LED Front Turn Signals How-To

[2ndGenGuy]

Oh yes! Can't wait to see them with the new lenses! Looks professional!

[Vanilla Sky]

Nice. What are you running for emitters this time?

[niles]

Nice. What are you running for emitters this time?

These LED's are "Piranha High Flux" so far I like them but don't think theyre good enough for such a flashy name. One noteable positive is that I subjected a single LED to 900mA (rated at 20mA) for over a minute! Turned kindof a red-orange color during but still works perfectly once returned to a normal power level. I have never seen a regular LED handle such abuse.

Oh yes! Can't wait to see them with the new lenses! Looks professional!

Thanks! The Second Edition lenses are like "sunglasses" for my signals which should match my bumper and make my car look sleek. There will probably be a Third Edition of lenses though... just a heads up depending on how the new onew work out.

Aesthetically I really want the LEDs to fill the entire turn signal cavity in the bumper but I did not want to figure out how to mount them so I am modifying the original housings for now...

And a bonus for eveybody who might want some made in the future: less LED's = cheaper! As always I want these lights to be bright and robust as F**** so I will not make anybody anything until I am sure they are good enough for me. But I will always let you know what I am using if you want to give it a go yourself.

That being said:

For the Second Edition turn signals, each lamp has 75 Piranha LEDs. I am running 5 LEDs in series with a 100ohm resistor. I will spare the math explanation again because there are plenty of great tools available online to help you figure out what you need for any application.

[niles]

Here is a low-quality night shot. It was dark by the time I got them installed. I will try to get some better pics later today.

[2ndGenGuy]

Looks killer! :-o

[niles]

Here is a daytime shot:

[Vanilla Sky]

Is that a head gasket set? If it is, let me know what the quality is like. I'm considering one for my head job.

[dbales]

I love this. I have a set of turn signals for my cb opened up that I was partially blackhousing. I might be doing this on them before I seal them up.

[niles]

Is that a head gasket set? If it is, let me know what the quality is like. I'm considering one for my head job.

Sorry Vanilla Sky, it is a valve cover gasket. However I would like to note that this valve cover gasket is the highest quality I have had so far. Got it from CarQuest, I would trust their head gasket, probably.

[niles]

Mini-Update: I've been running the eBay Piranha LEDs now for a year and a half without issues.

[niles]

Since I've added the body kit to my car (which required a post-facelift bumper to be installed) my pre-facelift LED turn signals looked funny in the large opening. This time I am trying out some ebay LED turn signals in the 88-89 housings with the reflector delete listed here: https://www.3geez.com/forum/how/104-c...pers-only.html

I bought some of the brightest LED 1156 bulbs I could find that were a reasonable cost ($20 for the pair) and guess what: my superflux LED signals still outshine the competition, literally lol. Although they do come close.

Ebay LEDs are on the bottom and left, my handmade LEDs are on the top and right. I really prefer the distribution of the superflux as well.