- Joined
- Jul 14, 2001
- Location
- Hutchinson, KS
This may be the craziest project I've done to date. I replaced my car's parking lights, taillights, and side marker lights with LEDs. I ended up using 308 LEDs - 100 yellow, 168 red, and 40 white. I also had to integrate power resistors into the system because the LEDs draw so little current that the blinker circuit thought the bulbs were burned out. Burned out bulbs = no blinking.
I'm also thinking of replacing my license plate light and dome light with Luxeon LEDs.
So without further ado, here are the pics. Some are blurry because it's hard to hold the camera still.
In this view you can see one of the parking lights, one headlight, and one side marker light. The original parking lights had yellow plastic lenses. I replaced the lenses with clear plexiglass.
One of the taillights. The clear section is for the reverse light.
Front view with the parking lights on. I chose to go with the outline pattern because I thought it looked cool.
Rear view with the taillights on.
Parking light and marker light.
Taillight and marker light.
I'm also thinking of replacing my license plate light and dome light with Luxeon LEDs.
So without further ado, here are the pics. Some are blurry because it's hard to hold the camera still.
In this view you can see one of the parking lights, one headlight, and one side marker light. The original parking lights had yellow plastic lenses. I replaced the lenses with clear plexiglass.
One of the taillights. The clear section is for the reverse light.
Front view with the parking lights on. I chose to go with the outline pattern because I thought it looked cool.
Rear view with the taillights on.
Parking light and marker light.
Taillight and marker light.
