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Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #15 –
Nice!

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #16 –
On-car pictures would be nice once you're done. IMO, DIY LEDs normally come out trashy...but these look pretty good since the diffuser thing on the lens takes care of the ugliness of the LED array.

:)

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #17 –
Remember, LED's are one of the things I do (my Thundercat Electronixx LED's outsell my sequencers by a wide margin). I always make my arrays as geometrical as possible, and I always "pot" them in resin so you can't see the circuit board, resistors, and wiring. I usually use black tinted resin, but decided to go with white in these front lights (the rear lights will use black). When this light is potted you won't see the circuit board that's visible in those pics - it'll look like the LED's were actually moulded into the housings :D I haven't potted that light yet because I've still got to make the other light, and I want to be able to copy (in mirror) the circuit board layout.

On-car pics are forthcoming, but I've had to put the project on hold for a week or so - I just sold  a bunch of amber LED emergency lights to a local fencing company, so I have to get more LED's in (business before pleasure, after all).
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #18 –
very nice clean work.

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #19 –
Ok, got a bit more done - basically now it's just a matter of gluing the lenses on, buffing them up, and installing the lights on the car.

Here you can see the "potting" that hides the circuit board and gives the light a factory look:



These two show the LED array (only the amber are lit - again, the lights are really much brighter, but the camera's iris is closing up, dimming the shots):



And with the white (turn) LED's on:



...And one with the lens sitting in place (not glued on yet). I played with the camera settings a bit (likely it'll never be the same) to try to get the lights to show up brighter. They did, but still not as bright as "real life":



For those of you interested in trying this at home, the circuit board (front and rear shots). The LED's with the yellowish white colour are the white ones:

2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #20 –
Out of curiosity...how'd you get the lens off there? I thought about taking the lenses off my parking & turn signal lights to clean them up, but it looked like they were glued on there very well and I didn't want to risk cracking the lenses.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
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Reply #21 –
Quote from: Red_LX;135773
Out of curiosity...how'd you get the lens off there? I thought about taking the lenses off my parking & turn signal lights to clean them up, but it looked like they were glued on there very well and I didn't want to risk cracking the lenses.

Very carefully. It was a pain in the butt, actually, and that process took longer than any of the other work. I essentially used a very small screwdriver and a hammer and tapped my way around the whole thing. Probably took the better part of three hours to get those two lights apart. The inner marker lights were much easier - they cracked open like eggs
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

Beyond clear corners (LIGHTS FINISHED, NEW PICS POST #20)...

Reply #22 –
, how did you get teh orange reflectors out w/o breaking it?
1988- 3.8- T-bird- sold 2005 Grand Prix, GTP- COMP.G MODS: Inferno Hood, GXP spoiler, Liquid Metal Wheels,K&N Intake,LED taillights,LED reverse lights, LED interior lights, 180*,605s, Pacesetters :burnout: