This is the first ever 350z 100% led headlight. These head lights house 16 super bright 10mm leds. 8 are used for low beams and the other 8 are used for high beams. The turn signals consist of 9 super bright 10mm amber leds in the bottom clear reflective lens. The headlight has not been sealed yet and the lens is just set in place for the pics that is why you can see the gray sealant around the edges in some of the pics. I will post more pics once I seal and install them.

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I'm sure oncoming traffic will love this. No cut off or shields for glare?

What about light output? Doesn't seem like this would even compare to the projector in the 06-08.

 

Wait, so you put the inner housing from a 06+ tail light in the head light outer housing?

 

interesting... i'm curious, did you use an oem 06-08 tail light housing for this project or ebay led tail light housing?

 

This is very interesting. Even if it doesn't have sufficient output (Can't really tell), it's pretty cool to see. Once you get the light output 100%, I'd like to see what kind of aesthetic improvements you can make.

 

I'd be more impressed if you'd show us a view of the high and low beam lighting pattern on a wall in front of the car. Without seeing that, I'm guessing you probably didn't think about blinding oncoming drivers.

 

That is crazy!!!!!!! Nice work, looks futuristic, like a concept car would have it. Even though it looks just like 06 tail lights, its crazy to see it in a headlight housing!

 

Here is a quick video of high and low beams on a wall. Keep in mind I'm running these off of a drill battery. The headlight is sitting on the ground about12 feet from the wall. They may look a little different once they are installed in the Z.....Angle, power supplied and height will change. The headlights are not fully completed yet that is why I have not sealed them. I still need to finish the second one and make sure the angle is right so I am not blinding everyone I pass or come up behind.

These are a work in progress and this is the first test set so things can be changed such as leds for more lumen. As of right now there are 2500 lumen of light output per headlight @ 8000k. I am not sure what the lumen is of a stock 06 projector, I will have to look it up...Maybe 2900-3400 lumen @ 4300k-4500k...That's just a guess... If that is the case it would not take much to upgrade the leds some and reach that lumen.As for the cut of or anti glare shield, That has been a question since the beginning of this project and one I am still working on. I am hopping that I have or can get the angle right so they are not blinding oncoming traffic but still gets the light out far enough to safely see. I will have to get a test fitting on the Z after I get the other headlight up to the stage this one is at now.

They are built from a set of 06 OEM led tails and a set of 05 headlight housings molded together...

Thanks for looking and the comments...If you need anymore info or have anymore questions let me know

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Cheers to you. In terms of diy projects this one really impresses me. You seem to know what's needed to finish the project properly so I'm sure the result will be quite impressive. Looking good!

 

Thank you

 

I'd be lying if i said i didn't like it. very unique

 

I don't think you'll have anywhere close to the correct pattern on the road.

Low:


High:


Reducing the intensity is only part of the difference. I'm still putting it in the category of Bad Idea-Nicely Executed.

 

yeah if you can't keep from blinding folks you'll be seeing lots of these leds in the future:

 

Very unique. I like the yellow turn signal.

 

I'll agree it's very unique and kinda of cool looking. But it looks like you have a flood light or portable shop lights turned with all the light just going everywhere. That's why people having such hard times with after market hid's in non hid housings. They do not have cut off shields or glare shields built for that type of bulb.

Good luck but not sure how your gonna solve this.

 

Yeah, I looked up the same thing on wiki about headlight design and saw all the same pics and diagrams...Like I said these headlights are still a work in progress... But thank you for spending the time to look it up and post your findings... As far as "Reducing the intensity is only part of the difference" I'm not sure exactly where that came from. I never said anything about reducing the intensity of the lights to try and combat the glare for oncoming traffic. If you are referring to what I said about the lumen and being able to do some changes to leds to up the lumen output. Then this is what I said

and I was answering this question

If you are referring to this comment


I was saying that they may be brighter once installed in the car and running off of a real 12v system and not a little drill battery. The angle of the lights output may be different once they are off the ground and mounted in the car since they will then be flush, straight and sitting at the right height. From there I can try and readjust the led set up for the low beams to angle less towards the oncoming traffic and more towards the center of the road for the passenger side. Being that they are individual leds I can adjust each accordingly on angle. If this does not work then I will try other leds for the low beams something just as bright if not brighter but with less of a degree in view angle for the pass side low beams. Something with just enough angle to stay out of the on coming traffics eyes and still light up the road in front of you.

This is the first headlight design from My L.E.D. and I am working day in and day out to perfect this design before it ever gets released. If anything I have already learned allot from this headlight project that I will put towards the next and hopefully I will have a fully working design here very soon that can be released to any Z owners that are interested in a totally different look in headlight design for the 350z. This is not an easy project by any means. I went into this with that in mind. It may take a little more time before they can be fully operational and road worthy. I am in for the long haul on this project and will not stop until I have exhausted every option that I can think of to make these headlights work properly.

I hope this helps to clarify what I had wrote earlier......

Thanks again

 

I think it's going to be easiest just making a custom plastic shield for each headlight to make the correct cut.

It really shouldn't be that difficult to make, but getting the correct angle will require a lot of trial and error.

 

Thank you, I agree with you there is not going to be an easy solution for this project. It is going to take allot of time and R&D to get this right but I hope to get it all worked out. If it were an easy headlight setup there would be more cars running full led headlights and not just your more expensive few that already have it done. I will be sure to keep everyone who is interested updated on the progress of these headlights as this project progresses.

Thanks again for checking them out and your comments

 

Nice work in progress... there will always be naysayers..but looks cool so far.

 

I hear ya....The 06 tail light piece actually had shields built in on one half of the lights but it was in the wrong spot and had to be deleted. So something similar to that would be ideal. I will have to see what I can come up with.....