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What do you think,cool,uncool !

Mock up for led brake light,would still use side light bulb but leds for brake lights.

They could do with being straighter and maybe a row through the center??

sorry mate but very un-cool

personally dont like. stick with the original look or get some aftermarket venom lights if you want led's

Edited November 29, 200817 yr by Phantom2080

Sorry but no. :nono:

Tacky in the extreme.:nono:

Sorry.

nope sorry

They could do with being straighter and maybe a row through the center??

 

it is a mock up,would be straighter if i decide to go ahead with idea.

personally dont like. stick with the original look or get some aftermarket venom lights if you want led's

 

But the idea is to have something different,not something that anyone can buy and fit.

The idea was to show the the shape of the light,long and narrow with the curved ends.

Uncool

Could you not have more leds closer together and in straight lines.

You could also do the indicators.

 

You can buy these from the US but they cost a fortune. Funky Si knows more about them IIRC

i would say make the lines straighter (prob 3 lines) and dont curve the ends, will look more like they have been bought than a made at home job. other than that if done well should look ok, good luck with it mate.

Could you not have more leds closer together and in straight lines.

You could also do the indicators.

 

You can buy these from the US but they cost a fortune. Funky Si knows more about them IIRC

 

Yes could have as many leds as you can fit,could use mica board cut to shape and do any design you wanted. But would have to use some leds for tail lights.(thats alot of work)

Must admit it dosent look that good in picture but nothing fixed,when fitted properly,straight lines,all leds against lens will look better.

I was going to use the original tail light bulb so didnt want to put to much infront of it otherwise could loose alot of light.

I'm not a fan of the standard lights as i think they look dated and putting LED's in them doesn't make them look more modern.I have vipers and i love them but not to every ones tastes(Funky LOL).

If you like them, go for it.

No, I don't like venoms because they don't suit the Z in any shape or form. Stock rear lights still look pretty modern (if 99-spec) as there's practically nothing else around that looks quite like them, which is why people say the Z still looks quite fresh. It is theeeeeee most distinguishable part of the car.

 

If you want to go down the LED route on stock rears, and want to do the job properly, you need to get 2 PCBs made up and have them highly populated with miniature high power SMD LEDs.

 

 

These are so small, the when correctly populated, all you'll see is the really cool synthetic glow of LEDs without any of the dimples that the great big old conventional LEDs have.

 

 

 

My design, which I will eventually try and get manufactured with contacts I have within the electronic industry is a design using a profile cut PCB (profile being a template copy of the side of each individual light diffuser) in the rear lights. Having that populated with single phase LEDs at the top for the indicators and 2 stage LEDs at the bottom for brake and side light operation.

 

The beauty of Micro SMD LEDs is that, because of their size, you can populate PCBs with vast numbers of them meaning that you won't loose the contours of the light bezels as well as having a nice even glow. It means you need to find someone with a pick-and-place machine and to let you borrow their wave soldering machine.

 

I've seen LED converted rear lights before, and whilst they can look ok, have square illuminated edges rather than follow the curves of the outer and inner part of the diffuser/bezel.

 

If it works, then I’ll aim to manufacture a few kits for those that want them. I still have more research do on the subject regarding films/coatings etc.

 

The great things about these, is that the lights will visially look stock, but their LED conversion should look professional and slick looking. That's the aim anyway.

i love the stock rears, even the 89-spec ones and rather than pulling the car down i think they keep up with the retro-but-modern look of the Z as a whole :bow:

i like the z's lights as standard , but do plan to make mine look 99 spec"

 

so soz not for me:)

Edited November 30, 200817 yr by ck300z

No, I don't like venoms because they don't suit the Z in any shape or form. Stock rear lights still look pretty modern (if 99-spec) as there's practically nothing else around that looks quite like them, which is why people say the Z still looks quite fresh. It is theeeeeee most distinguishable part of the car.

 

If you want to go down the LED route on stock rears, and want to do the job properly, you need to get 2 PCBs made up and have them highly populated with miniature high power SMD LEDs.

 

These are so small, the when correctly populated, all you'll see is the really cool synthetic glow of LEDs without any of the dimples that the great big old conventional LEDs have

 

My design, which I will eventually try and get manufactured with contacts I have within the electronic industry is a design using a profile cut PCB (profile being a template copy of the side of each individual light diffuser) in the rear lights. Having that populated with single phase LEDs at the top for the indicators and 2 stage LEDs at the bottom for brake and side light operation.

 

The beauty of Micro SMD LEDs is that, because of their size, you can populate PCBs with vast numbers of them meaning that you won't loose the contours of the light bezels as well as having a nice even glow. It means you need to find someone with a pick-and-place machine and to let you borrow their wave soldering machine.

 

I've seen LED converted rear lights before, and whilst they can look ok, have square illuminated edges rather than follow the curves of the outer and inner part of the diffuser/bezel.

 

If it works, then I’ll aim to manufacture a few kits for those that want them. I still have more research do on the subject regarding films/coatings etc.

 

The great things about these, is that the lights will visially look stock, but their LED conversion should look professional and slick looking. That's the aim anyway.

 

 

very interesting Si and suprisingly a look i would consider if could be done on this level;)