ZILLA: (How-To) *REAR FOG LIGHT WITH BRAKE LIGHT* MOD!

[gallibep]

I'm curious as to how difficult it was to cut out the grooves for the locking mechanism of the 1157 socket. How did you go about doing it/was it difficult?

Originally Posted by eggncheese

Wired mine up using an 1157 red LED, I think it came out pretty nice.

Here's the LED in the socket I purchased.


And a poorly lit picture of the assembly


And finally, the result!

I like it and I think it will look good. When the signal for brake signal comes in the light becomes brighter as expected (the camera had to readjust its exposure to compensate for the increased light output). I'm running the diode dynamics tail-as-turn module so I dont even think I'll need brake signal wire, but I'm going to leave it there in case I decide to switch it up.

For those worried about an 1157 getting hot:
Primarily, I used an LED... so it's only going to get but so hot. I did use a pretty beefy LED though. I used a 7W Cree LED that has a pretty big heat sink near the top of the bulb. To make sure this was going to be safe to run for a long period of time I ran a test. I took the temperature of the LED before it went in the assembly, and then I periodically checked the temperature of the heat sink over the course of 30 minutes.

Starting Temperature: 73F
After 10 minutes: 101F
After 20 minutes: 115F
After 25 minutes: 120F
After 30 minutes: 118F

It seemed to reach a max of 120F and stay close to that number. I could pick it up with my hand and handle it normally after 30 minutes. It wasn't very hot at all, just warm. For reference, I measured the temperature of a finger I didn't use to handle the LED and it read 89F. All in all, no need to worry about a melting housing

[eggncheese]

Originally Posted by gallibep

I'm curious as to how difficult it was to cut out the grooves for the locking mechanism of the 1157 socket. How did you go about doing it/was it difficult?

I didn't particularly try and cut the grooves out. The base of the LED was slightly larger than the circle that's on the back of the housing so I had to make my hole just a tad bit larger. My bulb is held in by silicone rtv adhesive.

Cutting the hole too a proper size and then filing out cutouts for the locking nubs is definitely doable. It just requires more patience than I have. I didn't anticipate having to go back down there to fix the LED anytime so gooping it up wasn't a problem for me.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[Gunman]

A little time with a dremel, and I cut notches for mine. They don't have to be precise, just not too big, so cut, and test fit, cut and test fit, so you don't over shoot.

[FX86]

how hard is it to actually remove the assembly without jacking up the car and with the stock muffler?

[SB-86]

Does anyone know where I can find detailed instructions on installing the ijdmtoy.com kit there are a couple videos on YouTube but they suck they always skip the wiring aspect of the install and if they do show some of the wiring steps they skip a lot of shit. Also the directions on their website are complete garbage. Please I need help.

[Ndkhang]

Dead pictures..:|