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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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I posted this in Stereo & Elec too, but it was also an appearance thing so I thought I would post it here as well. Mods if I am in the wrong by doing so lemme know and I'll delete it.

Took me a bit to get the wire routed, had to take the door apart and some stuff under the dash. Ended up using 5 5000mcd orangish-yellow LEDs I had sitting around.

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Sorry I had to putfile it, my FTP is broken to my webserver right now.

I didn't do that great on this one, but I know what I did wrong and it will be better on every one afterward. I think it came out pretty great though
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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whats that guy doin with his feet on ur hood?
the mirrors look good tho!, nice work
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:29 AM
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whats that guy doin with his feet on ur hood?
the mirrors look good tho!, nice work
That's actually my girlfriend with my leather jacket on doing her homework
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:43 AM
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I'm still not convensed I like that look in general. The first time I saw it I was like meh. But after seeing yours, its growing on me
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by evilbadz
That's actually my girlfriend with my leather jacket on doing her homework
she's got a very tolerate boyfriend
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:51 AM
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lol what is so bad not to like about it Zymosis? Its five little led's in the mirror. Anyways looks great, good idea.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by GotV-8
lol what is so bad not to like about it Zymosis? Its five little led's in the mirror. Anyways looks great, good idea.
I wasn't raggin on it at all. For some reason I just hated that look the first time I saw it (in general)

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she's got a very tolerate boyfriend
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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no shoes on in a shop? she is crazy
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I think it would look better arched to match the edge of the mirror. Is it too difficult to fit them in there on the edge? Did you just scrape off the mirror backing and put the LED's in there?
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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she's got a very tolerate boyfriend

The Shop is pretty clean from anything that could hurt your feet, and she only really walked from the door to the chair so her feet weren't in grave danger. Still got pretty dirty though

I think it would look better arched to match the edge of the mirror. Is it too difficult to fit them in there on the edge? Did you just scrape off the mirror backing and put the LED's in there?
Well this was the first time I have done this and it was trial and error... while there isnt much room there, I probably could have arched them to follow the curve of the mirror. What I did was solder the 5 LEDs inline on a breadboard with a resistor at the end (they were 2.0 FV / 20 mA LEDs) and then went from there. The next one I do I might try to get fancy and arch it.

As for the silvering, it's actually on the FRONT of our mirrors. I tried a razor but it wouldn't come off, ended up going with the dremel+abrasive bit+really steady hand to make 5 little circles
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Dude..thats excellent..your gona have to do a write up on this one!
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