Lets See Some Light: The Definitive Lighting Thread - Page 27 - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

TheRealSy90 · 05-19-2016, 03:25 PM

Anything wrong with running those LED headlights on my track car? One of the tracks we drift at in Phoenix (WHMP West Track) is super dark at night since it hardly has lighting. There's never any oncoming traffic so why not?

mikeyee · 05-24-2016, 01:55 AM

finally a new page.

I'll post more when car is revealed.

ehhhregartless · 05-28-2016, 11:30 PM

andisan · 05-29-2016, 01:53 AM

^^ dam those look great, need some in my life

ehhhregartless · 06-04-2016, 08:43 AM

ehhhregartless · 06-04-2016, 11:01 PM

tuzzio · 06-21-2016, 08:19 AM

Started my retrofit on my bricks last night, gotta seal the lenses back up today. Gotta order new shrouds because the ones i ordered were WAY to big.

silviaks2nr · 06-21-2016, 09:01 AM

I'm surprised you didn't go for the "square" q5 replica projectors in brick lights. In older lights they can look really good. Here's a set I did in a 1st gen trooper

ehhhregartless · 06-21-2016, 10:40 AM

tuzzio · 06-21-2016, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

I'm surprised you didn't go for the "square" q5 replica projectors in brick lights.

Those are pretty decent looking for sure.
We deal with the retrofit source through work, and the mini h1's have been fitted before, so i wanted to do a safe bet for my first ever retrofit.

DrftKingIII · 06-21-2016, 10:21 PM

Would really like LEDs retrofitted into my factory tail lights. Can't seem to justify $700 or so though.

ILoveJDM · 06-22-2016, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DrftKingIII

Would really like LEDs retrofitted into my factory tail lights. Can't seem to justify $700 or so though.

You'd be surprised at how much the bare material costs..
Some time on youtube, and creativeness, and you could have a simple board with straight row'd normal LEDS for less than $100 for both lights, out of pre-made board. When you start surface mounting (SMD) and doing round things, then things get more expensive.
Its kind of disgusting how much overhead the simple led lights have.
The pattern flashing ones are a little different but same principle, if you have a nerd friend who codes, you can get that done ez pz, I'm a studying engineering technologist computer/mechanical, I had to make the knight rider LED for a project.

tuzzio · 06-22-2016, 01:48 PM

Finished up my bricks last night, I am exceptionally pleased with the light output.

future · 06-22-2016, 03:21 PM

Love the retroed bricks

DrftKingIII · 06-22-2016, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ILoveJDM

You'd be surprised at how much the bare material costs..

Yeah I don't want anything crazy. Someone do my lights plz.

tuzzio · 06-23-2016, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by future

Love the retroed bricks

The only thing I regret about it is waiting so long to do this and actually stressing about it. Fuckin, cut em up.

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Originally Posted by DrftKingIII

Yeah I don't want anything crazy. Someone do my lights plz.

Theres a dude on YAJ who has premade boards for coupe tails, blinker and i think reverse lights seperate, I almost bit the bullet, but theyre like $90 a pair before shipping and I have no idea how to wire or mount them.

ixfxi · 07-01-2016, 11:06 AM

Here are some fireworks - have a good 4th!

Mister.E · 07-01-2016, 11:58 AM

Oh wow fuck

d_nice · 07-01-2016, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tuzzio

Finished up my bricks last night, I am exceptionally pleased with the light output.

what are you running 6k or 8k on those

***Future240*** · 07-01-2016, 12:36 PM

Mike bringing the hotness yet again.

He gone mess around and make me drop 1400 bucks on some lights one day.....

lunchmeat · 07-01-2016, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ixfxi

Here are some fireworks - have a good 4th!

Holy shit that's bright.

tuzzio · 07-01-2016, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d_nice

what are you running 6k or 8k on those

They're 5.5k morimoto bulbs.

tuzzio · 07-03-2016, 07:40 AM

Shrouds came in yesterday, so I put them in. Very happy with how much better they look.

DJTTon · 07-03-2016, 02:16 PM

Gentlemen,
Im looking for lighting ideas. My interior is very dark at night, the only thing alit is my cluster which Ive installed LEDs into but the lighting is inadequate to see anything else.

I was thinking if I could get my hands on one of those Halo LED headlight lights, I could mount it under the shifter and illuminate that; since it is an amber acrylic I would guess it would act like a lamp. My shifter is about 30mm in diameter at the bottom.

My issue is that I cant find a circular strip of LEDs with a red/black wire that is 30mm in diameter. Hence, Im here asking for better ideas.

DrftKingIII · 07-04-2016, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixfxi

Here are some fireworks - have a good 4th!

What's a set like that typically cost?

***CrimsonRockett*** · 07-04-2016, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DrftKingIII

What's a set like that typically cost?

http://clearcorners.com/products/nissan/s14/

EDT007 · 07-05-2016, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

http://clearcorners.com/products/nissan/s14/

So $2400...worth more than most s14's on here.

ixfxi · 07-06-2016, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by EDT007

So $2400...worth more than most s14's on here.

thats why cheap tail lights exist. thats also why stock tail lights exist.

if you think like that, dont bother installing wheels on your car either. keep it all stock.

ehhhregartless · 08-01-2016, 10:28 PM

Green Arrow · 08-01-2016, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixfxi

thats why cheap tail lights exist. thats also why stock tail lights exist.

if you think like that, dont bother installing wheels on your car either. keep it all stock.

Let's be real....how many do you produce and sell a year?

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DJTTon Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Where the bad guys are Posts: 886 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Gentlemen, Im looking for lighting ideas. My interior is very dark at night, the only thing alit is my cluster which Ive installed LEDs into but the lighting is inadequate to see anything else. I was thinking if I could get my hands on one of those Halo LED headlight lights, I could mount it under the shifter and illuminate that; since it is an amber acrylic I would guess it would act like a lamp. My shifter is about 30mm in diameter at the bottom. My issue is that I cant find a circular strip of LEDs with a red/black wire that is 30mm in diameter. Hence, Im here asking for better ideas.

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