, you've got a dual filament bulb, are you running two separate power supplies with different resistors, or just adding more led's to be on with application of the brake?

 

lextoy: i am using red superflux LEDs, like OLT said, heat/time is the main problem, which is also a reason i did not do the running lights because those will have the greatest risk of problems.

mitsuguy: in the the 97+ tails, there are no dual filament bulbs, but i do know a work around for that as well. there is a flasher unit you can buy which dims the LEDs and then brighten thems.

 

CleanCL,

You are right about you using superflux led. I can barely make out the square outlines.

I am curious as to why you chose to go with RED leds for the turn signal application instead of AMBER leds?

Also how much prep have you done for the tails- in terms of total man-hours? 6 months is a long time to experiment...

 

because i didnt like the yellow turn signal. i'm spraying the amber with a red coat as well.

well i basically wanted to do this right the first time... picked out LEDs, picked out different resistors, soldered a bunch of test boards, ran them high and low to see what it would be like with surges/drops. also had to decide how many LEDs would look appropriate and how to mount the boards. at first i actually started to cut up the housing, but decided to go a totally different route with layout/mounting. as it stands with my current set up, there is no physical modification to the tail light other than opening it up and coating the amber section red. i also decided to use 7440 sockets so they plug right in to the stock wire harness with no tapping/splicing needed.

 

very cool. Can you post some pics of the tails with the lens on?

 

^^^

offtopic but that sig is inappropriate. IB removal

 

i've been dreaming of doing this mod to my ls400 for some time. what is the "final load point"? I just spent the past couple days learning about leds, resitors and soldering. I really want to do this mod. Is it just too difficult?

 

sry to stray off topic but i remember 92-94 tails with out the diffusers, they looked real good but i cnat fine the tread.

 

Jose, in using wedge bulbs AND LED's in the same tail lamp, will the LED portion of the tail lamp light up a split second prior to the wedge bulb portion when the driver applies the brakes?

 

I don't think that is Jose...he is CleanSC...this is CleanCL...

*sighs* too many owners with "Clean" in their name now

OG Baby!! lol... [/rant]

 

where can i get this?

 

http://www.able2products.com/update/11_1005.htm

scroll down to stop / turn / tail

 

thought about it, but it didn't come out right. trust me, i thought of every kind of method.