E30 LED Tail Lights... (Pics & Vid, 56k no)

[Larry e30]

Schnitzer, I admire your love of LEDs, keep up the good work

[BrewCity11]

I love that you're putting the effort into it. Good work.

[Garageaholic]

Looks great. I'd love to see this installed on the car.

What specs of the LED's are you using? mA, Voltage drop/breakdown, mcd? Where did you get the LED's? Any wiring schematics? Any resistors in series with LED's? Looks great. I can't wait to see the final product.

[BrandC]

Pretty cool shit, look forward to updates.

[Mtriple]

link to sho-me unit?

[Schnitzer318is]

^The turn signal will flash like normal... that flashing is supposed to be semi random like you would see on emergency vehicles. I was playing around with that Sho-Me unit in the beginning of the vid. Pretty cool little gizmo. I'll be using that strobe function on a switch for when I want to look all fast and the furious (sarcasm). No I'll probably use the flashers at shows or to wow the friends at bbq's.

The hot glue is temporary until I get everything just the way I want it. Then JB weld is going over all the hot glue seams. Then it's getting a coat of rubberized weather proofing on the rear of the tail.

[AndrewBird]

Looks good. I know how much work this kind of project can be. You might try plastic epoxy instead of hot glue on the tail light housings. I don't see hot glue holding up for very long.

Why is the flashing a bit erratic? Will it be smoother/slower once installed in the car?

[Schnitzer318is]

Ok so I've got this ongoing project I've been working on and have been for about a total of 14 hours of cutting, soldering, hot gluing, and wiring. Now I'm in no hurry to finish it because I want it to look completely stock from the trunk with no rats nesting going on... and also want very pleasing results from the LEDs themselves. Here are some pics and a vid of my progress so far. Note, the vid showing the signal light flashing will not do that in the final revision. I have decided to move the strobing portion to the brake light and the areas above and below the reverse light (where euro fog would be). This will only happen by switch of course... lol I wouldn't want to drive around with strobing brake lights going. That might attract alot of unwanted attention. Opinions/suggestions? BTW, I am personally quite pleased with myself on this one. Going to be one sweet ass mod when I am done... if I am ever done :( I will continue to update this thread with media through the conversion process.

These pics are unedited... some were taken with normal exposure and some were taken with exposure turned down (-2 I believe). Obviously the bright ones are normal exposure...















Video

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Beginning-of-LED-Tail-Lights-On-91-318is-E30-BMW_157547.htm