LED Taillights ?

89TurboPC

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BorHor said:
I'll probably have my set done in the next week. Testing on my USDM set first.

Unless you have lot of free time and all the part ready, you won't get it done in a week.

I did most of my planning/design/research/shopping on the PC for about over a month. Prototype on a perforated board take another week. Print/etch/drill the boards take another weeks.
If you can afford to not driving the supra for couple weeks, it can be done ;). I have another car to drive around that is why I take my time to perfect the project. Also having a full time job and having a little boy copy whatever you do make thing go a lot slower ;).

Prototype stage is one that consumes lots of your down time. I mean, you solder the led on the board, put it on the tail to see if it look good or bright/dark enough. Depend what it is, you have to go back to the drawing board again and the circle start until you happy with what coming out. Tekdues did his on a perf-board so it doesn't take as long as etching a coper clad board.
 

BorHor

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Oh i am doing my front turn signals lol. If you thought I was going to do tail lights.. that is another day. probably this winter. And I have free time and all the parts lol.
 

88YotaTurbo

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Ok I'm about to start a project for my front turns. What PWM did you guys use (any schematics would be awesome). And how did you get around the light out indicator on the dash going on?
 

mkIIIman089

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Those must be like 20" wheels or something... they look gaudy at best and are not in any way functional in a performance aspect.
 

mkIIIman089

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^ Looking at the rest of the car I wouldn't be surprised if it had a twin turbo 7M or a 2JZ in it. I'm not saying it "looks fast", just heavily modified.