A bold statement!!! i ve long since disliked the coupes narrow appearance because of the spacing of the rear stop/tail lights....more apparent at night, it definatly lacks pressence when viewed from rear , but i do like the lights and wanted to keep my car looking standard

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0523.jpg

my solution was a ring of leds inserted into the bottom indicator lights that remain invisible until on , where upon they give the appearance of a full stop / tail halo d by a ring of led s.
indicators /revearsing/&fog dwarf the ring in brightness when on and function as normal .....

What do you think , me i m well chuffed !!

Hmmm... discreet... quite like it to be honest. Try and make a picture at night...

i like the look of those bosco , i'v had the same idea as i now have angle eyes on the front of the car and was looking at something to do on the rear , where did you get the rings and do you have a link to them . pic's at night as kayjey said would be great m8 .

cheers kayjay....
difficult using a camera on lighting at night but i assure you they look great even if pictures are naff..

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0528.jpg

nismo,will let you know when i contact the supplier as i might need a couple more and am not sure if he stocks them...

I like.

cool

not sure whether or not to do the top brake lights....

I like, but would stop there otherwise might look over the top with the window brake light too, looks awesome tho

Looks excellent, good work. 'How To' with details of where to get led's if your willing to share.

These look far more subbtle than the the overexposed photo s
and as far as doing the brake lights .. i ve discovered its a far more difficult job as there is nt the same access without removing the lens.Decided to go with led bulbs in these....

for tonyd20vt..

the link is here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2X-Rear-Brake-Ligh...A1%7C240%3A1318

yer, i know they must look naff stuck on !!!!

these must be cut at the end of the 27 th led with a very sharp knife or you ll end up with a short and the last 3 leds wont work..test them after.

i used the handle of a cheap tea spoon bent at 90 degrees on the end to remove a part of the lens divider inside the light to allow the led s to pass through it and form the ring.
(heat it up and burn out a pathway with medical precision)
once slipped in the led s will hold themselves in place firmly... test and fit..The first one took me hours , but once i d worked out the above the second was on in no time.

Got to say, this transforms the back end of the coupe and is well worth the effort...

They look very nice Bosco I think a matching set in the top lights would look even better.

I'm liking these, subtle yet stylish

just a thought tho, if you match the top lights so you have rings in both, how difficult would it be to have

outer ring bottom - with indicator/reverse/fog as normal
outer ring top - but outer ring as side light, then inner bulb as brake light (so fully lit like normal)

does that make sense?

Ninja

there is a bit of a how to and a link to led s 3 posts above...any problems ,ask me.
it s a £20 mod and i m not doing the top lights or making the rings look/work like after market kits...(problem with aftermarket kits is they have silver rings and i wanted a completely standard look)

with this mod and lights on you end up with 4 red appearing lights (the bottoms with a ring arround)and when you revearse or indicate the bottom light turns white or yellow where it should do and the the ring brightness is dwarfed by these...
i guarantee your car will look more squat,purposefull and bang up to date...yet still standard .

i like the idea, but im (as per other threads) not keen on seeing the leds themselves. i woner if a ring of perspex or similar in front of the led,s would return an OE look?

i'm gonna do both just so they match up , looking good so far bosco

owl 10,
cant stress enough the led s are very subtle as there s 27 of them and the bottom lights look red at night as i didnt partition the leds off inside. the leds are clear and the lights look as standard when not powered up.
i dont think youll manage to slip perspex in but if you remove the lens s there is room to get ared angel eye in at 80 to 85 mm circumferance.

nismo,
you ll have to remove lens to do the top lights and if you want just the ring look you ll have to find some way of sectioning the light off inside the unit

are the rear lights sealed like the front ones? (i.e. silicone?

what is the best way to seperate them?

Ninja

i did nt attemt removal as apparently its not for the faint hearted !!!.... it looked like the lens was pressed in to the backing flange maybe whilst heated...

"pfoe" has removed them with some sort of heat cutter ...

There is no way to remove the lens cover easily.

I used a hacksaw for one and a hot wire cutter for another.

Both a total ballache and unless you were unbelievably skilled nigh on impossible to refit them neatly.

Walked away from the car with lights on and by 5 meters the lights form perfect bright led circles and i just had to find a way to do the top set i d been scratching my head over....
,
I ve sussed it, and its via a slit i can expand at the top back of the fitting ...simply feed them in and they ll hold themselves in position
Be done next week and i ll put a video up..

Why the sudden fascination with LED's and angel eyes etc etc ????????

Whats next ? Under car Neons

under car Neons , no never

See all i was thinking of doing now is taking the lens of the spae set of rear lights i have then putting them on my rears of my other set so that all the rear lights are redlooking when off as i hate the standard ones, then put yellow bulbs in the indicators so they show through orange then the reverse light will just be bright red, not legal but nevermind.

All 4 lights completed ,

this gives an insight into how its done..

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0531.jpg

as you can see i removed a bit of the back of the lens to slot the led s in .

power on at test bench !

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0533.jpg

All four fitted & working......

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/bosco_018/BILD0535.jpg

I ve used a diode and a resistor so these are now used as stop/tail rings instead of the bulbs which can simply be plugged back in to revert to standard should it be necesary for mot....

cheap mod , but do you rate it !!!!

very nice job bosco and they do look well worth the time and effort m8

Think he might .Ive got enough to do on my coupe don't need any more .Need to do some

I really like how they look, bosco is there any chance of you posting a vid on youtube with the lights operating different functions, tail, stop, indicators etc?

Nice, i'm doing it sod it lol, but all lights when off will have red lens's as i had a little play yesterday and now have red lens's all round so should look good.

stevo,

rather you than me on removing len s and if you fit led s and drive with lights on, as will soon be a legal requirement, all lights appear red anyway. 4 hours and £42
see s the leds fitted and working as a diy job....

johny,

will try but have never uploaded to you tube before, but i can tell you at night they look exactly like the ones for sale at £250, if not better as there are more than twice the number of led s which gives a brill effect on the light housing recess

I think they look superb mate . I bought a pair of the LED strips with the intention of just doing the lower lights but now I want to do the whole set after seeing those photos .

Baz