Cost: a few hundred bucks in parts, dozens and dozens of hours of research and tedious labor.
All LED's except for the reverse are 70ma superflux LED's from future electronics. All circuits are regulated at 12 volts and the marker lights are dimmed with a PWM (pulse-width modulator) circuit with an adjustment knob I installed on the back of the left tail housing.
You can see a lot through the lens so everything had to be painted either black or chrome. I will be tinting the red areas of the tails dark so the 3 clear bars stand out.
Update: Video added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3SA8IVnow
Can you spot the painted resistors blending in, in this photo?
Voltage regulators, switching circuit, and PWM installed into removable panel:
The curvature of the lens made it very difficult to create PCB boards that fit nicely.
Marker/tail lights on:
Turn signal:
Reverse led's are 80ma per and have 4 chips each. Crazy bright!
Brakes on. Very very bright! Leaves major dots in your vision after looking directly at it.
Dimmer adjustment knob for marker lights:
I was able to line up the LED's so they shine through the thin lines in the reflector area, so the light does not get scattered. Is this phat or what!? :evil2:
Edit: Updated with some new "ass shots"
All LED's except for the reverse are 70ma superflux LED's from future electronics. All circuits are regulated at 12 volts and the marker lights are dimmed with a PWM (pulse-width modulator) circuit with an adjustment knob I installed on the back of the left tail housing.
You can see a lot through the lens so everything had to be painted either black or chrome. I will be tinting the red areas of the tails dark so the 3 clear bars stand out.
Update: Video added:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3SA8IVnow
Can you spot the painted resistors blending in, in this photo?
Voltage regulators, switching circuit, and PWM installed into removable panel:
The curvature of the lens made it very difficult to create PCB boards that fit nicely.
Marker/tail lights on:
Turn signal:
Reverse led's are 80ma per and have 4 chips each. Crazy bright!
Brakes on. Very very bright! Leaves major dots in your vision after looking directly at it.
Dimmer adjustment knob for marker lights:
I was able to line up the LED's so they shine through the thin lines in the reflector area, so the light does not get scattered. Is this phat or what!? :evil2:
Edit: Updated with some new "ass shots"
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