Official L.E.D. making thread

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 10:36 AM

First off, this is a serious thread! NO WHORING OR JOKING HERE. FUCK OFF IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE SERIOUS! I AM SPENDING ALOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO HELP EVERYONE OUT!
Make sure to scroll through each post to see more additional pictures.
(I will be purchasing lumiled's later this week or next STAY TUNED)

I will have resistors for a 9 volt duracell battery and car 12 volt battery operations.

I have while supplies last:
100 white led's (5mm) -- 25 cents each
100 blue led's (3mm) -- 25 cents each
200 red housing led's (5mm) -- 15 cents each
50 red clear housing led's (5mm) -- 20 cents each
200 red led's (3mm) -- 15 cents each
200 green led's (3mm) -- 15 cents each
200 green led's (5mm) -- 15 cents each
50 dark orange led's (5mm) -- 20 cents each

400 resistors 12 volt(red/green) -- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 4 led's)
(white/blue)-- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 2 led's)

200 resistors 9 volt (red/green) -- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 4 led's)
(white/blue) -- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 4 led's)

(need to buy)-- 12 volt -- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 1 led)
9 volt -- 20 cents each (1 resistor per 1 led)

16 qty 2" X 2" circuit boards -- $2.50 each
12 qty 2" X 4" circuit boards -- $5.00 each

For the smaller circuit board with 16 led's, 4 resistors cost would be approx $5.70 +$2 SHIPPING.

The bigger board with approx. 32 led's and 8 resistors the cost would be $11.40 + $2 SHIPPING.

Labor will be $10.00 per board with led's soldered, give or take what I'm making. Pm me for
estimates.

I will only charge for all the cost/labor of materials and like $1-$2 to ship them.
I can make anything you want. I am not looking for a profit. I am doing this for fun. My major in college is Electrical Engineering. I love doing stuff like this and am excited to start doing this. Basically give some ideas and I will start making some cool shit for our cars. I can basically cut the boards to whatever size we need. I will have some samples made up in the next week.

When you recieve the kit, it will have instructions on how to wire it up. It will be a plug and play application. These run off of 12 volt power source. I will also be ordering some resistors to run off of 9 volt batteries! You will want to hook up an inline fuse or if you are using a stock location...you may use the factory wiring with factory fuse.
PRICES ARE SO LOW BECAUSE I BOUGHT IN BULK. THESE PRICES ARE LIKE 500% LOWER THAN WHAT YOU CAN GET AT RADIOSHAK!!!!!lmao
The more led's you want the more in price. I am hooking 4 led's to one resistor. I plan on buying some resistors to go with a single led, so you may buy them seperately (led with resistor). Basically it would be a plug and play with however you desire to use it.
Circuit boards!!!!
3mm on the left 5mm on the right!

Forward voltage: 1.7V @ 20mA
Brightness: 1172mcd @ 10mA
Maximum DC current: 30mA
View Angle: 20 Degree
Package: Water Clear
Size: 5mm Round
Leg Length: 24mm
As you can see, there are mounting holes to use screws. I was thinking about using double sided 3m tape.

What lovely craftsmanship I do...J/K. This was the first day I got them!

Doing somemore measuring!!!

DIAGRAMS TO WIRE THEM UP... when specifying what you want download these and use these to do your ordering. Remember the 3 holes touching are all "Hot". You will want to take this into consideration when doing your brainstorming.

Suggestions....
Tail light led's
Instrument Panel Led's
Front Turn signal Led's
Instrument Cluster Led's
Led circuit board reading "HONDA" OR "ACCORD" OR "3GEEZ" OR YOUR NAME!!
I will be converting all my turnsignal lights to led's!!
I'm going to make a kit to put in our mirrors so they have turn signals like M3 mirrors.

**HostileJava** · 10-06-2006, 10:50 AM

What's the viewing angle and brightness rating for the LED's you're using? Any chance they are Lumileds?

**MessyHonda** · 10-06-2006, 10:52 AM

hey bitesize can you make a kit for the Instrument Panel kinda like guynabo?

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 10:55 AM

If someone sends me an Instrument Panel. I will do this for free to get the jist of it down. I was thinking the same thing, but I don't want to tear mine out, since I've got enough going on with my car anyways. But I could get a kit started!
When I figured the prices that was how much I payed plus Shipping to my house. I've spent over $150 on stuff...

