Inner tail light mod units

[Jaywoo-GTI]

would you consider offering this as a retro-fit kit so owner can modify there own light and you supply the bulbs, wire and connectors?

[Phil Miller]

would you consider offering this as a retro-fit kit so owner can modify there own light and you supply the bulbs, wire and connectors?

Yeah thats a good idea, and with pics and wording it will be easy to follow and saves having to be sending lamps back and forth

[daboy3000]

Put me down for one. I take it the rear lights you supply will be as good as new, mine are all good.

[GTsport]

I'm interested 

I'm guessing you'll be doing this on the r32 rear lights as well as standard lights?

Look forward to the pics 

To start off they will be just standard light lights unless I find a pair of R32 inners to mod, it will be the set up as the standard ones

I'm waiting for my connectors to come in at TPS so the lamps wiring will plug in to the number plate loom in a standard looking way, I've tested the bulbs and with this set up there is no bulb out warning on the dash and the brightness is very good and not brighter than the filament outers

How about if I sent you my r32 inners to mod, would you be happy to do that?

Cheers

[Phil Miller]

I'm interested 

I'm guessing you'll be doing this on the r32 rear lights as well as standard lights?

Look forward to the pics 

To start off they will be just standard light lights unless I find a pair of R32 inners to mod, it will be the set up as the standard ones

I'm waiting for my connectors to come in at TPS so the lamps wiring will plug in to the number plate loom in a standard looking way, I've tested the bulbs and with this set up there is no bulb out warning on the dash and the brightness is very good and not brighter than the filament outers

How about if I sent you my r32 inners to mod, would you be happy to do that?

Cheers

Yeah id do that not a problem mate

[Phil Miller]

Put me down for one. I take it the rear lights you supply will be as good as new, mine are all good.

the lens ive got at the moment are in very good condition, i wont bother using ones that are ropey tbh

later tonight/tomorrow morning i will start uploading pics for you all to see 

[apples12]

just for clarification...

would this require hot-glueing into the light assembly or would it be a setup whereby the bulbs could be replaced?

[Phil Miller]

just for clarification...

would this require hot-glueing into the light assembly or would it be a setup whereby the bulbs could be replaced?

The bulb are not glued in they are push fit which would make replacement easy if the need arouse

[Phil Miller]

right so ive managed to find some time tonight to start uploading pics so to start

so to start i had 2 LED bulbs and soldered a length of wire on to each terminal

 then i took the fog light holder off the back of the light so i could see the back of the ring and marked where i wanted the bulbs



then i drilled the hole to the size i wanted, LEDs dont get hot so the i made sure the hole was spot on so the bulb is tightish in the lamp


next up was to mod the fog holder you can see the 2 parts ive cut out to clear the bulbs


after refitting the fog bulb holder i then cut the wires to form a loom


due to it being so cold outside i decided to use the boys scalextrix powere pack (its 13.5 volts  ) to power it up its been on for over an hour and the bulbs are stone cold

now i cant get a good pic of them lit up here is about the best i can muster


if i wanna be mega picky at the top and bottom its alittle dull, i did think about a dob of black paint on the tip of each LED or even adding another 2 LEDs one top and one bottom to even the light out a little

so what do you think???

[daboy3000]

Looks good, really professional. Hard to see what the finished light will look lit, the flash on the camera probably does it no favours. Are you going to take a picture with them fitted, it would be good to see the comparison with the other light.  Keep up the good work you've really achieved something that is better than oem.

[Phil Miller]

Ive compared the light out put from these and the standard outers and i think they are very similar, im gonna fit them tomorrow (if its a little warmer lol) and then take a pic of them next to the filament outers, will use mrs millers flash camera without the flash, like i said there are a dull spot top and bottom but tbh its not much more than the dull spots on the outers

Thank you for your comments mate

will get some more pics up tomorrow

[parks]

Well done that man!

[edd666999]

personally at £30 id pay that little extra for 4 led's, if the wiring isn't that much more complicated for you, i think that a strong red ring will look more OEM.

Am i right in thinking these will come on as side lights? Have you tested the brightness vs the brake light + Fog?

[Phil Miller]

personally at £30 id pay that little extra for 4 led's, if the wiring isn't that much more complicated for you, i think that a strong red ring will look more OEM.

Am i right in thinking these will come on as side lights? Have you tested the brightness vs the brake light + Fog?

I was thinking about 4 leds, top, bottom, left and right, the wiring would be easy, be a case of 2 looms and then joined to one, i havent tried the brightness with the fog on yet, but will do tonight, the main problem is LEDs send out a bright beam from the top, rather than all around, i wanna make sure they glow rather than look like bulbs in there, if you get my meaning, its about -4 here atm so i will wait abit before going out side 

[apples12]

phil, any chance you could try with ordinary W5W bulb holders instead of direct soldering?

that way would allow people to swap and change bulbs easily...