LED LS1 tail light project finally underway...
LED LS1 tail light project finally underway... **VIDEO ON PAGE 2 OF STOCK VS. LED COMPARISON**
**NEW UPDATE PAGE 4 AND 5 WITH VIDEO**
So i have been toying around with the idea for awhile and a couple weeks ago i ordered a ton of 5mm leds and im going to make myself some LED tail lights cause i hate all of the aftermarket ones. in my final design each brake light will be 78 LEDs. and each turn signal will be around 30-40 LEDs. i will post up more progress as i go but heres what i got done today just one sides brake light.
heres 200 of the red leds i ordered
one side done
series-parallel wiring
i know the pics look like **** for now but i will hopefully get the other brake light done friday and maybe some test pics inside the lense.
**NEW UPDATE PAGE 4 AND 5 WITH VIDEO**
So i have been toying around with the idea for awhile and a couple weeks ago i ordered a ton of 5mm leds and im going to make myself some LED tail lights cause i hate all of the aftermarket ones. in my final design each brake light will be 78 LEDs. and each turn signal will be around 30-40 LEDs. i will post up more progress as i go but heres what i got done today just one sides brake light.
heres 200 of the red leds i ordered
one side done
series-parallel wiring
i know the pics look like **** for now but i will hopefully get the other brake light done friday and maybe some test pics inside the lense.
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I will be offering custom LED taillight conversions for all 4th gen tail light styles within the next month.
I'm going to be posting pics of some of my work within the next week to give you guys an idea of what to expect.
I'm going to be posting pics of some of my work within the next week to give you guys an idea of what to expect.
So i have been toying around with the idea for awhile and a couple weeks ago i ordered a ton of 5mm leds and im going to make myself some LED tail lights cause i hate all of the aftermarket ones. in my final design each brake light will be 78 LEDs. and each turn signal will be around 30-40 LEDs. i will post up more progress as i go but heres what i got done today just one sides brake light.
heres 200 of the red leds i ordered
one side done
series-parallel wiring
i know the pics look like **** for now but i will hopefully get the other brake light done friday and maybe some test pics inside the lense.
heres 200 of the red leds i ordered
one side done
series-parallel wiring
i know the pics look like **** for now but i will hopefully get the other brake light done friday and maybe some test pics inside the lense.
i had some issues because some LEDs serve two duties, so they get brighter or dimmer. it wasnt hard, just tool using my thinking cap.
I sure hope they are bright enough during the day.. LED's wernt really meant for our cars lenses so I hope this works out for you.. I just have a feeling that they arnt gonna be really bright during the day..
Good luck though.. I hope you prove me wrong.
Good luck though.. I hope you prove me wrong.
only a small update, i got the guts to take a dremel to my tail light and ripped it in half to see inside. i test the board of 78 leds and all worked well. i will be not be bothering with making them dim and bright because a select amount of the outside lights will be on with the running lights and the rest will light up when i brake. kind of like a 04 cadillac dts does. i set the board inside the tail light to see how it lit up and surprisingly it was about the same as the other side running the stocks bulbs. and not only that my tail lights are tinted right now and i will be sanding the VHT off once i get ready to finish the lights up.
the actual lights are wired in series-parallel.
cut the board
here's what the turn signal will look like. this one is half done obviously. each turn signal will be 48 LED's a piece.
the actual lights are wired in series-parallel.
cut the board
here's what the turn signal will look like. this one is half done obviously. each turn signal will be 48 LED's a piece.
there are 2 different ways to wire leds. series is where u connect the positive and negative end together like i did. parallel is where all the negatives ends connect together, and all the positive ends connect together. series parallel is a combination of both where i have multiples sets of leds that are wired in series, then all the sets wired together in parallel. this website makes it very easy to calculate http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
that is the website i use and it tells me after i get the wiring diagram that 1/4 watt resistor is fine for each row of leds. it will normally say 1/4 watt resistor. so i put in 78 leds into that wizard and it shows me a diagram of how to wire it. the leds i orderded came with a 1/4 watt resistor for each led so i have like hundreds left over. the thing that always confused me is how many "ohms"" it says but just make sure if it says 1/4 watt resistor that that is what you use dont worry about the ohms rating.
ill be getting a lot more of this done monday when im off work again. im going to try to at least have one tail light completely done by monday afternoon. definitely pics will follow
that is the website i use and it tells me after i get the wiring diagram that 1/4 watt resistor is fine for each row of leds. it will normally say 1/4 watt resistor. so i put in 78 leds into that wizard and it shows me a diagram of how to wire it. the leds i orderded came with a 1/4 watt resistor for each led so i have like hundreds left over. the thing that always confused me is how many "ohms"" it says but just make sure if it says 1/4 watt resistor that that is what you use dont worry about the ohms rating.
ill be getting a lot more of this done monday when im off work again. im going to try to at least have one tail light completely done by monday afternoon. definitely pics will follow
