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Old 11-13-04, 11:33 PM
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hres a pic of a 1st stage of my led project
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Old 11-13-04, 11:34 PM
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Old 11-14-04, 12:28 AM
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I think you will need a lot more LEDs for the red circle.

Just a safety precaution. The LED taillights I see here from the S-class and even the lowly corolla has a lot more LEDs in their taillight housing than the pics you showed us. Good idea though. Can't wait to see them finished.
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yup, i think in order to reach the good effect, a lot of led are needed for the project. good luck!
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Sounds like it could be a nice looking mod of you add more leds.
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more LED's arent the only case, but using LARGER LED's would make the outcome of this project significantly better. good progress tho lv2000..this is something everyone is interested in seeing!...keep it up
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werd... keep us posted...
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good work, make rows of leds...what size led are u using, 3mm (t1) or 5mm ( t1 3/4)? i wonder if u get them big ones how would it look. LV be our guinea pig

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i wonder if u can match up the LEDs to the reflector strips, pix below.

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looks good, but I would add more LEDs.....way more. lol
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how about some positive encouragement ?

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Originally posted by talgrl626
how about some positive encouragement ?

:2thumbsup!!:
i think he is getting encouragement from every post with an added 2 cents to lead him in the right direction ....
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and oh yeah...how the heck did you open up the tails? i see a crack at the bottom of the picture so im wondering if you tried to pry it open or is this a scrap tailight that was damaged in an accident or somethin?
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Looking good. Keep us posted
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yeah its cracked spare one trying to clear i thought i threw it away
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