MarcusDubya77 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 subscribed :woowoo:check out the Diamond Gray Metallic Monster!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 No worries guys, it definately won't be any sort of circle. The one I posted is like that because the customer wanted that specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 good work, maybe will will get lucky and the jdm legacy will get them b4 complete redesign. led tails own and seem to demand some kid of respect on the road at night. am i alone in thinking that? its like they yell out hey my led tails bring all the respect on the road, damn right they're better then yours. MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COM XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 hey my led tails bring all the respect on the road, damn right they're better then yours led tails and milkshakes go hand in hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathiele Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 hey guys, i know dmiller is looking into making these for us and that's great. but i just thought i would post this update on the acurazine page. mike from lmretrofits apologized for his company taking so much time, being understaffed, and not communicating well, etc. so for those of you who contacted the company, that explains their poor response. but, there are some pictures of his uncompleted work with the tsx tails, and i know the legacy's won't be circles, but it's still cool to see. http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27503&page=8&pp=25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Does that mike guy come here at all? Because I was wondering if he was going to make a try of shroud so that you would not be able to see the exposed circuit board. That was the only thing that I thought his retro needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathiele Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 i don't think he does yet but you could join on the acurazine board and pm him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Well guys I received it today and starting examining it. It will not come apart through a heat process as it is plastic welded together. So dremeling is required to modify the light. I am going to modify this one, just because I have it, but I don't think that most of you will like the finished result. The circled part is the plastic weld that extends along the whole taillight to seal it http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/1.jpg Some cutting I did http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/2.jpg Looking through the front lens http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanger Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 ^bump for someone actually doing it! ○ ○ ○ Instagram: itshangertime :spin: ○ ○ ○ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Well I made up a small design, but again, I don't think it is what a lot of you had in mind. And I don't think what you guys have in mind is even possible without extreme customizing. But if you just want the safety and look of LED, then I have a viable solution.... http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/04.jpg http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/05.jpg http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/06.jpg http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/07.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 dmiller, That looks o... k... Are special LED bulbs used to make them iluminate dual staged like that? Is it not possible to mate a flat circut board in there and make rows of lights instead? IMO that would look the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yea no I thought about that. It isn't an LED bulb, that's a circuit board that I built really quickly. My main concern is that if I do make a long board than it will be really easy to see through the lens. I have this positioned where it isn't really visible unless you look for it. Unfortunately with the clear lens on the B4 it makes looking into the housing very easy. Soo.. yea comments welcome .. good or bad. The more the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Another problem: It is also hard to cut away a good portion as the rear of the housing has those positioning/securing screws that hold them to the cars body. Therefore when cutting I must cut around them and make sure they are still secure. http://www.hidplanet.com/dmiller/Subaru%20B4/2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Cover the circuit board with a plastic and paint it red and create holes in the plastic for the lights on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 ^^ Well I hear what you are saying, except the reflector behind is a plastic chrome (which is not available to retrofitters) and not red, so it will stick out like a sore thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 They do sell chrome paint at the local auto parts store. Would something like this work? http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?categorycode=3276&mfrcode=DPL&mfrpartnumber=CS101615 Or am I just not understanding and either way it'll look weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerboa113 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 spray on chrome from my experience.. is CRAP! heh sorry to hear that its plastic welded, I guess the only reason the headlights arent is because of the projector assembly inside. any possibility of using some sort of highly polished thin metal as your LED overlay? it will conduct, so thats not so hot, but it would giev you the high gloss, it seems at this point the only way to get LEDs is to re-engineer the whole taillight. which would be kinda costly. OH.. how about.. (I'm no retrofitter so lemme know if I'm spouting BS) if you drill holes in the existing backing, and do some sort of flexible overlay where the LEDs protrude into the stock housing, so basically you have tons of holes drilled in the chrome housing, but its still intact, and just fill in the stock bulb hole with a shiny plug of some kind with its own LEDs in it? just speculating, I hope I got my idea across there. you work with hidplanet? I've contacted them many times on prospects, great stuff there, I just haven't done anything cos.. well, its kinda pricey and not really cost effective on older rides. "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmenace Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 nice - they look ghetto fabulous!! and as you know - >"in the ghetto, NOBODY'S SMILIN' !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 ^^ Nice.. how about you go front some money for a project with no return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerboa113 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 is there some reason what I said wont work? btw if you still think theres any chance of getting it to work I'm sure some of us can donate to your endeavors. "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I think he was replying to dtmenaces asshole comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Oh and I was not referring to you Darkfox.. (no hard feelings) Darkfox, if you refer to the picture I posted on the first page, there is a problem with the screw location on the taillight. I have to keep those and must drill around them so the taillight can still be secured properly to the body. Also, the LEDs I use are not standard 5mm that you usually see. These are high power LEDs that all OEMs use with a nonstandard base. So drilling holes is not a good solution. We will see, I will play around with them for the next few days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippinRoo Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Nice work dmiller! Def glad you have the time & skills to play around with the tail light. I like the idea, and the LEDs you showed are impressive, but for these tail lights, I think it will have to be parallel rows of LEDs for it to look good. I understand that's not going to be straightforward with this configuration; I guess that's the challenge... "I love the feel of wind in my face and boobies against my back." - BMW motorcycle rider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Another problem is that the lens on the inside is not smooth. It has lines of bumps and whatnot that diffract the light. Subaru really went crazy with this design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCL28 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I can tell there is a bit of a challenge modifying the tail lights. However, would it be relatively easier to change the third brake light to LEDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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