DIY: LED Halo w/Video's

Plasmite

Anyone try this yet?

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VDC_OFF

I tried this on a customers car. Not a very smart thing to do btw. Wired everything to the parking lights (except the amber wire which went to the blinker of course) and now we are noticing the switchback is not working so well. When the blinker is on, instead of shutting off the white completely it flashes white and amber back and forth. Also there are issues when you turn off the blinker. Sometimes it switches back to white immediately, other times there is a delay, and sometimes no lights at all. Not very happy with this product at the moment. Calling the company to see what they say.

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Nut_N_Much

Any luck getting a response from them. I like the look but your right about the switchback. Over time it seems to be getting worse on mine.

I would recommend against this mod until we find solution to the switching.

I spoke with DatsunFTW this morning. He is using a LED Turn signal bulb and the switch doesn't seem to work correctly. I am using stock light bulb and it works. But starting to stick on one or the other color. Hard to see all this when your driving.

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Did new cool science stuff to the car !!!
http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

DatsunFTW

Like Nut_N_Much said, the amber strip of the assembly is a bit buggy. I tried it out on my own Z to make sure everything worked and the amber was the only light lighting up with the turn signal. and this was with an LED turn signal bulb. When I put in the factory bulb, the flashing was not synchronized.

So as a way around it, I told my friend I would only leave the white strip wired in and leave the amber alone.

Unless we hear something new from the company, I wouldn't trust the amber just yet.

But I really like the way these turned out. I am tempted to try the same on my Z but I have a whole big project for my own that will involve some "reshaping" of the housing with some nice 3D printing involved

10974452_10204821413509570_6750185517596665638_o by datsunpride, on Flickr

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Nut_N_Much

Looks awesome man, great job.. I finished a Civic and Lexus today been in garage all day. Almost ready for the next project.. Glad you got them together. Thet are tight when you set shroud in lens.

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Did new cool science stuff to the car !!!
http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

vrfreak

Finished mine too a few days ago
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But just after 2 days of driving her now I got this paint bubble issue which I knew about and according to 180 customs an BMW e92 lens would fix that! Does anyone have an idea where to get them from I don't think 180!sells them seperate


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VDC_OFF

So to solve my problem the strip comes with three wires. Black (ground) Red (white LEDs) and Yellow (amber LEDs). I disconnected the yellow wire that was connected to the blinker positive completely. Instead I attached the ground to the blinker positive. Now when the parking light is on it shines white, and when the blinker is activated it blinks white.


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KaienZ34

Any plans on some DIY info on installing and wiring the LED strip to come on whenever the headlight gets power? I'm ready to try this myself, just paint and the strip no halos and whatnot.

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Deuces!760

Need some help... So around feb I did the dual halo mod on my lights and used krylon fusion satin black and the UV protectant on my housing, now it's getting burned up or warped sort of by the turn signal halos on both sides only. Any tips or suggestions to prevent this whenever I repaint them???


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KaienZ34

What brand led are you guys using on the parking/running light spot in the headlight? I'm using the same ones I have in the license plate and map light #194. Works fine everywhere but nonstop flickering in the parking/running light spot.

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VDC_OFF

Good info on this thread Issues with DRL's and painted headlights


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VDC_OFF

For parking lights I use the 4 led wedge base from here http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/m...re-wedge-base/


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Huck

Well guys after a long struggle I finally got the headlights done. I had help from FortuneTT and Osiris, and we started at around 2pm and got done at 1:30am. Nothing seemed to work out right, but we finally got em all put back together and put them back on the car, then I went home and did the wiring the next day. They're finally all done, and I have some quick preliminary pics to show off. I have to refinish the housing lens, seems when we baked them they turned kinda yellowish and hazy, so I have to sand them down and put a new UV clear coat on them. But anyway, here's a few pics with no editing or anything. I did flat black housings, pearl white shrouds, turn signal lenses, quad halos, and red and blue demon eyes in each of the four lenses. I ran 3 switches, 1 for red 1 for blue and 1 for the halos, and I have the halos also hooked up to the headlights so that when the DRL's come on so do the halos. I used the flat mount SMD leds that someone on here suggested a while back, two of each color in each lens. They're pretty freakin bright.

Both red and blue together



blue


and Red

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Mr&Mrs

Looks good buddy love the purple.

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Huck

Thanks man, I'm sure you seen something similar in person but the purple changes Hughes when you move around from side to side, such a pretty cool effect

Zdayz 2014!!

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