LED Conversion
Anyone been thinking about what lighting will come to the BRZ? I noticed here
[u2b]eP3SR1m_aRY[/U2b] At 2:47 I noticed that the license plate lights were yellow, which got me thinking...are the dome,map,glovebox,trunk etc. lights going to be yellow( is it halogen?) If so, I plan on doing a full LED conversion to either a 'cool' white or bright white. Does anyone else have a preference on this or is it just me!? :iono: |
Yes, I always make a full LED cnversion in "cool white". The LED pack without errors costs about 40 €. That is not a problem. A bigger problem is LED blinker conversion.
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No preference here, incandescent bulbs are fine with me. :shrug: I do prefer LED taillights though. And HID headlights. |
You know, I never have worked with doing blinker conversions. I had planned on doing it with my Integra but unfortunately didn't get around to doing it. I have had pretty good experiences with superbrightleds.com (US based) in the past. So I will most likely use them again.
Something about doing LEDs is just so appealing to me. I find that lighting, like wheels, can have a huge impact on the appearance on a vehicle. Which is why I was slightly disappointed seeing the lights in the video. @Dave-ROR As yes, thanks for clearing that up for me. I look forward to having factory HID headlights! |
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I probably will, I like the cool white color. Everytime I get in someone else's car with stock incandescent bulbs I feel like the lighting sucks; its like its missing a certain sharpness to the overall aura of the car. I also have retrofited HID projectors in my car and they are amazing. Makes stock halogens look like crap, which means I will probably get some HIDs in the car to if they don't come stock.
^VLEDs sells some LEDs that go in the fog light housings |
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Fuck yeah!!!
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lol...
Found some, need to find out the diamater of the fog light housing! http://cutter.com.au/products.php?cat=Cree+XM-L http://www.cutter.com.au/categories....+on+32mm+MCPCB |
Just bear in mind, LEDs need to be run cool. If they feel warm to the touch they're too hot and are on their way to burning out. XM-Ls are about as efficient leds can be these days, but they'll still create a significant amount of waste heat that you'll need to safely dispose of. That means you're going to need a heatsink at the very least, you can't just stick them in a fog light housing and call it done. Then there's the power supply to consider (12v will do a pretty good job of melting them).
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Not sure about the power thought :S what can be used? |
You shouldn't need a separate power supply, resistors can be added to lower the voltage down to the the forward voltage of the LED which is usually about 1.5V. I usually get LEDs from Vled since they wire the resistors and add heat sinks as needed in a nice plug and play package. When I wired an LED in my dimmer switch all I needed was to solder in the proper resistor in series with the LED. Heat sinks will likely be needed for groups of higher power LEDs
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