anyone know where i can get some cool LED's?, TAIL LIGHT BUILD Options

[b1gr3d]

Hella lights would be nice to

i cant seem to find those anywhere

I can get them in germany
Here is a picture how it can look


I live in the netherlands you see and it will cost for 6 lights whit led circels 195 euro

yeha that is NOT the look i am going for at all

[ExSane]

Here you go for some ideas mate, made myself using the backing of some standard lenses, filler, pcb board, homemade circuit, leds, clear perspex.

Put perspex in an oven at 140 degrees c for about 20minutes and it will be soft enough to bend easily. Make sure its perspex though as I had polycarbonate and that needs heating slowly overnight before it will bend otherwise it just bubbles internally.

And if I were you, I wouldn't scuff the outside of the plastic as you said, I tried it and it will just end up looking white, even if you paint the inside red.



V

Damn Vside. Those taillights are the best looking aftermarkets I've ever seen for our celicas. You could make a lot of profit making those if you are up to it. It would give you a good chance to perfect your skills. LoL.

[vsideboy]

unfortunately the finish ain't good enough (for me anyway) to justify selling them.
I'll keep playing with mine and when I am seriously happy with them and I feel that i could knock some out fairly quickly then I might consider selling some.

No idea how much postage would be to the US though.

heres another pic to whet your appetites (yes that is how you spell whet in this context before someone has a go!)



This post has been edited by vsideboy: Aug 15, 2006 - 2:14 AM

[rzanology]

thats not what we wanna hear v lol. come on we got faith in you! money and postage are of no importance here. those things look good enough for me! how about i buy your pair?

[Celica power]

damm that last one is horny
Want a pair of those

[celica47]

yeah bro, trust me postage cost is the least of anybody worries, people would want to know how FAST you can get them to my house lol

[JFrost9]

vside what did you use to make the black "dividers" for the lights? Is that just a filler or black silicone? Ive got a lil project in the works and im curious how you got such good lines on all that.

[vsideboy]

Ive got a lil project in the works and im curious how you got such good lines on all that.

ooo tell us more about this lil project?????

vside what did you use to make the black "dividers" for the lights? Is that just a filler or black silicone?

I'm afraid that is a vside secret. sorry

thats not what we wanna hear v lol. come on we got faith in you! money and postage are of no importance here. those things look good enough for me! how about i buy your pair?

but then mine would look stupid without any lights on.

another of my reasons for not selling them is getting hold of 'donor' lights to split apart, and whether they will pass an MOT or not. I may end up having to get you guys to post me your old lights back once you have received the new ones, which you won't want to do if you've forked out for a $300 set of jdm's.
Anyway that would be upto you lot, if someone didn't send me their old ones and I couldn't get hold of anymore then you'd be spoiling it for everyone cos I'd have to stop.

[vsideboy]

yeah bro, trust me postage cost is the least of anybody worries, people would want to know how FAST you can get them to my house lol

haha so you're hoping to be the first then are you mate?

well all those that would want a set (if I make some!), can you send me a PM so that I can keep a list of who's asked first? Thanks

Dan

[Michelle95celica]

I've had an idea to make LED Circle taillights almost exactly like those! How you made them is really close to how I plan to make them too, but my only problem is the whole circuit board for the LEDs. Are there any I can get pre-made here in the US? I've seen some LED circle Semi truck replacement taillights but they are ugly, can you PM me some more pics of yours both during the day and at night? Thanks!

[celica47]

LOL i wish man...i got a coupe though, unless you think you could do something with coupe tails, i'll be first one in line lol

[vsideboy]

Well the way I've done them, I can't see why it couldn't be adapted to something similar for the coupe.

and michelle95celica, These have been in the making for over a year (on and off when i've had time!) so even the guys who built the bugatti veyron have copied from me haha!!



by the way check out the 1st page of this post for those pictures. Thats all I have.

This post has been edited by vsideboy: Aug 16, 2006 - 6:06 PM

[Michelle95celica]

LOL I just went to a cruise in this last saturday night, there was a Lotus Elise there, and I noticed when it left, it had four identically sized LED circles for the taillights...funny thing is, Lotus uses many Toyota Parts, I'm wondering if they can be adapted? There is a Lotus factory here in Michigan, I'm going to contact them to see if this can be done. I may have the solution to an easy conversion....and for the clear lense, plexiglass would work good....

This saturday I'll talk to the owner of the Elise and get some pics too....

[uberschall]

VSIDEBOY, THOSE TAIL LIGHTS ARE AMAZING.

pretty, pretty please....give us some close-ups or a how-to. i'd even buy your how-to if you were to sell it. excellent work.

[rzanology]

i asked first v. and i dont care how much they cost...just let me know plus shipping. i'd send you enough to buy the lights from toy and what ever else is needed. i just need a nice figure to see what im working with.

[vsideboy]

guys guys guys, don't fall out.
Like I said I aren't 100% happy with my prototypes yet. Once that I am then I'll consider whether or not to make them. It'll give me something to do over winter if I do make some more.

[rzanology]

[vsideboy]

ok, if someone is bored then can you find out if the us paint codes are the same as the japan/uk ones?

i asume that you'd all want the insides painting to match your cars? (if I did them that is!)

[6strngs]

I love the way your tails look vside! I might be interested, depending on price, if you started making them. but I think it might be better if instead of matching to our paint color, just leave the inside black like it is on your car.. I think that'd look good on any color! but I wanna see what b1gr3d comes up with before I decide to buy any taillights.

[ExSane]

Actually black seems to be fine with me vside. It brings out the LEDs better during daylight and also they will match my black headlight covers.