I have genuine 99 tails which a few years ago i did led up but i had one single failure out of the 12 strips i crammed in so i ripped them out and learnt from it, ever since i just used stock filament bulbs in them which i will keep as a spare set.

 

Not going to reveal just yet what these do until i get fitted and can show in a video but these were made from a stock 89 tango pair involving a tremendous amount of work but i'm very happy with how they've turned out.

 

I have made fully clear lens tails before but never for myself and certainly not with led's and/or the unique selling point :thumbup:.

 

Edited December 22, 201410 yr by phutumsch

are these Xmas ones??? :D

Always thought it a shame Nissan incorporated the ugliest reflector known to man in the center of the light, only the side front repeaters are worse.

 

Jeff

I'm going to have a couple of guesses

1 - that the indicators will go left to right or right to left depending on which way you're turning.

 

2 - switchback lights in all of them

I'm going to have a couple of guesses

1 - that the indicators will go left to right or right to left depending on which way you're turning.

 

2 - switchback lights in all of them

 

Mmmmmmm.....and nothing to do with Xmas - although it'd be topical !!

 

Pulled the car fully into the garage and got these fitted and i couldn't be happier with fit, flushness, brightness, performance, looks, etc.

 

Weather dependent i should get a video within 48 hours, cheeky pic - best i can get as i only have about 20 inch to work in and as a consequence there are shadows.

 

Look good mate:-)

Look good mate:-)

 

They do look really nice Lee as i have pulled the car out of the garage and been able to stand back and look at them, they look incredibly modern but still don't look out of place at all.

 

Trouble is....if you can call it that, the bright crisp yellow i have now in the rear lights and the newly done led wing indicators doesn't or didn't match the front corner and door mirror signal colour which was amber/orange !!!!

 

So before i video these will be changed to all match perfectly, the fronts are done and the door mirrors are now on the bench and these will have something a little different put into them :yes:.

Looking forward to seeing these

Great stuff. Love attention to detail

look foward to the video mate. a great job mate well done

Mirrors almost all re done and you can see below how yellow these are, i don't mind the circuitry being seen but my last lenses did go milky so expect these will go similar in time although i did see where water 'got in' so this time this as been eliminated.

 

Practically built 2 x strips and mounted together side by side which as ended in 13 led's being visible which is what i had before.

 

 

:thumbup1: like them nice work

I haven't forgotten about this, ie a video, just that i noticed an issue with my illuminated reverse light panel a while back - now perfectly fixed, and then i re did my number plate 'SLICKTOP' illumination with a different clear lens as the first one was looking a bit tatty from a few years back, then today i put a red 5630 smd strip (previously it was a colour changing RGB type strip) in to light up the number plate a bit brighter.

 

The SLICKTOP colour can be changed remotely and for those that don't know this is always the same colour/function as the reverse light panel 300ZX as both are using the RGB type smd illumination.

 

Wife did see me put on the tail lights and then said blimey the indicators are bright - is that legal she muttered - honestly love i don't know but they're staying !!

 

So anyway just need to do the video now.....cheeky pic :clap:

 

Mm mm! I got these too:)

But Bach in August!

putmush...vid for gods sake:gun_bandana:

putmush...vid for gods sake:gun_bandana:

 

I've been thinking the yellow indicators in the tails are too bright but is that cos i keep staring at them from a few meters away !!

 

Therefore, car is in my garage for the minute as i want the option of dimming them if need be.

 

I will do the vid over the weekend for sure chum, i want to tootle up and around a quiet industrial estate or dogging areas you personally might know them better as Brian - worth waiting for don't worry yourself too much, haha :wink:.

Hi, how do you do the mirrors, what car did you steal the lenses from ???

Why do you make your turn signals yellow and not orange?

Hi, how do you do the mirrors, what car did you steal the lenses from ???

 

They are just flexible universal 'soft' ones bought on ebay from the far east, this therefore helps them bend into the mirror housing.

 

Why do you make your turn signals yellow and not orange?

 

I dont have or know even if you can buy amber/orange smd strips - the 5m reel of yellow i bought i love and hence Joel why have had to do all four indicators each side the same as it looked daft in two colours.

I have a strip of orange and heres a link to another one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-5m-300-LEDs-36W-SMD-5050-Light-LED-Light-Strip-Orange-Xmas-Party-Yellow-/201249954339?pt=US_String_Lights_Fairy_Lights&hash=item2edb6e9a23

I have a strip of orange and heres a link to another one

 

I like yellow it's illegal !!

 

I've not looked but 5630 smd Graham is what i have for the winkers, 5050 is probably just enough brightness fit for the rear tail lights :biggrin:.

I think the size of the smd is a bit of a misnomer, they are all as bright as each other, its the spread that changes, but what the eye perceives also differs, so smaller isnt necessarily, not as bright :thumbup1:

I think the size of the smd is a bit of a misnomer, they are all as bright as each other, its the spread that changes, but what the eye perceives also differs, so smaller isnt necessarily, not as bright :thumbup1:

 

So what you're saying is, even if we have a small one, we can still make a big impression?

So what you're saying is, even if we have a small one, we can still make a big impression?

 

:lol::lol::thumbup:

Been out twice today, the first part of this video is done in the daylight by my daughter and then a little walk around one by me as it was getting dark.

 

As far as i know using the bottom 'indicator' section also as a tail light is unique and then the fitment of a switchback module enables the yellow signal part to be used in it's usual position.

 

I can turn off the bottom tail light part if i so wish as i put in a very accessible bullet connector.

 

Now please don't mention the smoke, i am not using the car it's sorned - a forged rebuild is way past the planning stage :thumbup1:.

 

I did have a high level brake light and some subtle lighting onto the tail pipes - these now removed.

 

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i like that m8. some work gone into that now. good on ya.