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| Author: | infernicus [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Soooo, I finally got around to finish a project I was planning on doing since earlier this year. I LOVE it. You might not. These LED's are BRIGHT. The pictures don't do any justice. I have to get some better night shots. Enjoy. (Video at the end)      This is with my reverse light illuminated.   Here is a little video of my lights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5XwWYDKBkA 
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| Author: | infernicus [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Here are some other photos of the fabrication process. Using a Dremel to cut the opening.  Cutting out the inside of the tail light to make room for the LED's.  The Tail lights ready for the LED's.  The LED's mounted in the tail light.  The wiring harness I made to make everything easy. I used a 3 to 2 wire trailer harness to make both lights on the tail lights flash together for the brakes and signal. I also found the correct factory Jeep connectors to make everything plug and play.  EDIT: I've added the connector information since it was requested. There is a great site for all the chrysler family electrical connector parts - http://starparts.chrysler.com/ The connector needed for the tail lights is 05013988AA  I had only found one online, so I found a very similar one that i shaved off a piece for it to work. look at the two and you can easily see where to trim it. 05013990AA  Here is the pinout of the tail light connector, and what the metal contacts on the light housing correspond to. 
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
You know you could have just bought LED bulbs.They make some super brite ones. I run these and they are extremely brite............ http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2F315x-x45-T.htm#photos No mods needed unless you use them for the blinkers. |
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| Author: | 2006 KJ [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
those are really cool... great idea... good work with thinking outside the box. tjkj... i almost bought some of those exact same bulbs for my back up lights....do you have them in your backups? if so how are they compared to stock? with tinted windows... and tinted tail lights... my back up's could use some help. or maybe i could use put in 2 of those LED back up's that he used. dont really like the look but i bet they would work great. |
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| Author: | infernicus [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
tjkj2002 wrote: You know you could have just bought LED bulbs Yeah.. I could have, but thats boring.I want to have a different truck. This was a fun project that I wanted to do and enjoyed doing.  I had LED bulbs in my tail and reverse lights already. It was one of the first mods, five years ago. 2006 KJ wrote: those are really cool... great idea... good work with thinking outside the box. Thanks, I appreciate it, I love them.
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
2006 KJ wrote: those are really cool... great idea... good work with thinking outside the box. tjkj... i almost bought some of those exact same bulbs for my back up lights....do you have them in your backups? if so how are they compared to stock? with tinted windows... and tinted tail lights... my back up's could use some help. or maybe i could use put in 2 of those LED back up's that he used. dont really like the look but i bet they would work great. Yes I have those same LED's in my backups,about 10 times briter then the standard 3157 bulb. |
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| Author: | bugnout [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Looks good. |
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| Author: | riptricket [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Bad a$s!!! i love the reverse light too. |
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| Author: | gtommec [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
I really like the way these look, I may just have to steal this idea from you 
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| Author: | infernicus [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
bugnout wrote: Looks good. Thanks! riptricket wrote: Bad a$s!!! i love the reverse light too. Thanks man! (did you ever get the relay hooked up properly?) gtommec wrote: I really like the way these look, I may just have to steal this idea from you Thanks, I like them too.I say go for it! It was pretty easy to do. I'll post up some pictures of the process if you want.
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| Author: | Boss [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
awesome mod. did you fabricate the lens housing too? Brian |
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| Author: | infernicus [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Boss wrote: awesome mod. did you fabricate the lens housing too? Brian Thanks. The housing is just the actual tail light that the Jeep came with. |
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| Author: | VMKJCRD [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
That looks awesome Dean. Can't wait to see it! |
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| Author: | hislop [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
i hope you saved to pastil shavings for new years confetti |
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| Author: | infernicus [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
VMKJCRD wrote: That looks awesome Dean. Can't wait to see it! Thanks Pete! it's all thanks to you! Without that Dremel, it never would have happened. hislop wrote: I hope you saved to pastil shavings for new years confetti Haha, just wait until next time I come over. 
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| Author: | 67Customs [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Pretty nice work. Very cool.
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| Author: | patmaz [ Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
Love the lights,and that back-up light looks great to! 
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| Author: | LI_KJ [ Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
NICE! So you got around to it finally? I like the look of it, how bright is the back up light ya got on there? 
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| Author: | gtommec [ Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
hmmm I found some Clear LED lights (light up Red) like these in my garage I wonder what they would look like??  either way I guess I am going to break out the hole-saw kit and start on this this weekend... |
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| Author: | infernicus [ Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Custom Homemade LED Tail Lights :) |
67Customs wrote: Pretty nice work. Very cool. Thanks!patmaz wrote: Love the lights,and that back-up light looks great too! That's one of my favorites, before I came up with the tail light idea, I was going to put a red one there to act as a rear fog light.LI_KJ wrote: NICE! So you got around to it finally? I like the look of it, how bright is the back up light ya got on there? Yeah man! It took a little while, but I finally finished everything, MUCH easier than I originally thought.The reverse light is pretty bright, although, unfortunately the curve in the bumper points the light a little too much to the ground. It definitely provides adequate light though. I am going to add a 55w halogen light in the rear as well.  gtommec wrote: hmmm I found some Clear LED lights (light up Red) like these in my garage I wonder what they would look like?? Either way I guess I am going to break out the hole-saw kit and start on this this weekend... I had thought about clear housings, and red housings that light up amber for the signal, or just using an amber housing that lights up amber. Many, many options. I finally decided to stick with everything red.I used a Dremel to do all the cutting. it was very easy to control and cut exactly where and how deep I needed to cut. If you have one, I would recommend using it. If not, good luck with the hole saw. Either way, Have Fun!
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