coleman ~

damn... wish i could tomorrow (maybe we should have done it earlier 2day). i have to show some boards to a PSA client early in the AM. could do something later but then there's traffic.

are you in the l.a. area for a few days? love to take a lil' rip thru "tuna"...also be great to see the "n.b. beast"
btw................. my brake lights are so dim compared to that! ha! ha! (guess that's why i got bumped last year)

thanks again for the detailed pics of the process. hope to catch ya sometime man.

 

very interested... btw do you mean your instr. cluster as well???

 

No, only the lights above the gear stick/shifter.
The Tail lights give the car a much more modern look. I also fitted HID's and then some matching side light led's.
I've got to get out there today and clean it so i'll take some pics then. Hopefully do the car some justice!

 

Can you also give us details on where you got the bulbs, sizes, models, etc.

I really want to get LEDs for the markers.

 

(at night before I changed the number plate lights.

video (please right click and download)

http://www.aceparts.com/Taillight_video.AVI


Sorry, I'm not a great photographer!

 

wow, i like it, what parts are needed?

 

Great Mod!!!! Thanks for posting your work...

 

Nice work, the video is especially useful to understand how the LEDs are different.

 

Well that's where we'll fall foul of the rennlist rules as I've developed them myself and as i can't promote my own work you'll have to make enquiries some other way!

 

what a CLEAN light. really updates it to look fresh. but not @ all ricey!

& much thanks for the pix!

what a cheap mod too.

 

Why not become a Rennlist Sponsor. Such a sponsorship would certainly pay dividends.

 

Would these be suitable for the 3rd brake light?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...B:EOIBSA:UK:31

 

No, you need the T5 (286) wedge LED's with built in resistors

For reference only
http://www.aceparts.co.uk/product_in...products_id/97

 

Alan,

How would these type of bulbs be mounted in the 3rd brake light assembly?

I was thinking that if the LED's i above were 3V ish then I could cut the track and group the LEDs in fours making the 12V groups to wire in parrallel and this should work, or am I completely wrong?

I am keen to do this mod now as the back windscreen is being replaced and the brake light assembly is sitting on the bench doing nothing.

Alan, e-mail or PM me if you have your solution ready yet, for the 3rd brake light at least.

 

I'm just working on a conversion at the moment but with the chinese new year break I'm unlikely to have anything until March. These T5 led's are an easy install - just a direct replacment for the bulb and incredibly bright - probably twice as bright as the bulbs!

Only catch -if you've got cruise control it will stop working (i've done a fix but won't be available until march)

PM me for a deal on 24 leds if you want them.