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$100T2 03-12-2008 07:30 PM

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I want to do something like this for the new tails. I like the body colored strip in the middle to break the lights up a bit, and I think they will blend well with my wide fenders.

jtbshaw 03-12-2008 10:30 PM

I've been buying my LEDs from www.autolumination.com for years. Chris Bacon is the owner and has excellent and fast shipping. Communication is great also. I've eye'd the LED boards that he has listed on the site now. I had actually thought about doing this a few months ago. I just haven't had the time to devote to it. Check out Chris's site and see if there is something that you can use. His prices are very affordable.

RX-7 Chris 03-20-2008 04:50 PM

I've been thinking of doing the same thing. I would like to see what some of you come up with.

warwickben 03-20-2008 05:25 PM

ive been trying to find the person i made friends with on my space. the guy had a wide body sa. he removed his tail light lenses and fab up a sheet of metal to screw in place of it. then he used the round led truck lights you see on 18 wheelers. they where flush mounted and looked sic .
they lights kinda looked like a skyline ect. i was thinking of doing this once i figure out how to wire it since i can get the lights from my step dad's work dirt dirt cheap.
47 led
http://www.truck-lite.com/wcsstore/t.../91272R-lr.jpg 24 led
http://www.truck-lite.com/wcsstore/t...ew/4050-lr.jpg
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$100T2 03-20-2008 05:54 PM

I think I'm going to buy some cheapo LED lights, take 'em apart and figure out how to wire 'em and make my own thing.

warwickben 03-20-2008 06:03 PM

do you want to be able to tell there led, like dots in the lenses . if not most advance and auto zone sell led bulbs that will plug right in to the stock sockets.
iam using those. there brighter then a normal bulb's and don't have to worry about them over heating.

$100T2 03-20-2008 06:18 PM

No, like I said, I want to do something completely custom.

warwickben 03-20-2008 06:51 PM

sorry i forgot the pic you posted before my bad. also are you going to try to make it up to mass .

JShiz 03-22-2008 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by warwickben (Post 9008)
do you want to be able to tell there led, like dots in the lenses . if not most advance and auto zone sell led bulbs that will plug right in to the stock sockets.
iam using those. there brighter then a normal bulb's and don't have to worry about them over heating.

Do you have to use a resistor or anything?

$100T2 03-22-2008 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by warwickben (Post 9036)
sorry i forgot the pic you posted before my bad. also are you going to try to make it up to mass .

Yep. I have to talk to my buddy with the big pickup to see if he'll go with me, otherwise we'll have to get it into my Expedition somehow.

warwickben 03-22-2008 09:37 AM

i didnt replace the blinkers yet because i had to figure out what type of resistor to use. if you cant find the bulbs locally try this http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm

you just need to find out what bulb modles you need. these are much briter then the ones i have but they look great. me and my buddy used them on the rs turbo capri i we own.

railgun 03-22-2008 08:37 PM

Here are a couple things I found searching for this topic. May help you in your endeavor.

http://www.pcblibraries.com/forum/fo...&PID=6109#6109

http://www.robotroom.com/LEDRingLight2.html

nobodymv 05-25-2008 09:19 PM

Try this site for more info:

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph...d+tailights%5D

You may also want to try this:

http://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthr...threadid=57580


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