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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 12:19 PM
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Looky what I can do. LEDz Yo.

Iron Man style LEDs + Demon eye + CF wrapped the amber reflector.

Big shout out to Marcus for his skills and letting me use his apartment.

Before



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Lights on



Demon eye shines on the ground and leaves a weird image lol.



Headlights on




Will get some day time shots soon. Hard to get the right angle to get the LEDs straight on.





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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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Looking good! I like the demon eye, You should had done Super white LEDs instead of blue IMO, get better pics tho.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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Looking good! I like the demon eye, You should had done Super white LEDs instead of blue IMO, get better pics tho.
I was going to go with white until the last minute. I like the blue better as it adds a little contrast when the headlights are on.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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Looks great. Good job and thumbs up for doing it yourself!
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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holy blue! I'd go a little less blue on the LEDs, but just personal 4sho.

Mad props on doing the headlights yourself! Looking forward to seeing the final result
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 01:45 PM
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good job! looks like you drilled holes on the clear plastic and insert the little led cup holders on them i would've left the clear plastic CLEAR tho.

you can always drill it bigger and use 8mm leds with 180degree angle that way all the leds will look just as bright.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 1cleanG
holy blue! I'd go a little less blue on the LEDs, but just personal 4sho.


Mad props on doing the headlights yourself! Looking forward to seeing the final result
Thanks. It is very blue, but I do like how it looks with the red.
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Looks great. Good job and thumbs up for doing it yourself!

Originally Posted by Weiboy718
good job! looks like you drilled holes on the clear plastic and insert the little led cup holders on them i would've left the clear plastic CLEAR tho.

you can always drill it bigger and use 8mm leds with 180degree angle that way all the leds will look just as bright.
Thanks for the advice man. It was a big learning experience and lots of experiments. The company I used didn't offer 8mm, so it was either 3, 5, or 10. We did drill into the clear plastic as you said, but that was the only place I could see them going. I painted it because I didn't want the light shining through the clear and reflecting the light more than it was. It was difficult to angle them correctly because of the angle of the plastic for 5 of the LEDs. Can you explain a little more on the 180 degree angle you're talking about? Are you saying to not have them pointed straight on? Like I said it's difficult to capture the right angle on my cellphone due to blur and angle of the camera, but they all look just as bright in person. It took about 10 hours for the whole process and I didn't leave until 5am. If I were to do it again though it'd probably be a quarter of the time.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Useless thread people > everyone else on the forum.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Good stuff man, props for doing this on your own!
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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it looks ok i guess....LOL
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by breftayka
Iron Man style LEDs + Demon eye + CF wrapped the amber reflector.





Will get some day time shots soon. Hard to get the right angle to get the LEDs straight on.

nice looking good, BTW call of duty black ops ehhh? wanna 1 v 1 lol
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wlmngtn
Good stuff man, props for doing this on your own!
Thanks man. I'm a Scrooge. :P
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it looks ok i guess....LOL
Pshk!
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nice looking good, BTW call of duty black ops ehhh? wanna 1 v 1 lol
Haha. My friend's wife was playing it while we were working. I don't really play it.

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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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looks sick man. did you wrap the cf yourself?
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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Can u tell me how to do the demon eyes
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthonyg37x
Can u tell me how to do the demon eyes
I wanna know too..

That look sick
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