got mine open without breaking anything.. took a lot of elbow grease and a few razor blades along the seams to cut the sealant, then you gradually pop it off

i have included a pic of it totally taken apart for those who are curious

 

So now that i don't need your secret.. lol... how do you have the LEDs mounted behind the reflector since there's no holes in the back?

 

Hehe, I've been thinking about some small red/blue strobes up inside of those to freak out my friends. haha

 

razor blades

do you have any fingers left?!?

I considered that, and quickly nixed it lol. that had to take quite a while. I also considered a scriber. nixed that one too haha. dremel did the trick for me(cutoff wheel). why am I giving away my secret? I enjoy modifying the 03-05 reflectors. their fun, they arent too time consuming. man these 06's are a PAIN!!! anyone willing to take a dremel to their 60$ reflectors is already halfway home. wiring the LEDs from there i simple.

looks to me like boogie went with a low clearance spider type LED and sandwiched them between the 1st and 2nd part in your photo. spider leds being high output would be the heat problem. the exact same problem Im running into trying to squeeze luxeons in.

 

Yep. I have all 10 of them (thumbs included)... and actually, it took maybe 15 minutes at most.. as for the LEDs.. damn.. i was hoping simple 5mm's

 

WOW!!!! I'm seriously impressed that you accomplished that. These things aren't easy to get apart in the least. Good job!!!

 

problem is, as you see, theres very little space between the back and the inside reflector. you could drill through the inside reflector, place 5mm LEDs in that hole, wire it up behind it, and be on your merry way; but you wouldnt have any diffusion to it, and the reflective surface would have holes in it which would likely be noticable.

all of course, just my best guess estimate.

 

Surface mount is your friend....

-Acree

 

It's also why i have a bench microscope

Ok, so what kinda LEDs then? Luxeons are too much, and have heat issues, i'll probably be getting them from superbright since they're local and i haven't had any issues.., so if you wouldn't mind perusing their site and tell me which you think will work best..

Myke: Just had to be careful that's all, i'm kinda impressed myself that i didn't break them. lol.. i just took my time and watched what i was doing.

 

or how about from: http://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/?p=led.auto.piranha
or http://www.ledtronics.com/ds/spl300cw/

thanks

 

any thoughts?

 

Those are probably too tall. You'll need to find smaller ones to fit inbetween the diffuser and the ABS piece. I think you only have about 3 - 4 mm clearance.

 

So what did you use then, Myke?

 

Hah, I think that's going to be a secret too sorphin. Since I know Mike doesn't want to give away details about his own product, check this out. That's about what you'll need. The tricky part is getting em.

http://americanbrightled.com/america...on_introd.html

-Acree

 

ah, if that's all he's using, that's trivial.. I've worked with smaller SMT

I have no interest in making a product, I'm simply doing this for my own car. Period.

 

No no, I think you misunderstood me. I personally have no clue what Mike is using. I was simply suggesting a solution. And I completely understand what you mean when you talk about doing mods for your own personal car. That's how all of mine started out.

-Acree

 

nice lil self mod.

 

I've worked-out all the bugs with the circuitry and heat dissipation. I have one (half of a set) completely put together, sealed-up and ready to be put on a car. I should have the matching one done tomorrow.

Here's some pics.

parking light on


turn signal on


back of reflector

 

NICE man...u selling them...?...if so how much and where do you hook it up...?

 

For anyone interested in spiderleds to do this kinda thing with (if you only want white that is):
http://www.surplusled.com/Merchant2/...egory_Code=_DL

They are made by LEDtronics, but LEDtronics wants $24 for a pack of 10, so this is a deal ($2.99/pack), wish this place had the amber too