First and foremost, I'm new to TL scene so bare with me.
I like to do some Led Retrofit for my tail light. not the bulb stuff. I want to do the whole thing led and Keep it OEM look as much as possible. after some searching it seem not many have done a DIY for this yet. I like to be the first. so who would like to help me with this project?
here is how you can help. any one with broken tail light, crack, etc. that they have laying around the garage and would like to donate to me for this project. I just want it as a mark up and measurement for the circuit board I plan to build. I really don't wont to use a good one yet until I know how its gonna turn out. so if you help me with your broken tail I will do your tail light for you free of labor if every thing is successful interm of look and functionality.
I have done IS300 led tail light before couple years ago and other projects.
I just need the measurement and tester tail.
any help would be appreciated.

here is my old is300 couple years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT_cp..._order&list=UL

 

I would send you my old tails but I have like 2-3 weeks before I get back to the states.

 

this I.S tails look pretty good.

Great work, thats take alot of effort!

 

Thats dirty....

 

let me know when you are back in us. I like some thing to work on. I might do LED gauge mod in the mean while

 

You still looking for a donation?

 

not any more. got some extra set so I'm just gonna use that when I can get off my lazy and start on it. hopefully this week.

 

Ok cool... If you figure anything out i would be interested in seeing if you could help me do the same to mine. Thanks!

 

Keep us posted dope is btw

 

Will do. actually kind look forward on how its gonna turn out. bad thing is this project is very time consuming.
will post progress on here.

 

Finally cut open tail today and testing the lens pattern. glade to see it didn't distort led light too bad. camera phone suck but its all I got at the moment. back to designing circuit board.

 

Don't those tail lights come apart if you heat them up?

Edit: That looks like a tail light that would look good with the "reflector" painted matte black.

The look of tinted tails without the loss in lumens.

 

cant wait for the finished project

 

I'm eager to see the finished project!!! nice work on the IS3

 

are you able to do something similar to this vvvvvvvvvvvv

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=led+tail

 

Thanks,
I think I can top this one. My design should have cleaner light output than that plus I'll add on parking ligh.

 

got them open up today. actually pretty easy to do.

ok who want to donate their unwanted left side tail since I cut my up already.

 

I've got a set of those tails. PM me.

 

A challenger appears!

PM sent.

 

sorry didn't get any pm. got to order bigger circuit board now since this tail are pretty big. have feeling this project will cost me a bit of cash.

 

ok I'm at designing led layout stage. any one got High Resolution shot from the rear of G2 so I can photoshop. I got few idea I want to see how it would look. good rear shot similar to this please.
https://acurazine.com/forums/album.p...ictureid=29256

 

well what I got done so far, testing out how it would look.. so far so good. camera suck , it look super clean in person I'm super how it turn out. this is just a test, adding some more later





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VIDEO HERE!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2F06q-p0xQ

 

Good start, dude, shaping up nicely.

Do you know the layout of your array yet?

 

 

not yet. I think I like it simple. kinda flow with the tail light
design. will try couple of thing to see if I like it better.

 

Cool idea using the LED strips for the lighting, VERY economical! Looking forward to the finished product!

 

I wish, I have to build this from the ground up on PCB board.
strip just not bright enough for brake and not visible enough from side angle.
as you can see from video this thing is bright consistantly from side to side. even at 90 degree angle it still pretty bright.
compare to ebay strip it will lose 90 percent of it brightness from side to side,

 

Nice! thanks for all the pics and specially video, looking forward to the end result

 

Have you tested the tail light in direct sunlight? A lot of low power LED's get washed out when they're mounted right up against the lens. I had that problem with my front turn signals and had to move the array deep into the back of the reflector. It made a huge difference.

 

Tested today in direct sunlight. no wash out issue on this thing,

 

Nice, they must be a really bright LED. Any more updates?

 

Yep 100kmcd. Ordering more parts hope they are in soon.
I'll prep the board and have it ready for them.
I believe DM have his board etch already .. Hoping to get my done soon too.

 

board are prep... waiting for part still

 

looks good!

 

yes sure....

second roll in.. will be busy this weekend. turn signal so be in next week.

 

if they turned out like the newer bmw tails that would be dope

 

Both LED taillight projects seem to be stalled...
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that shit look sick

 

yeah. got busy working on my wife car. back on this again. just need to make small changes here and there.