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MrSpace
03-15-2005, 03:32 PM
I am building custom LED taillights, not like the thing you see on ebay.

Now, I need to know how to plit the lights.

I can do same as factory: parking on lower part, blink and reverse middle and brake top.
I could also invert brake and parking... brake bottom, parking top.
Then I could do parking top and a line on bottom, and then the rest of the bottom when braking.

That is if I use factory lenses. If I use a clear lens and spray it black afterwards, then sky is the limit, I could do a surrounding for parking, a round for brakes, the blinker around it.. name it I could place the LEDs where I want

What do you suggest?

Etienne

BBW
03-15-2005, 05:42 PM
I'd leave the posistioning how it is, its like that for a reason.

No doubt hours of testing discovered that it was best to have the brakelight at the top - safer etc and not at the bottom.

I am intrested in converting mine to LED, I look forward to hearing your progress.

ShollyC220
03-15-2005, 07:04 PM
Either stock pattern or inverted would be great- I just want to see LED tailights that are classy looking and I'm sure you'll deliver on this. Let me know when they're completed...

-sholly

vbrock1137
03-15-2005, 09:28 PM
Looking to do the same myself, plan to stick with stock locations.

MrSpace
03-16-2005, 02:34 AM
you'll see I'll deliver ;-)

I have a pretty good setup with the power wuppoly in house, spare parts, testing equipment.

Etienne

mbLova
03-16-2005, 03:17 PM
hey man keep the original patter, im willing to do the same process out here in new jersey, i mean im 18, and pretty good with electronics, but i will prb need help in setting this up, anyboyd willing to help out here in nj is welcome, also i need to find a friggan junkyard where i can find old used w202 tail lights to work on, just holler at me

got_wake
05-29-2005, 04:56 PM
hi i just found this when i searched for clear tail lights, has any one made theres into LED i just had my black c280 delt to by a jeep cherokke, so thats gone. i lookin at a new silver 280 and thinking about clear white tails but i would want to convert them to LED because the clear tails iv seen u can see a red and orange glow form the colord bulbs even when lights are off and ot looks stupid! iv seen red LEDs that look clear/chrome when not alight so that would look sick the lights when off would be white/silver ohhhh yeah sounds good to me. so yeah any one done this?

thanks for any help
hagan