I was doing similar mod to my e46 330 ci beemer. It turned perfect. I still have couple of pcb boards in my garage and few hundred leds. Soon as I get some free time i will try to build something for myself
The mod looks great and much much better that any other rear lights I have seen
johny, once you do yours, you can do mine
Rauer
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I hope someone does this! I would do it but I don't know where to start! You could do a swap scheme with the lights if you wanted to keep initial costs down!
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I wouldnt mine having a crack at this myself. Does anyone have a complete list of exactly what's needed and a wiring diagram?
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t32er
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im loving them, i dont think any other lights will be as fitting as these,
i did have a little idea, you can get thos flat self sticky strips, if you got a load of them and for example a bit of ply, cut the ply to shape, stick the led strips accordingly drill a couple of holes for wires, paint it all red, split the lights, stick the ply in and connect to the oem wires??? will it work, be cheaper...
b&q for the ply (they do big off cuts for like £3, ebay for the led, prob cost no more than £20 for the lot, only thing to think about would be the resistors, then again i have led bulbs only issue iv run in to with them is the 3rd brake light also comes on as a reas light and a brake light (looks good though)
i did have a little idea, you can get thos flat self sticky strips, if you got a load of them and for example a bit of ply, cut the ply to shape, stick the led strips accordingly drill a couple of holes for wires, paint it all red, split the lights, stick the ply in and connect to the oem wires??? will it work, be cheaper...
b&q for the ply (they do big off cuts for like £3, ebay for the led, prob cost no more than £20 for the lot, only thing to think about would be the resistors, then again i have led bulbs only issue iv run in to with them is the 3rd brake light also comes on as a reas light and a brake light (looks good though)
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t32er
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I thought this last year and bought the strips but they wont bend so you can only do straight lines so didn't bother.. The biggest issue with this mod is splitting the lights.
t32er
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Yes. Thats the only problem we have to solve- the rest is easy
I have done it before. Don't bother trying the oven, it's a waste of time. Just dremel them and then glue back together.
I've also thought of doing this Mark, but i'm not sure it can be done easily. The problem is the bulb holder for the rear fog light is designed for 1 filament and not dual like the stop/tail. So to put a stop/tail bulb in place of the single wouldnt work.... sorry.
I've also thought of doing this Mark, but i'm not sure it can be done easily. The problem is the bulb holder for the rear fog light is designed for 1 filament and not dual like the stop/tail. So to put a stop/tail bulb in place of the single wouldnt work.... sorry.
I might be wrong but i think he ment the front.
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