Led Mania!

[old_s13]

wow.. look what i just found! haha

http://www.nopionline.com/promo/led_tail_lights.htm

Calculator LEDs are being used in tail lights...

hehe this is amazing stuff.. i cant wait to see what comes out for the S13!

[old_s13]

[dunno]

Reminds me of the G35 tails a tad.

-Matt

[TheSnail]

Thank god they dont make them for 240's

[nightwalker]

the next wave of rice. Every other year, a new taillight comes out that is trendier than the next. First it was all clears, then altezzas, then carbon altezzas, now leds... instead of getting more horsepower out of a part, through evolution of that part, they see if they can make lights any uglier. I shall dub them "the light tuners!"

"Dam fool, you can't be a true light tuner without the new led tailights, and I see your car doesn't have any neons, you're just a poseur!"

[cowbomb]

trassssssssssssssssssh! another way for the industry to make a few bucks off of us!

[the240sxer95]

wow! those are great, thanks for the linky cant wait till mine get here i oredered it like 10 minutes ago.

[the240sxer95]

btw i ordred the integra ones, how much modification do i need to make it fit? by just eyeing it looks pretty dam close.

[JuJuBee]

Originally Posted by the240sxer95

btw i ordred the integra ones, how much modification do i need to make it fit? by just eyeing it looks pretty dam close.

you have to mod the reinforcement bar because since we have usdm bumper support, and those lights are jdm, you are going to have to rewire and cut off some sections

hope this helps

[MakotoS13]

Originally Posted by the240sxer95

btw i ordred the integra ones, how much modification do i need to make it fit? by just eyeing it looks pretty dam close.

i got an idea. instead of desecrating your car i'll buy an integra, we'll trade, everyone will be happy, and the 240 gods will not strike you dead.

hehe

[boro240]

they got ads for LED S15 tails in japan. i think it was FK up to theirold tricks again, i forget. but LEDs seem to be the new thing there.

[JDM K's]

As long as they look like the stock tail light I don’t have any problem, in a matter fact they will compliment my HID headlight. Since they are brighter then stock they could be used for a safety.

[twitchy]

if they made a DECENT looking set.....maybe....im all for bright taillights..

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by boro240

they got ads for LED S15 tails in japan. i think it was FK up to theirold tricks again, i forget. but LEDs seem to be the new thing there.

Shiet did you see pix from last years TAS?!?! Everything we hate out here is new trend in japan. Gullwings, neons and altessa. new JDM shiet is Rice-ism

[HiPSI]

those are leaps and bounds better looking than altezzas. i wouldn't mind some tails with the large LED's like the G35 uses, just under a full red lens so each individual LED isn't visible when turned off.

[HiPSI]

i just looked at the link and i take it all back! the pic posted above are ok, but all the rest of the ones are just nasty :hammer:

[the240sxer95]

Originally Posted by Archangelprez

i got an idea. instead of desecrating your car i'll buy an integra, we'll trade, everyone will be happy, and the 240 gods will not strike you dead.

hehe

why you gotta give me a hard time! is it so wrong to want to convert my car to something beautiful! the 240 is so blah and so ugly integra lights will give it more life!

[deedeedum]

Originally Posted by old_s13

wow.. look what i just found! haha

http://www.nopionline.com/promo/led_tail_lights.htm

Calculator LEDs are being used in tail lights...

hehe this is amazing stuff.. i cant wait to see what comes out for the S13!

what are calculator LEDs???? i don't know of any calculators that use LEDs

[AAA240SX]

Screw the LED'd taillights! They look like nipples. I love the stock tails better on any car. Keep it kleen.

[Rice'N'Ice]

If they look good then I'd buy em...but most likely, It'll be rice

[old_s13]

the problem is the recipe, my friends.

in the automotive aftermarket, you simply cannot combine:
- large quantity (mass production)
- low cost
- high quality
- fitment / OEM replacement

when you try to do that, SOMETHING has gotta give. with aftermarket lights, look at the fitment.. why is it they never fit the same? why is it the plastic is never as good as the OEM plastic? the plastic is always thinner material and easy to warp when heated. if the lamp is chrome, why is the chrome-job horrible and easy to flake? if painted, why does it look quickly sprayed and cheaply painted. why is it that the bulb holders never fit snug and the connectors dont even have seals to prevent them from corroding? with signals that use incandescent bulbs, look at how loosely the bulbs twist on -- weak connection to the bulbs is the number one reason i hear people having issues like "quick signals" because the flasher unit thinks the bulb is out. with aftermarket headlamps, how come the headlamps dont have a proper beam pattern and why is it that the HEADLAMPS use FOGLAMP BULBS? Apparently, most of these companies fail to calculate these things.. who knows, its quite obvious they dont even engineer a lot of these products.

Now we're talking LED. LED requires quite a lot of circuitry to operate properly and of course, what quality of LEDs are being used?

The funny thing that cought my attention is that one page listed the product and said "36 replaceable LED bulbs" -- hmm.. thats like saying your ROTARY MOTOR has UPGRADED PISTONS. HUH?

LED = Light Emitting Diode
BULB = Filament
HID = Arc Capsule

Apparently, these companies focus more on mimicing and less on engineering. Anyway, just felt like sharing some insight. While I am sure these "look-like G35-styled amps" the reality is, there is NO WAY they will even come close to being as visible and distinctive as the higher quality G35 OEM tail lamps.

ps: I personally dont even like the G35 lamps, I think seeing the naked LED is quite ugly and annoying (excessively bright and bothers my eyes). This is why all the LEDs I work with are diffused, helps reduce the eye strain. But, I guess you need to sell whats trendy. Good luck everyone!

- Mike / ClearCorners.Com

[old_s13]

Originally Posted by deedeedum

what are calculator LEDs???? i don't know of any calculators that use LEDs

im not old enough to remember these too well, but my dad kept so much old shit around (and still does) that there's no way i could forget crap like this...

http://www.etedeschi.ndirect.co.uk/howto3.htm

pre-LCD baby..

[twitchy]

im a commerce student and some words to live by back up old s13's point...

Done right, done cheap, done fast

pick any two.

[justinhustle]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Shiet did you see pix from last years TAS?!?! Everything we hate out here is new trend in japan. Gullwings, neons and altessa. new JDM shiet is Rice-ism

theres no accounting for personal tastes, i dig gullwing/lambo doors when done right

altezzas will always be a rip off a toyota, so successful that car makers are putting em in all kinds of cars now, from shitsubishis to mazdas, etc

neons will always be lame imo

and all those cars @ TAS will gullwing doors and s15 altezza style tails, will blow the doors off most rides, prolly half the reason they got em

if i had a 450hp s15 id throw a big old type r sticker on the back

[old_s13]

it really depends what you consider DONE RIGHT. Most of the stuff you see in japan, even if its not "perfect" its a WORLD better than the stuff you see being done on cars at car shows out here. there is a reason hot import NIGHTS exists, because at night its harder to see just show crappy a lot of these cars really are.

i mean, the first step in being able to criticize a door is understanding the difference between gullwing-style and scissor-styled. instead, people just give things trendy names like "lambo-doors" and think its cool. Last I checked, a lamborghini's door didnt swing out and THEN upwards. People just need to call things what they really are.. if you see a hood, dont call it a carbon fiber hood until you look at the bottom to see if its real carbon fiber. since when does LAMINATE mean true-carbon fiber? no wonder Ikea is profiting so well, people just dont know better.. OAK LAMINATE.. HAHAHAHA