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yeah fair enough... im showing it off tonight at the pizza cruise (unfinished :() ill get some pics of it, or get someone else to :O

and i showed it around last night to the coasties... a lot of people seem to like it :(

Im thinking about making these for people for about $320 a piece...

your choice of colours and what they do...

anyone interested?

I have seen the finished product and its excellent and done really well :O

Looks Great and even changes colour if you want it too when braking, I highly reccomend the facia with choice of colours done by Doof :(

These are the led bars that jaycar sells for $6.95 each. 3 leds in a bar. If well placed they light up the sign pretty well. Bear in mind if you buy these that the pricks whove designed this have mounted the led's the wrong way. Reverse polarity. i.e. +ve is -ve and vice versa.

Will post up pics of it lighted behind the facia once steven gets my facia to his painter .. now only if I could find the time to drop it off. Liverpool day trip sounds good steven? :kiss:

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i make the LED bars myself... i used two colours in mine...

i have also designed boards to do different things... i can make them light up on brakes, turn off on brakes, turn on for reverse... im not sure if i can do a reverse and brake light in one... need to think more...

but basically any colour under the sun... i have red and blue, on brakes its just red ;) looks neat :)

thinking about doing a UV one as well :)

umm... PS: any colours but red are not for road use :) *wink*

ill grab some pics of mine tomorrow night when i have my camera back...

edit: got some, but im drunk, so may be blurry :)

Normal

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On brakes

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Close up

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Now technically, the painter screwed up and didnt put a layer of black down like i asked... but to be honest, im not sure if i would like this one or just the letter lit up...

wtf? i thought the painter painted it to your car color.. still looks like clear plastic. i thought not putting the black coat would maybe get the red to come out in places but the whole bar looks lit... get some pics of it in the day :)

Now technically, the painter screwed up and didnt put a layer of black down like i asked... but to be honest, im not sure if i would like this one or just the letter lit up...

You could prime the fascia in black yourself with a can before taking it down to the spray painter.

why bother... he masks it and does a great job...

and the bar was painted with actual car paint, he was supposed to do a layer of black first but he didnt... it is white, it actually looks really nice in the day time :)

here it is with the flash

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my mate has one on his skyline, i think his one is the factory one from Nissan. His one just lights up the letters and is green/bluish colour. Is there a way to do that without lighting up the whole thing board? His one is also clear for the rest of the board (not painted to hide the light)? or so it looks

jeez, $320 for you to make up LEDs and wire it up?

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shaun: hmm you're right bout the factory ones. they still look like the stock s1 in the day. its probably done with a stencil insert on the inside and the el sheet behind that. i rekon its probably a lot easier than painting the outside (masking etc)

Since i had no info when i did my facia, i didn't get the facia primed in black, which resulted in the LEDs shining through the paint, as spots. To over-come this, i stuck some black foam strips on the inside right in front of the LEDs, this solved the problem and created an even glow.

The black prime coat was a solution that i thought of after i finished the facia.

wtf? i thought the painter painted it to your car color.. still looks like clear plastic. i thought not putting the black coat would maybe get the red to come out in places but the whole bar looks lit... get some pics of it in the day :)
my mate has one on his skyline, i think his one is the factory one from Nissan. His one just lights up the letters and is green/bluish colour. Is there a way to do that without lighting up the whole thing board? His one is also clear for the rest of the board (not painted to hide the light)? or so it looks

jeez, $320 for you to make up LEDs and wire it up?

shaun: hmm you're right bout the factory ones. they still look like the stock s1 in the day. its probably done with a stencil insert on the inside and the el sheet behind that. i rekon its probably a lot easier than painting the outside (masking etc)

I am considering organising a GROUP BUY for the supply of these custom light up panels just like you guys are asking for, based on how much of a response I get.

These have ONLY the letters lighting up just as you guys are trying to do, with a stealth look in the day, giving it a stock Series 2 finish when they lights aren't on. They also would be available matched up to your cars paint colour code (the one shown is done in Series 2 Silver), with any colour LED. White is very effective as you can see, although a variety of other colours will be also available. The panel can then be wired up to come on with the headlights/parkers, or just the brakes or even just in when its the reverse lights come on.

Please PM me if your interested to get this Group Buy going.

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oh well screw it... i will make one for someone if they ask, but it doesn't look like enough interest is around to do any decent number at a time...

other then that, i think i will just make a few for myself... so many ideas :teehee:

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