About the LED's used in the LED sidemarkers
 

Hiya all,

Several people have e-mailed me with this questions so I thought I would post in a seperate post.

One thing I would like to point out is that these are not your typical over-the-shelf LED's that can be bought at your local electronics store. These LEDs have 3000 millicandela rating (typical LEDs are anywhere from 25 -90 mcd), with a 30 degree wide viewing angle. They are specifically designed for automotive applications.

The LED's are clear and turn amber only when lit. Hope this answers some of the questions.

I read on your zcar post that the front bumper has to be removed for this, that sounds tough. Could you chat about what is involved with doing that? Is it possible to get lower power LEDs? I don't want to light the road with them, but would like them to light up as bright as the orange side markers by the headlights.

Check the pics, man, the brightness is just right. I've heard te bumper is pretty easily removed also. Shouldn't be a problem, but I have the service manual.:)

How much was the service manual?

Service manual is about $225 for the CD/Acrobat version, and $280? for the paper version. Available from Nissan Docs website.

It's a great mod, I'm def. getting them.

I want to tint it a bit too, more for security reasons than anything but I don't know which type I want.

Titanium?

Nevermind, I'm slipping into the mod. forum :D

I'm getting the LEDs though, it adds that little something extra.

Nothing too much, but just enough to be right.

Yuichi -
Do you have some sort of current limiting resister in series with the LEDs? 4 volts across most small Light emitting diodes will exceed their current capacity. Have your 'engineers' made sure the current passing through the diodes is within the recommended range?
Thanks,
Mika

well its 4 volts across a series of three diodes. along with inline resistance from the wires used.

it should be ok.


:)

Hi, is there anyway you can post just the section on how to remove front bumper / lights? can you extract just that section from pdf file? Thanks.

Chebosto --
I imagine it's more like 4v across EACH diode (12V / 3 LEDs in series), unless there's some added series resistance. To my knowledge, most incandescent bulbs in the car operate at battery voltage - 12-15V.
See why I'm asking?
Mika