[ACC-Man]

Negative, Sir. It is/was installed in my car.
Being that i have a trunk mounted spoiler, with yet another brake light therein, it had been neutered.. rendered inop..
'Tis hidden behind tinted glass also, Sir
Just saw an offer on ebay.de/uk/com for 1k 3mm LED's/prewired, with threaded mounts for $26!!! do i really need 1k LED's?? YES!!
Can I use 1K LED's.... um, ......... hrmpf......
Actually, Phil, I am tinkering with the thought of going all out... I have a J's racing LED H Emblem on my trunk.. just needs wiring into the brake wires too... :
J's Racing The X'tream Honada Ride
and I was planning on adding LED strips to the lower (rear) reflectors aswell... all illegal of course... but would be controlled via switch(es)...

ACC-Man

 

[Aragrev7]

I gathered together the LED's that i had flying around... always tend to buy things in 'uber' amounts.. just incase... what, I know not...



this is with a solid strip/cob pcb, led's about 4,5 cm apart, width is 3mm (You could place like 5-6 rows beside each other!!!):

this is a flex strip, waterproof, leds are red, 16mm apart, 1 cm wide:

this is a led bulb, t10 adapter, 4 leds unidirectional, 1 cm apart, 1 cm wide:

also an led bulb. Amber. 3 leds on tip, 20 around circumference. 2 cm dia, 3,5 cm long (Led area, not plug): (Too big I would say)

also a t10 bulb. Red. 4 leds on tip. 1 cm dia, 2 cm long (led area, not plug): (White would be better)

Single led bulb, colourchanging, prewired, 5 mm dia, 1,5 cm length. can be mounted in a screw-in mount. (White, non blinking would be better. using the mounts, you could install 40-50 in the housing):

I also thought about engraving the red plastic lens.. some saying/words/funny....



Let me play with that some more...



Mounty



P.S. For most of the single bulbs, you can install them in clusters.

for the strips, you could install a few side-by-side.. need not be waterproof/enclosed... for what??

I actually just redid mine today. Did them a few years back. The strip was dried up.
Should have taken pictures. I mounted led strips facing the Chrome for even glow. Have TSX stencilled on the lens with red hi vis tape (brake light comes thru as TSX lettering)

 

[ACC-Man]

This is what I was looking at/towards... the bezels are 6mm wide, so there is enough room to drill 2ea holes side by side, as I had thought/premeditated. The only 'problem' that may arise is that the bezels could be too long, towards the outer perimitter, figuring cables have to fit under there too.. (Taking 'pre-wired' leds, cause they already have the capacitor installed/soldered): (Did not buy them, as of yet.. still just 'playing/brain shopping'..)
Shopping Cart

...and perhaps 'engraving' something like this into the lens:

it's the Honda "Kanji"... Honda written in Nipponese.. You could go with something nice like: STOP

Or vulgar, like..... well, you know...

And if you were technically advised, as Aragrev7 is, then you could probably make/fit a 'running sign' into there with programmable words/letters..

http://www.flashingblinkylights.com/red-mini-scrolling-text-led-badges.html

or:

https://www.electronickits.com/mini-scrolling-led-sign-kit/ (7-9v only)

i have good ideas (i believe anyway), but he (Agarev7) knows what he's doing/talking about...

ACC-Man

... and if you really,, really want to make some impact/gain some (non) rep..., and never have to use your rear window and/or mirror ever again>>>>>>>>>>>THIS:
http://www.affordableled.com/f-2439-full-color-indoor-outdoor-programmable-message-sign.html

 

[ACC-Man]

Today/this morning i further added to my tools collection. I bought an air compressor with a pile o tools, and a smallish sandblasting cabin with 3 different blasting mediums - Coke from a Smeltoven (Harsh - heavy removing), Glaspearls 0,5-1,2mm (Great for removing paint, matting the surface/no primer needed before paint/just a good cleaning) and a 25kg bag of walnutshells, also 0,8-2,0mm. (Ultra soft cleaning, takes quite some time, but it is the route with the least amount of material removal (ok, soda blasting is even softer, but makes a huge mess..). I am going to play around with some plexiglass.. do some 'glass milking/murking', like what agarev7 did.. I will keep you updated as soon as comp is here, up and running, tests performed..

AC-Man

I plugged 70 odd prewired led's into my breadboard, and fired it up.. Amperage draw was only 0,8 A!!! (5 rows of 10 leds, one extra row of 20 just to try..). My idea with 'writing' honda with leds would need approx 50 Leds.. 10 leds/letter. So, slowly working up an idea, plans a-k are still open.. a bit indecisive,, alas

 

[DeSEBticoN]

Bringing this back from the dead , i finally got my hands on a civic high mount LED light , decided to add a flashing module and solve the zip tie issue with some 3D printed clips. Once i get the clips in my hand i will give them a test to see how well they work and give an update.

 

[DeSEBticoN]

Here are some prototype pictures for now

 

[DeSEBticoN]

Ok so my brackets are in and here are some pics , there is a additiona box inside that holds a strobing relay that flashes at same intervals as the brake bulbs in my tail lights. Wiring is custom made and everything is made to be direct fit plug and play. Also few shots of TSX housing for placement comparison.

 

[TSXXXX]

Interested to see a side by side comparison of the lights actually on. Good work with the 3d printed clips!

 

[chainey]

Very happy I found this thread. Just installed a used 2006 LED CHML I found on ebay for $35. Your instructions were great and it looks and functions like OEM. Thanks!

 

[Jiggahype]

Here are some prototype pictures for now

Where did you get these 3D clips?

 

[DeSEBticoN]

I designed them and printed them, if you need a set hit me up on instagram @DeSEBticoN

Where did you get these 3D clips?