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Old 12-28-2006, 08:31 PM
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man i'm waiting for my clear reflectors to come....then it begins for me
Old 12-28-2006, 08:53 PM
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Here are a couple of nighttime shots. It's hard to get a good representation of them even with my DSLR, but these at least give an idea.
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Old 12-28-2006, 09:34 PM
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^ wow thats bright (a good thing).
which bulb did you use for your parking lights?
do they burn out easy?
Old 12-28-2006, 09:47 PM
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Parking lights are some 1 led polarized bulbs from Superbrightleds, these are the only ones I've bought from this company that haven't burned out.

The LEDs in the reflectors are 5mm LEDs I mentioned earlier. They're running at 3.5 volts and 21 mA.
Old 12-31-2006, 12:56 PM
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A couple of daytime pics.

Old 12-31-2006, 11:20 PM
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too many LEDs, I would have opted for 3...Nice handy work though
Old 01-01-2007, 07:42 AM
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nah i think the 7 leds looks good cause it's the 06' refelctors but i would've centered it though.
i'm going to put 5 on mine...can't wait till my reflectors are here
Old 01-01-2007, 07:55 AM
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did you put the lights in parallel?
Old 01-06-2007, 07:02 PM
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The LEDs are placed towards the rear of the reflector in this case because the plastic and metal bracketry on the back on the reflector was difficult to modify. Since I moved them towards the rear, I angled the LEDs so that the light is more forward. This seems to allow the LEDs to be seen from the front a little better.

The wiring of the LEDS is similar to the illustration attached.
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Old 01-20-2007, 04:21 PM
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Don't Most of the New LED come with built in Resistors for 12 v ??
Old 01-20-2007, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Agentman03
Don't Most of the New LED come with built in Resistors for 12 v ??
Some do and help the math challenged. Buy picking your LEDs you can select exactly what you want - brightness, color, and output angle.
Old 01-30-2007, 06:20 PM
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Plasmaled.com & autodirectsave.com have 5 mm & 8 mm led's for 12 volt parellell setup wiith the Resistors and wires already soldered up .. just wire up !! 10 for $12.00 ... all colors ..
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bought 10 white to use on my new silver chrome reflectors ..
Old 01-31-2007, 09:26 AM
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Whats the difference between the 5 & 8mm?
Old 02-06-2007, 05:49 PM
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Bought the 5 MM Led's From " Plasma Led.com " 10 for $12 .. they Have the Built in Leads and Resitors .. They Work Great fot The Side Reflectors, No Calculating or Extra Soldering ect.. Great ...Thank's.. Great Wright up !!
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Originally Posted by Agentman03
Bought the 5 MM Led's From " Plasma Led.com " 10 for $12 .. they Have the Built in Leads and Resitors .. They Work Great fot The Side Reflectors, No Calculating or Extra Soldering ect.. Great ...Thank's.. Great Wright up !!
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Old 02-08-2007, 09:36 PM
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Alright I just went crazy tonight. Bought some clear reflectors from ebay. Bought 1000 red LED's from surplusleds.com for 40 bucks (Planning on making a few sets of these).

Determining whether or not to pull the trigger right now on some parking lights and the blinkers.

Anyone know if you have to open up the headlight to access the parking and blinker lights? I am assuming no but cant remember.
Old 02-14-2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by gNaRKiLL
Anyone know if you have to open up the headlight to access the parking and blinker lights? I am assuming no but cant remember.
The parking and blinker lights are attached to the sides of the headlight enclosure so you don't actually remove the big plug in the back of the assembly but you do have to do everything else:

1. remove the wheel.
2. remove the plastic inner fenderwell.
3. have fun.
Old 03-02-2007, 06:46 PM
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I just ordered 10 white LEDS
Old 03-08-2007, 05:00 AM
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Very cool. I'll be getting a set of 12 UV colored ones when I get my Z.


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