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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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idk if i would be interested in trying to produce and sell these, if i did all i would do is sell you the entire led board to put in your lights. i wouldnt have people send me their lights and have me install everything. and i wouldnt mess with the grids on the lenes, way too time consuming and would never be profitable. but i really might sell the led boards if the cost for everything added up wasnt too expensive.

heres some pics of the third brake light and the plate light.

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and heres one of the back side of the tail light
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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looking good can't wait for more pics. Can i get that pm too please
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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here some night pics of the plate light
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i didnt want it to be super bright like ones ive seen
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Get those lights on the car and lets see what they look like!
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Thats awesome man. Cant wait to see the finished product.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by joshprescotttttt5
idk if i would be interested in trying to produce and sell these, if i did all i would do is sell you the entire led board to put in your lights. i wouldnt have people send me their lights and have me install everything. and i wouldnt mess with the grids on the lenes, way too time consuming and would never be profitable. but i really might sell the led boards if the cost for everything added up wasnt too expensive.
Depending on how these look installed, I'd be in for a set like that. I can handle the installation.
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 02:24 AM
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Update? I want to see how the lenses turned out!
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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^^^Yeah me too, I need to do the liscense plate and the 3rd brake light, but when I get my new spoiler it will have an LED brake light so I'd kinda be wasting my time

But lets see those tails.......
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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What wiring issues do you have when puting on leds instead of bulbs?
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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There is already someone making the plate light, he is a member here too (Brian @ ledvault.com), I bought one and installed it and like your light it lights up the ground more so that then plate IMHO, the issue is getting the light more on an angle other than straight down, I took mine off an went back to one led bulb, works just as good but a lot cheaper, IMHO
A long time ago I looked into Led tails and found a company in NY (spaghetti engineering) that makes custom led lights mostly for older muscle cars, they will do the t/a's and firebirds for like $500, but when their done they are state of the art.

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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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Wow bro... Thats pretty sweet. Im digging that for sure!
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Old May 1, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Update?
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Old May 1, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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sorry guys, just been real busy

had to finish painting a hood, rims, and fix my car.

well i havnt made much progress, the lenses arnt coming out the way i thought they would. after sanding the grids out theres still little black spots here and there imbeded down in the plastic i cant get out, and i cracked one of the lenses too.

so now im in the process of just getting another set of lt1 tails and just leaving the grids in the lenses.

shouldnt take no time once i get another set to finish these up.


im also thinking about changing my plate light to where i have the board angled to where the led's shine directly onto the plate instead of pointing straight down towards the ground.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by joshprescotttttt5
after sanding the grids out theres still little black spots here and there imbeded down in the plastic i cant get out.
Had the same issue.. they do come out if you paint clear over them and sand again
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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well i FINALLY got them finished!

took about a month to just find another good pair of tail lights and to get them.

but i think they look great, ill try and get some pics and a video later tonight


thanks guys
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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i have the honey comb. i always wanted to do a led in each comb piece. but idk about the yellow.
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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subscribing
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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In for the read. Looks good so far.
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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"prescribed" as Vito would say
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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heres a quick video.

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crap.... well heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj8jGbtuRa8
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