Lexus Has Nothing On My e30 (DIY LED Plate Lights)

[Schnitzer318is]

Cool, i was just curious if you were using something a little pricier to do the tiny LED stuff.

:)

Nope, just that cheesy iron with a fine tip $1.99 at Radio Shack.

Sorry about the delay in getting the how to up. I've been busy getting my new stereo built up. Will get it up as soon as I have some free time from work, wife, and the stereo.

[nosignal]

Nice work, those look good! I converted to LED license plate lights on my other car but since the bracket was severely rusted and crumbled when I touched it I went with a premade LED strip instead. Might have to try this on the E30 as well!

[aznbo187]

I'd love to see a DIY as well. Those look great. I didn't want to buy the replacement LED bulbs either because as expensive as they can get...I've always, ALWAYS had led flickering and failing on me. Especially when exposed to the exterior like the license plate lights.

[Schnitzer318is]

I actually haven't done the writeup yet because I came out with a v.2 iteration that I will do a writeup for. It's a much more resilient setup and looks 100% less ghetto. Small vero board (circuit board) with LEDs on it rather than the thin flimsy plastic piece with LEDs in it. I'll get on it. :)

[BDSax]

i bought the white festoon led bulbs, they work AWESOME put them on my plate lights for awhile and it was a huge difference. a bright white light, not a dull yellow crap. dont like the check panel going on either, need to figure out what resistor to use to fix the problem.

[der affe]

would this work for interior/dome lights too?

[scabzzzz]

This is cool but the best mod is to take those silly lights OUT. Makes the rear of the car look retarded with ugly lights shining in the middle of the rear. As far as I know, its not illegal here in TN.

[cferb]

why would any1 want to make their plate MORE visible...?

+1, But I might do this with the interior lights.

This is cool but the best mod is to take those silly lights OUT. Makes the rear of the car look retarded with ugly lights shining in the middle of the rear. As far as I know, its not illegal here in TN.

It's illegal here, ask me how I know

would this work for interior/dome lights too?

It should work perfectly

[aznbo187]

Anything on the V2 your working on?

[Hartge_H27]

updates. i would like to do this also.

[Schnitzer318is]

Sorry guys I had a CPU fan blow on me last week and just got around to getting a new one to replace it today. Will get on it now that I can use the PC again.

Yes it works for interior lights. BTW if you don't have patience... just buy the festoon bulbs. They are far less frustrating :) Here is a few pictars:

[cferb]

Sorry guys I had a CPU fan blow on me last week and just got around to getting a new one to replace it today. Will get on it now that I can use the PC again.

Yes it works for interior lights. BTW if you don't have patience... just buy the festoon bulbs. They are far less frustrating :) Here is a few pictars:

Speak English man! I had to google it, you could have said stock bulbs.

[aznbo187]

A how to would be incredible.

[Erik]

why would any1 want to make their plate MORE visible...?

:D

[E30_fiend]

^^^^^
Classic!!


E30Fiend