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Old 04-26-2011, 10:02 PM
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Its simple, just get your OEM housings and do what I'm doing
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:05 PM
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I'll wait for you to do it

I just want something to blend in with my truck's rear end better. The cherry red just doesn't work. IDK what I want to do. Money is an issue at this point too

Retrofits are higher on my list
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 10:08 PM
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Alex, I happen to have a spare passenger side tail that is candied with VHT if you want it. I don't have a use for it, and you can see how dark you want to go.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 11:10 PM
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Derek, if you can post some pics on here. thanks.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 11:24 PM
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Should be interesting Alex... good luck
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 01:30 AM
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Derek, if you can post some pics on here. thanks.
I guess I deleted them all. I will get some more for you though.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:38 AM
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Everything ordered. Now we play the waiting game.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:14 AM
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My controller is a PWM with an integrated voltage regulator on a PCB printed by a well-known guy in the LED industry (azDave), and his products are fantastic. This PWM is specially made for 12vDC output on tri-wired, negatively-grounded vehicles. It can handle up too 400 superflux LEDs and with a little modification, 800 more. The two Sharp voltage regulator handles from 0-20vDC and converts it to 12.3vDC for a safe, and long LED life. The potentiometer also is able to adjust the running lights brightness.


Forgot the rest of the parts for the kit. Ordered. And bumped for a price update for anyone wanting to do this



I'm also thinking about the third brake light. It's small, so instead of using the so-so superflux Lumileds (no heat sink required, they are low-powered LEDs @ 70mA, 4 lm/ea), I was thinking of putting like five high-powered 5W Luxeons (they're about ~85 lumens EACH @ full power [700mA]) in the third brake light. Of course, I will need to fabricate a heat sink for those.




1x Opti-Drive PWM Short Kit- $14.50
2x 6"x4" PCB - $11.39
60x Philips Lumileds- $17.95
1x Long kit for PWM (see pic above)- $8.61
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Total: $52.45 so far. I'm sure I'll end this project with no more than $60 spent. One helluva deal since you get the OEM look, plus better performance than those eBay LED taillights
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:45 AM
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crap, I just remembered I still need resistors for the LEDs. Doh!

14x 1/4W, 27-ohm resistors
2x 1W, 100-ohm resistors

Edit: called Digi-Key back and added said resistors to my order. Just $1.18 for 16 resistors *happy dance* They were already boxing my order (20 minutes) after I placed it, good thing I remembered. RadioShack would've wanted like $5 for just 5 resistors...
 
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$60 for OEM LEDs not bad......
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 11:00 AM
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$60 for OEM LEDs not bad......
Nope, $17 for OEM LEDs
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 12:18 PM
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Damn you Alex.
 
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Old 04-27-2011, 01:13 PM
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This is awesome, I wanted to do the same but more along the lines of what Pat did, but in the 04-08 tails.
 
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