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Dec 5, 2005 2:42:43 GMT -3
Post by bchcky on Dec 5, 2005 2:42:43 GMT -3
so if you've read the thread in the photo section or one of the member's sections, you've heard that i'm thinking about making LED housings for my rear taillights. my questions for anyone that has done LEDs or knows about them:
- where do i get them? ebay? locally? - am i looking for a specific type of bulb/lamp? i've seen a few different ones on ebay, just want to make sure whatever i buy is what i really want. - rubber bushings/housings for them, where do i find those? i'm talking about the pieces that would hold the actual bulbs in the metal housing that i fab up. - and for you electrical guys, am i going to need a wiring harness adaptor of some sort? i guess it probably depends on what type of bulb i get. i'm going to take off my stock housings and look at the wiring in the next few days, try to get an idea of what i'm in store for.
and anything else you guys think i missed. any help would be greatly appreciated. i'm just trying to make sure that i buy everything i'm going to need to build these housings so i dont have to stop halfway through fabrication. and just for an idea, i'm thinking 3 lamps on each side, one brake, one signal and one reverse. brakes being the largest, then the reverse, and the signals being the smallest, or i might do the last two the same size. havent decided yet. but i have decided on round lights. thanks for the help.
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Dec 5, 2005 4:58:09 GMT -3
Post by jeepininmaine on Dec 5, 2005 4:58:09 GMT -3
go to cjoffroad.com and do a search for leds.there has been some excellent writeups there including types,where to buy,and how to wire.hope that helps.jeremy
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Dec 5, 2005 11:55:59 GMT -3
Post by jps4jeep on Dec 5, 2005 11:55:59 GMT -3
I got mine at West Marina, they are ment for a boat trailer and can be submerged.
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Dec 5, 2005 13:32:20 GMT -3
Post by chrometj on Dec 5, 2005 13:32:20 GMT -3
groupbuy4x4? those are the red 4" leds they go through led-r-us, thats what jeepfan555 has and thats what im going in on, same with justin
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Dec 5, 2005 14:09:46 GMT -3
Post by kaiser on Dec 5, 2005 14:09:46 GMT -3
any truck (commercial) store will stock everything you need, try to find a blingish truck store
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Dec 5, 2005 18:04:44 GMT -3
Post by JeepFan555 on Dec 5, 2005 18:04:44 GMT -3
Yeha like chromey said I got mine from LED R US and here is a good right up. They are fairly simple to do. Take the onld lights off cut a 4 in hole and connect wires. Thats really it. www.stu-offroad.com/electrical/led1/led-1.htm
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Dec 6, 2005 4:41:08 GMT -3
Post by bchcky on Dec 6, 2005 4:41:08 GMT -3
i wish it were that easy grasshopper. i've gotta fab up some housings for the ZJ, i'm not as lucky as you cj/yj/tj owners when it comes to putting LEDs in the rear.
kaiser, you know of any of these truck stores you speak of in or around boston?
and johnny, i'm going to check out the west marine, probably in braintree sometime this week. i like the idea that they're made to be submerged. not that i plan on submerging that much of my jeep...
so any last warnings of things to avoid? seems pretty straight forward, but i'm a noob to LEDs, so i just wanna cover everything. thanks again guys.
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Dec 6, 2005 4:51:24 GMT -3
Post by chrometj on Dec 6, 2005 4:51:24 GMT -3
you need a flasher mod!..im just saying order the LEds now so you can get them cheaper? that is if you def wanna go in on this!
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Dec 6, 2005 12:54:00 GMT -3
Post by jps4jeep on Dec 6, 2005 12:54:00 GMT -3
kaiser, you know of any of these truck stores you speak of in or around boston? and johnny, i'm going to check out the west marine, probably in braintree sometime this week. i like the idea that they're made to be submerged. not that i plan on submerging that much of my jeep... I Go to the one in woburn right off the 95/93 interchange. I go submergable cause of the salt in the winter, these are a lot less likely to corode
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Dec 9, 2005 23:40:28 GMT -3
Post by laybackman on Dec 9, 2005 23:40:28 GMT -3
you need a flasher mod!..im just saying order the LEds now so you can get them cheaper? that is if you def wanna go in on this! You need to modify your flasher relay? Do you have sopecifics about that? go to NAPA and ask for a heavey duty flasher relay, they will give you what you need.
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Dec 14, 2005 0:46:00 GMT -3
Post by bluerocket on Dec 14, 2005 0:46:00 GMT -3
West marine in woburn has sh!t for a LED selection!
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Dec 14, 2005 3:06:43 GMT -3
Post by bchcky on Dec 14, 2005 3:06:43 GMT -3
yeah, bobbert and i went tonight, nothing really. they had one set of rectangular reds, but nothing else really. guess i'm just going to buy them online. i was looking at led-r-us courtesy of chrome tonight, and they're kinda expensive on there, i'm leaning towards red and white now, just use the brake lights as signals too, i'll have to figure out how to wire that.
and who's got suggestions on what thickness metal i should order? j-mag suggested 18gauge, sounds about right, just wondering what everyone else has for input.
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Dec 14, 2005 11:21:07 GMT -3
Post by mmagnumpi9 on Dec 14, 2005 11:21:07 GMT -3
I was going to get either 18 or 20 for my fenders. So you should make the housing out of that. I will just get a little extra for you. (should be ordering next week by the way).
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Dec 14, 2005 14:27:36 GMT -3
Post by bchcky on Dec 14, 2005 14:27:36 GMT -3
sick, lemme know when.
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