after going to spa and begbie taking a nice photo of my car with a 430 , I wasn't happy with the way the led lights looked and had to do something about it .



pondman had done the brake lights using cob led rings so I purchased 2 sets and started on a spare set of rear lights .

before -



after -



left - old 24 led strips , right - cob 105 led rings



finished -



I have left the rings as side lights and the bulbs to do the brakes , reverse , indicators and fog lights . very happy with the final look now as they are a lot brighter than the old rings and also look factory fit . now to replace the cfcc rings in my headlights with white or blue cob rings .

thanks Ross for the heads up about these rings

Wow look at all that wine!

Oh and the lights look really good too Iain!

Looks great!

Wish I had the confidence to do this, keep seeing people's pics and drooling lol.

its not hard to do and there is my old how too to help you do them .

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1214112#Post1214112

these are the rings I used =

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1Pair-90mm-Red...=item27f2ff4a4d

Looked at your guide and yeah looks doable, slightly put off as I've never done anything electrical before.

Are all your rear light lenses red? And if so how does the reverse, brake and indicators show through the red lenses?

I have left the lenses as they are so looks standard when the lights are off , the bulbs do the brakes , reverse , indicators and fog lights and they show up fine with the rings on . will do a video to show what I mean and post tomorrow .

Ahh ok, that makes sense now lol.

Yeah video would be great, thanks.

Saved in my watch list until I have some spare cash

these are worth it T

Really like the look these give and will make this a job for over Easter. I liked what Ross had done when we met up last year so with your how too it should be easy ! Thanks Fellas

if anyone needs any help with anything then just PM me and i'll send you my mobile number for those that don't have it .

I'll second that!

I've a different combo... All red lenses with orange cob rings for the indicators and cree led's for brakes.

And reverse?

Err, OK!

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...Sorry, long day! I forfeited the eye-level brake light. Now nice bright white LED's

Yes, they are the same COB ring suppliers I used. As said, nice job Iain.
Better than fairy lights ehh?!

you still need to do the bottom two Ross .

I like the double set-up Iain, but I also want to keep the car looking as OE as possible. So I went for the minor mod. look. I added the pic for people to "compare and contrast" a single and double look.
I hope you don't mind?

Not at all Ross , for me I have double rings on the front so had to have double rings on the back to match up .

Just watch out if you do. He had sent some interesting pictures to me

Looks good, shame I won't be able to do the same photo again

you never know mate

These look great Iain. I now have a spare set of red lights. Think I may have a go.

noooo ive just spent week tinkering with mine and now i must do this too

I've ordered a pair of led rings so will be giving it ago when they turn up.

photos when done .

Sure....... Pm when stuck lol.

Have got a spare set of lights from EBay which are in good nick so just waiting for LED rings to arrive

red lights crack open easy , but the indicator ones you may have to use a hack saw or dremel to cut them open as the last set i did i had to use a dremel as they wouldn't budge with a screwdriver .

Fitted my cobs today, only replaced the side lights and left the rest standard.

Just sidelights



With brakes



Thanks for the idea and advice!

Nice!

Still waiting for my rings to turn up.

Brake light on the inner, side light on the outer.