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LED's in wing mirrors #1401566
05/01/2013 20:20
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Last year when i done my rear light conversion i had a few red LED's left over so i was thinking if the strips would possibly fit in the black finger at the back of the wing mirrors,so with a spare mirror i had, i made a prototype.

Well while the coups off the road for the winter i've been doing a few bits and bobs to my car,the past couple of weeks i've been playing around with some yellow strip LED's and this what i've come up with!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14762173@N05/8349613343/in/photostream

I'll try and get some more photos of the LED's in the day time tomorrow.

cheers JG

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401568
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I like that smile

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401569
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looks good, are the leds stuck on or are they inside?

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401575
05/01/2013 20:42
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They are fitted inside the black finger with holes drilled through.

JG

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401602
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More pictures!!! thumb


Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401604
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Do they take the feed from the side repeater?

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401605
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woohoo At last! laugh

After failing an attempt at doing this with crap leds 6 years ago, I've been waiting for someone to come along and get it sorted laugh

When are they going into production? laugh

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401622
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I hate LEDs on cars. Nonetheless, well done for the work. Looks well made in the video.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: Theresa] #1401623
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Originally Posted By: Theresa
woohoo At last! laugh

After failing an attempt at doing this with crap leds 6 years ago, I've been waiting for someone to come along and get it sorted laugh

When are they going into production? laugh

seconded, where do i send the deposit? laugh

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401638
06/01/2013 08:34
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Originally Posted By: jame5
More pictures!!! thumb


wave I new you would like this one James biglaugh thumb

I'll get some more photos uploaded later on today thumb

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401641
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Originally Posted By: Pondman
Do they take the feed from the side repeater?


Yes i did,

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: Theresa] #1401647
06/01/2013 09:11
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Originally Posted By: Theresa
woohoo At last! laugh

After failing an attempt at doing this with crap leds 6 years ago, I've been waiting for someone to come along and get it sorted laugh

When are they going into production? laugh


Theresa, NO way!!!

Just to put 6 LED's in a black finger was a long and fiddly job as you well know, took all day plenty of tea,Golden virginia and strip half the bloody car to wire them up and that's just one side.

Mind you i am a slow old git with failing eye sight and a telly in the garage watching football aswell as doing the car thumb

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401662
06/01/2013 09:58
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Nice job jobug . You need to do a how too when you do the next one .

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401673
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Nismo I bet you have been having sleepless nights over these.

Mine mine mine mine. Lol.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401699
06/01/2013 12:37
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no mate Jame5 has taken the led crown now , just something i always wanted to do but never got round to doing it .

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401709
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you you denial is a hard thing to see.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401856
06/01/2013 21:56
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As promised i took some more photos today in the day light so you can see what the LED's look like when they are not on as you can see there is only 6,behind the black finger there is not enough room to fit any more.

Here's another quick vid of them all working
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14762173@N05/8355190846/in/photostream
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To wire them up you pick up the feed from each side indicator (for each side) LED wing mirror. Front wing has to be unbolted at the top,and the door card has to be taken off. I've threaded the wire from the outside into the door then through a little hole i made in the middle of the rubber hose where the wiring loom goes from the car to the door then to the side indicator loom.
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Here's a couple of photos of LED's in the black finger at the back,i'll have to go into more depth about these during the week,i'll try and sort a how to out but some of my photos did'nt turn out very well. But if you do this mod the LED's have to go exactly where they are as in the first photo and use the off cut 6 LED's with tipex to mark the inside of the finger. The wing mirrors are the most time consuming part of this project, check and pre fit two or three times before finally fitting. The LED's will only fit on one side of the finger at the back the widest part witch is the bottom part of the finger when fitted to the wing mirror,also the two little ridges where the LED's sit have to filed down so the LED's sit flush.
click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge

JG



Last edited by jobuguk; 06/01/2013 22:11. Reason: more info about LED's
Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1401924
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nice job joe , thanks for the pics.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402332
08/01/2013 22:58
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would it pass an mot if you were to take the wing repeater away and flush it off?

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402360
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Depends where you go laugh

By law, the Coupe should have a side repeater, but MOT standards say they can't test what's not present.

I haven't had side repeaters for 6 years now, hence my constant interest in wing mirror repeaters.

My main concern is not the MOT though, it's that someone can't see that I'm turning, unless they've seen the front of the car approaching them froma distance.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402362
09/01/2013 00:48
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Originally Posted By: jobuguk
As promised i took some more photos today in the day light so you can see what the LED's look like when they are not on as you can see there is only 6,behind the black finger there is not enough room to fit any more.

