Just something I toy'd with today. Not complete by any means, but I've found that there is a way to accomplish LEDs in the '06 reflectors.

 

Awesome dude. I'm very interested in this. I was thinking about getting some clear reflectors and possibly putting LED's in them to use as fog/parking lights. Keep us updated!

 

keep up the good work and cant wait to see the finished product

 

I got a couple sets in the basement doin their thing as we speak.

got a spare set down there as well, along with some luxeon III's. *evil laugh*

wish I could actually use them lol.

 

You can use Luxeon IIIs.... I have 4 of them in my flashlight with a regulator. I'm pumping about 600 mA max, and they're good for turn signals. Make sure they get some heatsink surface area and you'll be fine.

Heck, I modded my tiny keychain light with a single Luxeon III. :-)

I wanted the Luxeon K2, but they're hard to get. Anyhow, the white is blinding! ahahah

 

lol I intend to use the luxeons, I meant the reflectors. round peg in a square hole for my car.

the 06 reflectors have so much more potential with LEDs.

 

Very true. The diffuser (reflective piece) disperses the light a lot better than the previous pieces. I may opt to upgrade to an '06 style bumper just so I can put them on my car.

 

how bout a full car pic @ nighttime....

 

got any pics of the back so we can see how you have the LEDs in it? I just got mine in the mail yesterday

 

it appears he placed his in the recessed section between the screw holes.

Ive taken the reflectors totally apart, and can say there are 3 peices to it. the grey backing, the clear outer shell, and a 3rd seperate reflector peice inside.

you can get through the grey and not into the 3rd inside peice, and if you do, that would yeild the best results for that LED placement. its a very very short clearance in there though, so you'll likely need a drill press to have a shot at making that hole without going into the reflector part.

you could go straight through the reflector part, but then you wont get the diffusion from it.

 

that looks great man...it looks really clean to...gj

 

thanks ares.. mostly i wanted to see it because there's not enough room in that resess for 3 rows (which it looks like he has), and if you go outside the recess, you're awful close to the edge..

 

I think those 2 other lines you see are just refraction at work. could be wrong though.

 

Here's some more pics. Just need to work on heat dissipation now.

 

dude that clear one of the way left would look pretty hot!!! GJ , keep us posted.

 

opened em up eh? how did you go about it if you dont mind me asking.

 

yeah, wonder if he used the oven method i was told to use for making my LED blinkers/reverse lights.. heh

 

That's the same one in all the pics. I still need to play around with the resistance to even the brightness out. The White LEDs are about 4x as brights as the amber ones.

I can't give my secret away. It's a special little thing of mine that I hold tender. I'm still working on it too, so it isn't a set process just yet.

 

Looks good Mike!

-Acree

 

lol did it involve a dremel?

oven method doesnt work unfortunatly, atleast not in my oven. they appear to have used a plastic weld solvent to seal them up, same as the 03-05.