Been working on the LED conversion for the rear lights over the weekend and before I go any further with it I need some opinions on what would look best on the radius part of the light segments.

 

TYPE1

 

TYPE2

 

What do you think?

lol yep it's a close call! :chinese:

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

have you done them yet :lol::lol:

have you done them yet :lol::lol:

 

:no::no::no:

 

But im working on it !! :sweatdrop:

 

:hammer::hammer::hammer:

Hi Mate, i have a pic of the clear corners led light units, i will try and dig it out.

On most of the board they have 5mm leds apart from the recess at each end which have 15 3mm leds( each end) and in the middle where the reflector screws in there is a row of 5mm leds top and bottom and 12 3mm leds around the hole. With the spacing of the leds, they have designed it so the hole is in the space between a row. You wont need smd's then, which will make the board easier to design,, or maintain the same design that you have.

HTH

 

Graham

 

did you find that picture Graham?

Type 2 for me aswell

can you email me your email address please zedwizz? dirtytudor @ hotmail . co. uk

 

just need to contact ya buddy.... cheers.

can you email me your email address please zedwizz? dirtytudor @ hotmail . co. uk

 

just need to contact ya buddy.... cheers.

 

email sent

Nearly done....

 

I made the first set out of the PCB fibreglass material the Fog and reverse LED's are made of but it was hard to form the boards to the shape of the lights and the LED's where pressed against the red/orange lens making it difficult to reassemble the unit. So I’ve been working on plan ‘B’…

 

Plan ‘B’ involved a rethink on materials. This time ive used a mirror finish Perspex (pre-formed to the shape of the light units of easier fitting) for the backing and a copper clad Mylar material (similar to the material used on the back of the instrument panel), and etched the same way as the fog/reverse LED’s units for the circuit tracks. Also because of the amount of resistors I have used SMD resistors, which makes it look almost professional!!! Lol.

 

I’m still experimenting using red and orange Perspex to see what is best but so far so good. Still waiting on the adaptor hardware for plug’n’play connectivity to arrive should be here next week.

 

I will stick up some pictures as soon as Im happy with it.

dont forget us who have clear 99 spec lights ;)

dont forget us who have clear 99 spec lights ;)

 

good point. :thumbup1:

just putting a spanner in the works :lol::lol:

just putting a spanner in the works :lol::lol:

 

Nah just have to find another use for the orange and red perspex now :tt2:

 

 

lol

update

 

After a lot of work getting this right especially the ends the circuit for the rear LED lights are finished yeah.

 

Here are a few pictures of the tracks, which will be mounted on to mirrored Perspex before installing the LED’s and resistors.

 

The tracks that look gery still have toner on this will be removed before assy.

 

Nice work!!!

 

These will be for through hole LEDs though...have you thought about SMD LEDs?

Thanks Si

 

Im using 5mm through hole LED's but 3 different types to get into the corners. Type 1 are normal sized 5mm LED's with a height profile of 8.6mm, Type 2 are again 5mm LED's but with a height profile of 6.5mm known as flat top LED's and Type 3 which again are 5mm LED's but with a height profile of 4.7mm these are know as straw hat LED's. These had matching brightness and appearance when on.

 

There are issues with clearance between the lens and the LED's in the corners but the shorter profile LED's should be ok in the corners.

 

The indicator units contain 190 LED's per side and the side/brake units have 196 LED's. I’ve looked at the SMD LED's and they do look a bit difficult to solder but if these units don’t look right when finished then I may try these next.

Good stuff.

 

Are you going to hand solder them or do you have access to a wave soldering machine?

Good stuff.

 

Are you going to hand solder them or do you have access to a wave soldering machine?

 

All depends on demand but the first batches will be done by hand. A company near me has a wave solder machine but I would need a large volume of orders to make it viable

great work,

 

looking forward to a general release and would be happy to do some beta testing of them !

 

Think my zed would look amazing all LEDeed out !

great work,

 

looking forward to a general release and would be happy to do some beta testing of them !

 

Think my zed would look amazing all LEDeed out !

 

lol sorry mate that positon has already been taken but thanks for the offer.

what a lot of holes lol. The first board is now filled with LED's and ready to solder.

 

 

only three to go...

Thats looking great Martin, keep up the good work, i look forward to seeing them in the flesh.

 

Graham

Hurry up will you. :lol::lol:

 

Stop teasing and get them done :mad:

the votes are unanimous :p

 

He doesn't go out at night time, he's too busy on the PS3 :)

? WTF did I just quote ?

I've mastered the art of nonsense quoting. I now have the ability to tottally ruin a thread by quoting out of context 100% of the time.

that is looking fantastic mate ........really please with the fogs and reverse lights which i have fitted to the spare centre panel ...im still working on my zed even when its not here .....:) im so up for a pair of led rear lights when they are ready bud

 

steve-in-kazakhstan .......now Kaza Steve