Here's another quick vid of them all working
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14762173@N05/8355190846/in/photostream
click to enlarge
click to enlarge

To wire them up you pick up the feed from each side indicator (for each side) LED wing mirror. Front wing has to be unbolted at the top,and the door card has to be taken off. I've threaded the wire from the outside into the door then through a little hole i made in the middle of the rubber hose where the wiring loom goes from the car to the door then to the side indicator loom.
click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge

Here's a couple of photos of LED's in the black finger at the back,i'll have to go into more depth about these during the week,i'll try and sort a how to out but some of my photos did'nt turn out very well. But if you do this mod the LED's have to go exactly where they are as in the first photo and use the off cut 6 LED's with tipex to mark the inside of the finger. The wing mirrors are the most time consuming part of this project, check and pre fit two or three times before finally fitting. The LED's will only fit on one side of the finger at the back the widest part witch is the bottom part of the finger when fitted to the wing mirror,also the two little ridges where the LED's sit have to filed down so the LED's sit flush.
click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge

JG




So, when are they going into production? laugh

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402387
09/01/2013 07:07
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That was 1 of my questions. They have to be able to be seen from all angles. But why would you want 2 repeaters on 1 side lol.

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402440
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I wouldn't have two repeaters on one side though.

As mentioned above, I haven't had side repeaters on the car for about 6 years, as I have vented wings and have never wanted to ruin the look of them by drilling holes for side repeaters, hence my desire for wing mirror repeaters laugh

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402450
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IIRC, when side repeaters started to be used on cars, they were originally placed ahead of the front wheels on the front wings, but over time, they've moved back to behind the front wheels, or into wing mirrors). I'm not sure that they need to be seen "from all angles", surely just the front/side (the original intention was eg: so that your signal would be visible as you edged out of a side road at a junction) but best check what the MOT Tester's manual says!


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Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402464
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Good to see this finally happening smile


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Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402544
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Originally Posted By: 812112
That was 1 of my questions. They have to be able to be seen from all angles. But why would you want 2 repeaters on 1 side lol.


I don't know about the legal side of these LED"s?

I agree i think if you have side repeaters on wing mirrors with cars they have to be seen from all angles,thats why i left the wing repeaters on for the time being.


And the answer to your other question is it's not been done before on a
coupe,

people have tried before with no success,

i wanted to see if it can be done,

and the big thing is i like them not every body's taste!! but mine thumb

JG

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402591
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Have a look here at the relevant section of the MOT Tester's manual

From this I conclude that Theresa ought to be in trouble:
Originally Posted By: MOT Testers Manual
Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must be fitted with one side repeater indicator on each side.
(...unless fitted with a front wraparound lens which can be seen when standing 1m to the side of the rear bumper)

If at least half of the new wonder-LED's can be seen directly when standing at the same 1m position to the side of the rear bumper, then I'm sure you could argue that they're acceptable. But since the "finger" part of the mirror points to the front, they won't be seen from the rear.

I've noticed a few side/rear view mirrors on new cars where the outside egde of the casing is illuminated, so it can be seen from "all directions" as hinted by others above...I stand corrected shocked

How about also fitting LED's behind the mirror, facing backwards? You'd need to carefully scrape off 6 neat little holes in the silver backing of the mirror to match up with the LED's...


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Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402594
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Well lets keep that quiet then lol. Are you suggesting to actually have the mirror backing scraped off and have the leds glued from behind?


Or have the leds mounted on the inside of the case to illuminate the edge of the mirror glass??

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402627
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Originally Posted By: 812112
Or have the leds mounted on the inside of the case to illuminate the edge of the mirror glass??


I think that would be one option seeing the LED's from the rear,but by the time you have walked around towards the front of the car there my be a point by the time you have got to the side that you would not see them at all.

I noticed today driving to work in my lorry while following a new car the orange bulb/glass was right on the end/edge of the wing mirror so the light could be seen from rear,side,front all the time.

So i'm sure these LED's that i've done on my coupe wing mirror are like i said before are not a replacement for the side indicator on the wing they are just a cosmetic thing.

Bling,chav,boy racer,but in my case OLD boy racer driving thumb

JG

Re: LED's in wing mirrors [Re: ] #1402633
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Originally Posted By: jobuguk

and the big thing is i like them not every body's taste!! but mine thumb


Mine too! So, when are they going into production? This is going to be my response each time now laugh


Originally Posted By: DaveG

From this I conclude that Theresa ought to be in trouble:
Originally Posted By: MOT Testers Manual
Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must be fitted with one side repeater indicator on each side.




Yes, I'm very aware of this law and that's why I want wing mirror repeaters.

I've got away with it for 6 years now laugh

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