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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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01/02/2009 19:18
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Bosco
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and now my first u tube adventure.... hope it works ... done in day light as camera overexposes at night !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sc1enhPaIc
Last edited by Bosco; 01/02/2009 19:21. Reason: god knows how you get editing screen off u tube !!
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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02/02/2009 21:52
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hey bosco they get a big they look awesome.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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03/02/2009 10:59
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You got a wiring diagram for how you used them for normal lights and brake lights dude? I'm going for the same but with red lens all round, just means my reverse light wont be white but hey ho lol, yeah so wiring diagram pleeeeeeaaaaaasssse???
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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03/02/2009 23:40
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Baz76
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I was having a wee practise at melting the required holes on a spare indicator/foglight today. And after giving the light a trial run on a battery i`m well impressed . If my second strip of LED`s arrive soon i`ll hopefully have all my rear lights converted by the week-end and i`ll get some pics up . Thanks Bosco for coming up with this solution to updating to LED rings while still keeping the standard look . Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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05/02/2009 06:30
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Nice one Baz,
was wondering ,did you use the led s off my e bay link ? helps to oil them slightly to feed them in easily and the top set of lights are a breeze after the bottoms !!
As far as the wiring diagram goes...
you ll have two wires off each light, join the four negatives to the lighting earth wire, the four possative wires are then conected directly to the brake light wire, then a second feed from the possatives with a 100 ohm 10 watt resistor and a 3 watt diode in line is fed from the side lights .(diode used to stop brake light feed feeding power back to side lights) remove standard bulbs.....hey ho you re off.
sorry about naff music on u tube, i was just learning how to add it and thats what i ended up with !!!
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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05/02/2009 18:08
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Baz76
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Yeah I used the same LED`s . I`ve got one side done just now clicky and the lenses on the other side are prepared,i`m just waiting on the other set of LED`s to come to finish it off (hopefully tomorrow). I originally had a pair of 64 LED bulbs in for my stop/tail lights so i`m just going to keep the brake light side of the bulb connected and run the power for the tail lights to the new LED rings. Are your strips slightly overlapping (not that it shows) at the top Bosco? I`m assuming that cutting at the 27th LED is the best compromise between having all the LED`s working and being able to fit it in the light . Looking forward to seeing them at night now . Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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05/02/2009 19:41
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27 was perfect on all my lights if you mess getting them seated ..... looks good !
Nice esprit in background, but whats the other wine one ???
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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05/02/2009 20:15
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Baz76
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I`ll try giving them a wiggle about then,maybe just needs a bit of fine tuning . Nice esprit in background, but whats the other wine one ??? It`s an old Bristol (I think it`s a 405 ). The Esprit is my Dad`s,but it`s a non-runner just now . Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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09/02/2009 00:06
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Done my top rears today but gotta say the 100ohm resistor may not be enough as mine defo brighten up when brakes are pressed but not as much as in your vid bosco so think i'll go with 150ohm see how it looks me thinks, last thing i want is someoe plowing into my ass saying didnt relise you were braking lol.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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09/02/2009 19:43
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stevo... the resistor is only correct when all four are coupled , not just two... as you increase the resistance, the leds will be dimmer and thus you can "adjust" the brightness differance between side lights and brake lights..... its the side lights your adjusting as the brakes are fed 12volt for max brightness ...
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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09/02/2009 23:41
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I know mate lol funnily enough i'm an electrical engineer and had to figure it out myself in the end anyway, i'm a bit impatient lol and couldn't wait for the wiring diagram
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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09/02/2009 23:48
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Still think you should do wiring diagram on paint and post it up cos if anyone doesn't have electronic kow how they're gonna struggle.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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11/02/2009 18:57
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Here`s a couple of pics of my lights. (i`ve still to rotate the LED bar in the lower left light to put the small gap horizontal) (i`ve sorted the rather dodgy overlap on the top light now ) I trimmed my lower LED bars down to 24 LED`s as I was having a problem fitting them in with the divider plate. Unfortunately this left a slight gap in the ring of LED`s so I`m going to put the gap in-line with the light divide to try and mask it . Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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11/02/2009 20:05
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You can get them in without having overlap too best way tho is to cut off allthe old bulb holders in brake lights and take lens off bottoms as i'm going for red len's all round its made mine 10 times easier.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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12/02/2009 09:33
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Baz, 27 led s was perfect if they re seated correctly...i did nt say they were easy to fit !!!!!
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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12/02/2009 16:16
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Baz, 27 led s was perfect if they re seated correctly...i did nt say they were easy to fit !!!!!
I guess i`m just too impatient lol . I might get another couple of LED bars and give it another go sometime but i`m happy with them for now. Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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20/02/2009 19:29
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I finished mine last ight and the 10watt resistors snap after not long so i got some 1k (1000 ohm) resistors out of an alarm panel and they dimme them so much better and you only need 2 and 2 diodes as each side of mine are wired in parallel, will put up some pics tomorrow with me new wheels hopefully.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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21/02/2009 23:31
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Looks great, do you have another ebay link to the LED.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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22/02/2009 14:05
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Bosco
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250369065008, type in on ebay go to shop and they are in there... had stuff off him recently and he s ok but delivery is as he states..near 14 days...
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06/03/2009 11:18
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what about a yellow ring, inside the red ring, is strong enough to look yellow, when the glass is red ?.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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15/03/2009 00:41
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hmm, no reply :-D then i did the test, take a look pic1
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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14/04/2009 07:52
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Baz76
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250369065008, type in on ebay go to shop and they are in there... had stuff off him recently and he s ok but delivery is as he states..near 14 days... I got a pair of LED strips from here as my original ones had a faulty section that I only noticed after cutting . They`re only 30 LED`s long so you only need to cut off the last three LED`s and they`re a good bit cheaper than the first 2 sets I bought . Also delivery took around 10 days from China,which isn`t bad considering the other ones took 14 days and were in the UK! Baz
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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14/04/2009 17:47
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wish you had posted this earlier as i just bought two sets from the original supplier last night. 10 days from china is very good, sometimes you can be waiting for months if it goes on ferry. just looked at bosco`s movie on youtube and stumbled across this one >> other similar LED lights project here <<
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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10/02/2010 16:27
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good work mate, they bring the rear end up to date. you'd never guess its a diy job unless you remove the lights. another option i was thinking of was you can buy universal rear lights, in various sizes/standard bulb or led/clear or red lens. i guess they're aimed at the kit car market (and a few for motorcycles). here is an example http://www.getgeared.co.uk/LOUIS_LED_Fire_Circle_Rear_Motorcycle_Lightas you can see, this one does the tail and brake lights in one unit just like the coupe. not bad for 25 quid? i'm sure with a bit of searching, you could find some with the right size and style for anyone.
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Re: pininfarina might approve !!!
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10/02/2010 20:10
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dont know if this is any new news but they use original coupe lights on there quad clusters http://www.mgtf.be/MO_EX_LR_main.html
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