Lets See Some Light: The Definitive Lighting Thread

[mikeyee]

more s14 light fixings



focused on the light to show the bulb layout. obviously bright as hell.

also will be set up to be dim with the parking lights, and 100% brightness as turn signals.


for anyone interested in pricings, feel free to shoot me a PM. or email: mmmmm.yee @ gmail.com

[Te37]

Nichia LEDs? I made a set of s14 corner lights and did two pcbs per light, looks like you did one pcb?

[Matej]

Originally Posted by WERDdabuilder

i hate owners like you. blinding drivers with your shitty ass "HIDs".

The worst thing is motorcycles with HID's. Especially OEM ones. The sharper the cutoff the more annoying. It makes it look like a flashing beam when they are bouncing up and down in the opposite lane, when one is at an unfortunate angle causing the cutoff to constantly go in an out of view.

I am not sure why the sharpest cutoff possible is supposed to be a good thing. Obviously, the direction of the light does need to be limited so it does not go everywhere and blind everyone around, but it seems that a soft gradual cutoff would be much more comfortable on the eyes of the driver and everyone around.
Not that it does not look cool, of course.

[mikeyee]

Originally Posted by Te37

Nichia LEDs? I made a set of s14 corner lights and did two pcbs per light, looks like you did one pcb?

I used one board, using two boards to fit the bend doesn't look all that clean imo.

Im not using nichia leds.

[t_rempel]

Originally Posted by Matej

The worst thing is motorcycles with HID's. Especially OEM ones. The sharper the cutoff the more annoying. It makes it look like a flashing beam when they are bouncing up and down in the opposite lane, when one is at an unfortunate angle causing the cutoff to constantly go in an out of view.

I am not sure why the sharpest cutoff possible is supposed to be a good thing. Obviously, the direction of the light does need to be limited so it does not go everywhere and blind everyone around, but it seems that a soft gradual cutoff would be much more comfortable on the eyes of the driver and everyone around.
Not that it does not look cool, of course.

As annoying as it is, anything that makes a motorcycle easier to see on the road is good in my books. There are too many drivers that don't pay enough attention.

[hellion240sx]

you forgot me

[rat240]

Originally Posted by mikeyee

more s14 light fixings



focused on the light to show the bulb layout. obviously bright as hell.

also will be set up to be dim with the parking lights, and 100% brightness as turn signals.


for anyone interested in pricings, feel free to shoot me a PM. or email: mmmmm.yee @ gmail.com

where did you get that chrome sticker thing

[mikeyee]

first half of the magazine scanned.

link here:

DIY LED - Imgur



i think there might be a few pages missing from this first set? only 72 images popped up, but shows 81 pages.

i'll look through it again and post the rest later. magazine has like 150~ pages x_x...

hopefully this gets people to realize how LEDs work and start coming out with cool stuff too! and also realize this shit is time consuming >___>.

[mikeyee]

SOLO8 Nissan S14 Kouki Custom LED Taillights, Corner Markers (zenki) - YouTube

s14 light fixings complete!

[hellion240sx]

Originally Posted by mikeyee

SOLO8 Nissan S14 Kouki Custom LED Taillights, Corner Markers (zenki) - YouTube

s14 light fixings complete!

check your email.

[mikeyee]

Originally Posted by hellion240sx

check your email.

yessir.

uploaded second half of the magazine just a moment ago.

DIY LED - Imgur

from this magazine and previous magazines, it seems like it's quite popular to use the strips of LED lights to going about LED conversions in Japan. Such as headlight work, random ext/interior lighting. and also starting to see more "drl" interior LED lighting, but with a softer light and a not-as-harsh-on-the-eyes LED setup.

however, when it comes down to taillight makings, japan is still holding it down. heres a few of my favorite shops that have been pumping out some cool stuff.

LED IMPRODUCE
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LOOKING Japan
http://www.lookking.jp/ (hmmm, site is down).
some cool photos of their conversions grabbed from dude's facespace

[hellion240sx]

wow those are nice!

[mikeyee]

Originally Posted by hellion240sx

wow those are nice!

yeah, ive always preffered the japanese way of going about LED conversions. they focus a lot more on showing the individual LED bulbs rather than the american way where it's mostly focusing on just getting a brighter end result. which is kinda lame imo.

[mikeyee]

in case you guys missed the first Japanese LED magazine I scanned, this is from my solo8parts.com blog


LEDMAGJPN.jpg photo by miguelyee | Photobucket

It's in reverse order, so start from the end and go backwards.

[mikeyee]

some fancy shots of the S14 lights.

[usdm180sx]

Do some kouki 180sx lights and pm me pricing please

[mikeyee]

Originally Posted by usdm180sx

Do some kouki 180sx lights and pm me pricing please

I've done a few, price varies upon the amount of LEDs used. Typical cost ranges from $200-250.

Here are a the pics of LED conversions i've done this past year. (also at the bottom of p.2 in this thread)

http://solo8parts.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/teddy.jpg

http://makeagif.com/media/4-28-2012/oVY6ma.gif

http://solo8parts.files.wordpress.co...1631.jpg?w=490

edit, PM sent.

[usdm180sx]

You did Teddy's?? Awesome! I will hit you up

[rvns14]

Those LS400 tails

[Future240]

Mikeyee you should consider becoming a vendor and offering your services to Zilvia. Seems you could make a tidy profit.

[rat240]

made these for the inner portion of the 240 hatch taillights

[Irresistible]

Originally Posted by mikeyee

I've done a few, price varies upon the amount of LEDs used. Typical cost ranges from $200-250.

Here are a the pics of LED conversions i've done this past year. (also at the bottom of p.2 in this thread)

http://solo8parts.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/teddy.jpg

http://makeagif.com/media/4-28-2012/oVY6ma.gif

http://solo8parts.files.wordpress.co...1631.jpg?w=490

edit, PM sent.

How much to do zenki s14 tail lights? Everything in them.

[240drifter1]

Goddang Celsior lights.

[ghoti]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

Overpriced because you cant afford it or overpriced because its a better product?

Overpriced because I don't see why it cost 3 times more than Hella E-codes just for having a better high-beat output. The majority of s13 owners drive in the city so they don't use their high beams that much so no need for overpaying.

Originally Posted by ixfxi

I'm always amazed at how people just talk about things without proper knowledge. The Cibie headlight is a better headlight, hands down. This is not even a topic for discussion, just check the ISO sheets. The high beam performance of the Hella blows cock.

Cibie's are good but not enough to justify paying much more than E-codes. Maybe if I used them on my offroad truck which is used in those dark mountains. But then again that's what the Lightforces are for E-codes are fine

Originally Posted by ixfxi

But hey, I guess some people are into blowing cock.

Yeah I can see that. I'll let you get back on your knees

[new2sr20]

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/489923-toye...s-think-2.html

[dudermagee]

Yeah, I'm going to follow this thread.
Good info

[EDacIouSX]

Originally Posted by ghoti

Yeah I can see that. I'll let you get back on your knees

LOL!


Nothing against you ixfxi... but it was a pretty good setup you laid for him haha.

[Pink Slut]

i LOVE those fake deep LED cupholder/box's from the magazine.

also:
Japanese outlaw Street racer - YouTube

[tapdeznutz]

i didnt get this link. ^^^.

GHOTI, i love your sig lol, that shit almost made me shit my pants this morning lol.

[mikeyee]

Originally Posted by tapdeznutz

i didnt get this link. ^^^.

GHOTI, i love your sig lol, that shit almost made me shit my pants this morning lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ckkA7ELR_Y

LM Produce showing off their ~$400 controller

http://www.led-lmproduce.com/newfold...aruseihin.html