!!!
Cheap prices from me to you!

Colour: Red (660nm)

Forward voltage: 1.7V @ 20mA

Brightness: 1172mcd @ 10mA

Maximum DC current: 30mA

View Angle: 20 Degree

Package: Water Clear

Size: 5mm Round

Leg Length: 24mm

Condition: New

They are not lumileds.

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 11:33 AM

i can get an extra panel im def interested in this but id want blue and red

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 11:36 AM

I bought 100 blue of them....OUCH....freaking $25 shipped.

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 11:37 AM

also some tail lights would be killer , dome lights and a custom 3rd brake lkight that spell's 3geez

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by ghettogeddy

also some tail lights would be killer , dome lights and a custom 3rd brake lkight that spell's 3geez

I was thinking the same thing with the 3geez 3rd brake light. Those would be $35 (depending on color) including shipping with $5 donated to 3geez.com!!!! They would be $30 because I'd have to take some time making them.

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 11:54 AM

u might just have a buyer if u can make one then show me what lit looks like lit up im sure ill buy one

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 11:55 AM

OHHHH SHITTTT!!!! I JUST GOT THE LED'S IN THE MAIL RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 12:01 PM

it looks like christmas

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 12:01 PM

Hell yah it does. It felt like christmas ripping that package open!!!! HOW EXCITING!

**MessyHonda** · 10-06-2006, 12:02 PM

^^^IS IT chirstmas yet?^^...anyways im down for the guage cluster and the ac controls

**ZackieDarko** · 10-06-2006, 12:02 PM

some 2007 style M3 tails could be cool on my hatch

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 12:03 PM

I planned on the green ones going to A/C buttons and such. The 3mm small ones would be used for this. The 5mm will be used for bigger components like dash lights or turn signal lights. If you want some led's and resistors pm with how many you want, and I will get them wired up for you.

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 12:33 PM

I'll name this "Protype Red Led 101"

This protype will be clean cut front and back with no blemishes, so it will look professional. Led's will be in the front, resistors and jump wires in the back. I've done measuring and calculations this whole passed month. Remember, these boards can be cut to fit. I can basically cut them to fit just 2 rows of led's. I could even mount the resistors on a seperate board, so you could mount the led's in hard to reach spots. These little boards won't take long to solder, so I'll only charge $5.00 labor on these 2"X4" boards.

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 01:02 PM

Fed Ex just dropped these off.... 50 orange 5mm and 50 clear red 5mm

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 01:30 PM

man back to back deliverys lol most be nice i love it when i get things in the mail when i got my pc stuff day before yesterday i was ear to ear with joy

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by ghettogeddy

man back to back deliverys lol most be nice i love it when i get things in the mail when i got my pc stuff day before yesterday i was ear to ear with joy

I bought 21 things on ebay in one week.....Still have like 11 to come!!! LMAO!!!

**ghettogeddy** · 10-06-2006, 01:37 PM

lol thats alot

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 01:58 PM

I will be out of town until monday, so don't be surprised if I don't respond until then.

**HostileJava** · 10-06-2006, 02:18 PM

If you are planing on using these for any exterior lighting you should really look into using these:
http://www.lumileds.com/products/line.cfm?lineId=4

They are brighter, have a better viewing angle, and have much stricter quality control as far as matching forward voltage drops. Also keep in mind the ones you are using are designed to focus the light in a particular spot not spread it out like a lamp would. That's fine for the console and cluster in the dash, but when it comes to the dome/door/trunk lights it will light up one small area directly in front of where the LED's are facing and even a diffuser will have a tough time making it do any more then that. Same deal with the tail lights. If you are standing directly behind them at eye level they will look really bright but as soon as the tails move abover or below your eye height the brightness will QUICKLY fade.

**BITESIZE** · 10-06-2006, 02:22 PM

I was thinking about buying some of those. Probably one in each assembly would light up a bunch.

**labeledsk8r** · 10-06-2006, 02:42 PM

how much would just a L.E.D 3rd break light be? no spelling just led, i was planning on takeing out the old bulb nd the red cover and putting clear (red)led's, but i havent been able to get to it, any guess on price?

**frantik** · 10-06-2006, 04:59 PM

cool project.. interested to see some of the end results

especially how a full tail set would look

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