DIY: LED STRIP SIDEMARKERS
UPDATE: Radiantz.com now calls these LED strips the "Z-Flex Array"
Just get 2x 40 led amber and 2x 40 led red. Remember they are the 100 Leds per foot style. The are under "Category->Z-Flex LED lights->1mm Z-Flex arrays 100 LEDs Per foot" What nice too is these have a LIFETIME Warranty against LED failure. I got 2 amber and 2 red 40 LED flexible array strips from Radiantz.com http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/a8aaeae4.jpg Splitting the sidemarkers apart was challenging. I started prying at the tab on the front of the lens. Then ran a sharp utility knife along the edge. A 10 min 200 degree oven did help soften the plastic and made it less prone to the lens cracking. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/848c96c8.jpg Double sided tape on the LED Strip. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/b76b0b52.jpg LED strip in position. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/6e8d22d8.jpg Glued back up and installed. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/68a546a7.jpg I still need to paint the lens white. I will leave a 1/8 inch slot unpainted for the LED strip to shine through. Repeat this 3 more times... I paid $131 for all four LED strips. Alot less then the 2 companies that make these. :thumbsup: UPDATE: To connect these correctly.... Go here.. http://autolumination.com/connectors.htm Scroll down still you hit this.... Standard bulb bases with a plug-in 2-wire pigtail 12"- 18 gauge wires and buy 4 194 wedges. You guys can figure out the rest!!! :thumbsup: |
Great DIY!:thumbup:
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what did you use to seal back up the lens to the housing. black=ground, yellow=positive
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Looks good can't wait to see the finished product.
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If its the led strips are flexible couldn't you feed them through the hole in the back and not worry about splitting the lamp open?
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Great job, looks hot!
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need to show the finished product, to many unknowns that you did and are not showing.
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I got them on the car and they look GREAT!! So many compliments. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures and I am out of town till Saturday. I got these two pictures of the painting progress... Masked off.... http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/3add2092.jpg Base coat... http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0/9d1c1157.jpg Shot three coats of clear also. |
Would love to see the finished product. A friend of mine wants to make these for his Challenger.
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I will have pictures up Sat night! I am out of town till then.
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which ones did you buy?
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I'm considering doing this to Challenger sidemarkers for a friend. I'm curious about one thing. Since you're painting over the lens and making sure the light only comes through the slit you left unpainted, does the light shine through the paint at all? Maybe at night? I was assuming it may take multiple coats to make sure that doesn't happen. Did you put multiple coats of color before the clear? Also, did you just eye your masking placement for the strip? Seems hard to judge with the lenses not being clear.
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What size LEDs? 40?
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