Nine8Six...congrats on the amazing work. I watched the thread on your projectors and your work is meticulous, great R&D.

I'm very interested in seeing the finished product and maybe getting one if it will ship to Canada!

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Thanks! Yea we're good on the Canada shipping that's no worries there.

I'll update soon and hopefully have a fully developed LED Illuminated Wind Deflector kit for Boxster 986 by the end of Nov.

Too slow, I know. Apologies to those who are waiting

Subscribed!! Amazing work! I'm in for one as well!

I need noodles

Very excited about this project! It's looking great so far - your work and detail are superb.

Expression, freedom, all of that... love it. Can I offer those noods for now?

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I think my little edge lighting thingy here is The Best In-The-World lol

Anodized, fitted and... can't stop playing with it (funny set-up)

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Just the etching job/custom window alone looks nice ;) Sharp frosty stuff.... bye bye stickers for me!

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Looks great. Can't wait to see the final product.

Looks like a bowl of rare steak pho, with tripe, of course. Yeah I know, Pho is Vietnamese grub.

the things you do sometimes lol

Too bad you quoted that... I would have removed this stupidity. Not even funny.... Porsche'tastic... what on earth (pmma vapors you think?)

Any progress on a preferred power supply yet?

Something straight-forward for us who might be worried about screwing up:D

No progress at all, sorry bud.

The car is 12VDC everywhere so that where/what PS issue shouldn't become an impediment. I'm thinking about tapping into the ashtray's light circuit... lead dropping/hiding behind driver carpet, and flows under the console up to the ashtray compartment. I think you don't even need to remove the console to get it done... just push in the wire with your finger under it and catch it with a hanger from the ashtray compartment - then pull lol. Something like that... has to be easy. We'll see, I'll let you know what I did on mine for sure

Quick Update:
 

Right... so these LED are bright - NOT subtle at all when ran over the full car 12v intensity lol You will be arrested, handcuffed and spend 30 days in jail for-sure if you run this thing on your car at full brightness (tried it on a dark night, in the garage, on my boxster). No thanks lol

And I can't really reduce the number of LED otherwise I won't be getting that wide angle light pattern. Required if your visual is wide e.g. you need the light to be the same intensity on both left & right side of the visual to make it look, real? cleaner... sharper etc

Solution: a dimmer :/ We're giving simplicity a whole new meaning already lol

Seen a few already-made LED dimmers here locally but all very strong looking (4" sq boxes and stuff, white color, cheap plastics, etc). Others looked more like household items instead of car parts and the rest had features on them that would just add up to the things that can go wrong. Who wants strobe and flashing features on theirs?!

So there you have it again, we'll just make our own. Been experiencing with PWM (Pulse width modulation) and narrowed down the best two. Saying best because those are the only I found under $1,750 that have an audible On/Off click feature on them lol Other than that they have the highest freq I could find >25kHz so no LED flicking and no interference with mobile phones radio or anything. What that PWM board does is power on/off the LED and dim the intensity (5%~100%). That's all! I know, boring lol

At last, a very important part (to me). Because that's all what it took to get this panel to look absolutely stunning and right-where-I-dreamed-it "Barely visible, but crazy nice when spotted".

Soooo happy I haven't wasted my time, so this is going ahead!

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^ Below the glass is the two PWM modules selected for the job. I'm in discussion with the supplier to see if he can drop the price from 1,750 to let's say $5 each. On my side I'll design and CNC a small little box that will look good in our cars, and 'hopefully' small enough to be concealed in the ashtray compartment.

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^ Equally happy to have received the led. Shipped out of Taiwan last week (samples, all colors). Man.... those PINK.... speechless

Stunning work ! Looks fantastic can't wait for the final product.

These sort of things never passes final stage. Wait until you see the mkII with a clearflex svga display... Ras Pi driven OBD Bluetooth reader with live dials showing on the windscreen HUD style. You get to see your car's gut stuff LIVE right up there in your mirror.

(^really hope I'm joking here). PMMA, sniff that stuff, gives you wings lol

Happy Thanks Giving to you guys there!

Same to you! Really admire your work; just amazing.

Looking great! Can't wait for the finished product:cheers:

Wow that is looking really good. You are da man!
Your attention to detail is awesome.

Hi Fred,

I've been following this thread since it's inception. You are truely amazing at product development. I like the windscreen and am waiting till it's available.

I hope you have a good weekend and wish you the best to you & your family. Happy Holiday