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Old 08-20-2012 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dcains




These look awesome , are they home-brewed or did you buy them already done ?
Old 08-20-2012 | 11:42 AM
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i got the same ones off ebay...

i'm diggin DCain's look tho! where did u pick those up? i'd much rather have those.

He's right with the LEDs facing to the side. you can't see them face on at all. but its looks good from an angle or the side. here's a few of my installs.
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Old 08-20-2012 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DemandedAce
Ahh good call on the reflectors, I think I'm gonna stalk e-bay and see if I can't find one for cheaper like the JDM ones or fab some up myself using the JDM clears. Thanks!
+1 on dcains. I made similar ones for about $80.00. I also added yellow led's to the sides that are tied into my signals.
Old 08-20-2012 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by seany boi
These look awesome , are they home-brewed or did you buy them already done ?
These are the LEDs I used:

http://www.ledlightsworld.com/high-d...eds-p-158.html

I ordered them with the pure white with white background. You can buy the bulk reel, but I bought them by the foot, and had to cut them to fit the reflectors (I think ~9"). I've used other LED strips from eBay and oznium.com, but they always had some elements burn out very quickly. I've had these for over a year, and no issues so far. These are also the brightest I've seen.

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Old 08-21-2012 | 10:56 AM
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Did you just use your original reflectors ? Think I'm gonna try and DIY some
Old 08-21-2012 | 12:52 PM
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Original, except for being the clear JDM version. This mod only works on the '06> reflectors, though.
Old 08-21-2012 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dcains
I don't think that will look very good installed on the car. Those 6 LEDs look awfully tiny, and face to the side. IMO, more LEDs, facing forward, looks best on the '06 to '08 cars. I'm biased, but here's my install:



You originally inspired me to start making these haha.
Originally Posted by supanam
i got the same ones off ebay...

i'm diggin DCain's look tho! where did u pick those up? i'd much rather have those.

He's right with the LEDs facing to the side. you can't see them face on at all. but its looks good from an angle or the side. here's a few of my installs.
Originally Posted by seany boi
Did you just use your original reflectors ? Think I'm gonna try and DIY some
Originally Posted by dcains
Original, except for being the clear JDM version. This mod only works on the '06> reflectors, though.
:tup:

I've made a lot of these, and I just recommend being very careful when in the opening phase. Too much heat and you'll melt the reflectors, not enough and you'll crack the lenses!





they really set the cars off though!

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Old 08-22-2012 | 08:56 AM
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Since there seems to be a new thread about this modification every week I have merged the existing ones with the most info into one universal thread

Any future posts/threads regarding this mod should be made here
Old 08-22-2012 | 01:50 PM
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Funny how most of the pics of Z's with LED Reflectors are of Carbon Silver / Silverstone
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