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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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Anyone ever done this? I'm about to go outside and start on the project, wondering if anyone has ever done this so I will know what to expect. I'm going to be wiring up everything myself with some of the hundreds of LEDs i have here, so it'll all be custom.

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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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I was thinking about trying this out too, but im a little on the lazy side right now. So good luck to you and let us know how it turns out.
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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I was thinking about trying this out too, but im a little on the lazy side right now. So good luck to you and let us know how it turns out.
Just finished the drivers side, I'll post a small vid in a minute
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by evilbadz
Just finished the drivers side, I'll post a small vid in a minute
Lets see what they look like..
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 09:48 PM
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Picture:


Video: Click here

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 | 10:08 PM
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you are now required to write a detailed write up! It looks pretty great
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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Good job man! If you wouldnt mind, I know I wouldnt mind a write up
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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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I might do a writeup soon, do you guys know of any other fbods that have done this? I just thought about it and I can't think of any that I have seen. I'm sure it has been done before, just not that I know of.
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Man I cant see it, What codec do you need ???
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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Man I cant see it, What codec do you need ???
DivX 6
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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that looks nice. Are you going to bring the down part of the arrow, or just leave it like that?
Like this
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by shouldaboughttheZ
that looks nice. Are you going to bring the down part of the arrow, or just leave it like that?
Like this
I'm probably going to leave it like it is, I didn't really want an arrow, I wanted something different.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 02:20 PM
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can't wait for the write up. I want to do this.
Good Job!
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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That looks very nice. Did you make your own LED strip or did you buy it somewhere? I have been interested in this as well. Does the back of the class scrape off to make it see thru? Congrats though, you are the first one i know of that has done this!
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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Nice, Give us info
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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pretty slick...
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Write up, write up, write up....write up!!! Looks awesome!
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do it on mine. i dunno how far you are from me, but
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Old Dec 11, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by RaRe99SS
That looks very nice. Did you make your own LED strip or did you buy it somewhere? I have been interested in this as well. Does the back of the class scrape off to make it see thru? Congrats though, you are the first one i know of that has done this!
I made the LED strip myself, I have tons of breadboard and LEDs lying around. I actually thought the silvering would be on the back of the mirror, but I was wrong it was on the front. So I basically took a worn down dremel abrasive bit and took the silvering off the front of the mirror where the LEDs could shine through.

I'll do a writeup I promise, finals are this week though and I don't have much time


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do it on mine. i dunno how far you are from me, but
I'd be happy to help if you want to drive the 490 miles to get here
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Old Dec 11, 2005 | 05:35 PM
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