My led back light conversion wort's and all

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 18 Jul 2009 16:51

(Part 1)

At Billing i showed off some of my handy work to a selected few

but as it is still work in progress I didn't put it up here

I am now not far from complete

I will show you what i have been up to

well it all started off I wanted a very subtle look to the back

I removed the orange cover from the indicators

put in a direct replacement bulbs but it was not a good success too dull

so i started to look at other ways to do it

After many months I found a place that could supply me with full led boards

Amber , Red , white

I got a spare set of back lights and set about them

Put them in a mill and cut them down

This will let the light go strait out

I set about putting a back onto them using

and

At this stage I hold up my hands and say to the people who use this stuff

I salute you as it is a nightmare to use

As you see from my first attempt

After i finished it back on the mill

and infill with resin

Pop in some holes

and cut to fit cards

Put on some thin foam back

Insert the boards

I then put some aluminum paper to give some kind of reflective properties

some rough wiring

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windy one · Postby **windy one** » 18 Jul 2009 17:08

Very nice work! [:p] I am very interested on the outcome.

Johnny

bmcecosse · Postby **bmcecosse** » 18 Jul 2009 20:05

Great story Stevie! But I feel you should have incorporated the Fog Warning lights in there too! I've just done that - using double filament bulb holders - and the car is much nicer without the ghastly hanging down aftermarket lights at the rear. It passed MOT without comment. If they could do a section of RED lEDs with some WHITE ones inbetween - on separate circuits - then the original reversing light spaces could be both RED Fog Warning and WHITE Rev Light! Are you going to reveal the supplier of the LED boards ???

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 18 Jul 2009 21:17

As said PART 1 and the title says wort's and all ...[;)]

the red led's are twin voltage
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If it's not broke don't fix it.

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 18 Jul 2009 21:22

Hi,
Saw Stevie's LED conversion at Billing in the dark and is very very impressive,rear lights that a following driver can actually see and reverse lights that are brighter than standard headlamps!! Great saftey aspect!! As well as the red with clear below looks a lot cleaner as well IMHO not to mention interior lighting he has also done and of course LED very litle current draw [:)]
BMCECOSSE i know where those boards came from [:p] but if i told you then would have to kill you as Stevie would kill me but safe to say very clever source, OMG have i said to much already [xx(]
Cheers John

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wedggie perrin · Postby **wedggie perrin** » 19 Jul 2009 20:31

Steve,
Nice mod. What flasher unit did you fit to make the indicators flash at correct speed?

Gareth · Postby **Gareth** » 19 Jul 2009 20:47

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Great story Stevie! But I feel you should have incorporated the Fog Warning lights in there too! I've just done that - using double filament bulb holders - and the car is much nicer without the ghastly hanging down aftermarket lights at the rear. It passed MOT without comment. If they could do a section of RED lEDs with some WHITE ones inbetween - on separate circuits - then the original reversing light spaces could be both RED Fog Warning and WHITE Rev Light! Are you going to reveal the supplier of the LED boards <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Just remember it is illegal to have a fog light within 100mm of a brake light. You may have passed the MOT but????? (you are illegal)

Gareth

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stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 20 Jul 2009 09:37

As said the led boards are from a cleaver source

they are from one of these

the red boards are twin brightness but as i will explain later i was having problems

with the brightness match from each side

I have heard and been warned about the 100mm law

but I hope to resolve the problem, But i was looking at the after market

rear fog lights and discovered a surprising fact that they are positive earth

so you can't just put in a direct replacement led bulb

I will be showing more later with photos.
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If it's not broke don't fix it.

wedggie perrin · Postby **wedggie perrin** » 20 Jul 2009 11:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by wedggie perrin

Steve,
Nice mod. What flasher unit did you fit to make the indicators flash at correct speed?

Steve, cough, cough!

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 20 Jul 2009 11:27

sorry mate I will get you a model number

it is a flasher unit for led's

you can also put in a resister I had to do that for the hazards

I will also supply numbers for them

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wedggie perrin · Postby **wedggie perrin** » 20 Jul 2009 17:58

Thanks Steve that will be a great help.[:)]

Her is a link to legal requirement of fog lamps-

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_1 ... _en_16.htm

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 25 Jul 2009 21:15

Originally posted by wedggie perrin
Steve,
Nice mod. What flasher unit did you fit to make the indicators flash at correct speed?

OK this is what I had in It was a Halfords electronic flasher unit all you do is ad an earth to make it work

I put in this when I fitted the led's to the back and front of the car

As you see NO earth (yes i know [:o)] it is now insulated

for the hazard lights i had to put in a resistor

I got that from maplin this was it put in one of the lives at the rear lights you can see it as a white block

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wedggie perrin · Postby **wedggie perrin** » 26 Jul 2009 16:11

Thanks Steve,Great help.
Managed to take my rear lights off and remove the orange insert and respray the body in "chrome" silver, fit new gaskets and of course orange LED indicators. I already have the double stop/tail mod done with LED bulbs.

bmcecosse · Postby **bmcecosse** » 26 Jul 2009 17:51

Yes - I know Construction and Use Regs require 100 mm - but that's not to say mine are now 'illegal'. Just means Triumph couldn't produce them like that - surely they must have made a mess of the rear light design at the time - to not have the fog lights incorporated! MOT man doesn't care about C&U regs - he just wants to see RED lights - and I will never have them switched on anyway - except to pass MOT each year!
I rather suspect the LED lights conversion may be 'illegal' too - since they are not EU approved! But - who's going to bother - it does look a great conversion - although straight swop LED 'bulbs' are readily available - and are EU approved.

stevie_a · Postby **stevie_a** » 26 Jul 2009 21:58

Originally posted by bmcecosse

Although straight swop LED 'bulbs' are readily available - and are EU approved.

The only problem with those are that led lights are only effective when viewed from strait on

And as we know the TR7's bulbs all go in from the side

That is what started me on this in the first place

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