07-10-2014, 12:35 AM
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Any headway on my lights, Pwave?
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07-10-2014, 09:08 AM
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#562
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I am sure where ever it goes! it will be top shelf  looking forward to the results!
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07-10-2014, 11:14 AM
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Will there not be a lens ?
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Yes, there will be a lens when it's done, haha! 
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07-10-2014, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BruceH
I am sure where ever it goes! it will be top shelf looking forward to the results! |
Thanks Bruce!
Not everyone's cup o' tea, I'm sure, but I think I'm going to like it 
Pictures have been photoshopped to hide some things
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07-10-2014, 11:31 AM
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Just a dab of the green caliper paint on the HID cutoffs and around the Cree LEDs to carry the color in the lenses as seen in my last post.
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Last edited by particlewave; 07-10-2014 at 11:36 AM.
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07-10-2014, 07:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by particlewave
Just a dab of the green caliper paint on the HID cutoffs and around the Cree LEDs to carry the color in the lenses as seen in my last post.
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Funky! Quick question... those shotgun LED projectors, how do they hook up to the system? Are you planning to connect them to the parking light or the low beams? Fogs? Standalone circuit?
You need to put on the inner trim and the lens then fire it up so we can see what it will look like
(curious!)
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07-10-2014, 07:23 PM
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Thanks Bruce!
Not everyone's cup o' tea, I'm sure, but I think I'm going to like it
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Who cares if someone else likes it or not! What you have so far is pretty cool looking. I am also curious about the outboard LED's.
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07-10-2014, 07:31 PM
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Me too
Remember the awful movie "Starship Troopers" ?
"Do you want to know more ?"
Yes we do :-)
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07-10-2014, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceH
Who cares if someone else likes it or not! What you have so far is pretty cool looking. I am also curious about the outboard LED's.
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Originally Posted by Nine8Six
Funky! Quick question... those shotgun LED projectors, how do they hook up to the system? Are you planning to connect them to the parking light or the low beams? Fogs? Standalone circuit?
You need to put on the inner trim and the lens then fire it up so we can see what it will look like
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I'm not sure yet.
They will either be DRL's or "flash to pass" daytime high beams. They are very bright. Blinding.
Combine that with the projector lens and they are actually very useful.
I mostly just like the way they look, though. 
I'm resurrecting the old CCFL DRL idea, also. These will be nice because I made them so that the bulb can be changed through a plug in the side of the headlight (no need to remove the lens). They are also very bright.
Still a bit of work to go, but I'll have them finished in a week or so.
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Last edited by particlewave; 07-11-2014 at 06:00 AM.
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07-10-2014, 08:22 PM
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Cree
Could you do that with a frosted tube and a Cree at each end...should burn essentially forever.
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07-10-2014, 08:26 PM
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For that strip in the indicator, two words: "fiber optic". Look it up
Glad to see you are having fun there man. Lucky you (wish I had time to trick my toys here hrrr)
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07-10-2014, 08:50 PM
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Still a bit of work to go, but I'll have them finished in a week or so.
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In a week you'll have all of your customer's kit in hands (bity of a heads up). So yea everyone, expect this mod in Autumn lol
Was browsing at this CA guy's website ('80 style, beware btw)
http://www.fiberopticproducts.com/El_wire.htm
found this as well:
I've seen the Bill Me Later thing often but never really cared to look into it, what it meant. Until today. juss sharing man
(unbelievable)
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07-10-2014, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine8Six
In a week you'll have all of your customer's kit in hands (bity of a heads up). So yea everyone, expect this mod in Autumn lol
Was browsing at this CA guy's website ('80 style, beware btw)
EL Wire and electroluminescent wire
found this as well:
I've seen the Bill Me Later thing often but never really cared to look into it, what it meant. Until today. juss sharing man
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Why on earth are they still using inverters (Ballasts) with all the wonderful high output SMD these days ?
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07-10-2014, 08:59 PM
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Robust!!! lol
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07-10-2014, 10:57 PM
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I've actually tried those. The EL wire isn't nearly bright enough and led tube is spotty and a pain to repair if a single led goes out.
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Why on earth are they still using inverters (Ballasts) with all the wonderful high output SMD these days ?
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See above. The quest for tube lighting...led tubes aren't very bright and they still have that uneven spotty look.
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07-10-2014, 11:10 PM
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This is not bright enough
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07-11-2014, 07:23 AM
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this thread is AWESOME
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07-11-2014, 08:44 AM
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this thread is AWESOME
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I think it can now be called EPIC.
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07-11-2014, 01:14 PM
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More headlight pron...
These could be ready by tomorrow, but I'm going to wait a day to see if anything else comes to mind before I re-seal them.
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07-11-2014, 03:38 PM
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Haha! That is probably crazy bright @ 50watts. Way too bright for my needs and I was referring to/looking for tube/strip lighting.
The Cree LEDs in the small projectors that I'm using are 1 watt each (330 mA @ 3 V) and are more than bright enough for DRLs, though I probably won't use them as such.
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