First pics of LED liscense plant lights

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03-30-2006, 07:36 AM

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First pics of LED liscense plant lights

Just some quick shots...I am going to be making a second one out of superflux LEDs to see if the light will shing past the partition better.

03-30-2006, 07:38 AM

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Looks good to me.

03-30-2006, 07:40 AM

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i like it..but only thing is i dont want the cops seeing my license plate whle im driving in the dark.

GJ though...

03-30-2006, 07:42 AM

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Thanks for the feedback! The next one is going to feature 12 superflux LEDs...I am confident this will have a MUCH better light dispersal pattern.

03-30-2006, 07:44 AM

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ditto on making it easier to spot the plates by the po-po's.

03-30-2006, 07:47 AM

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ditto on making it easier to spot the plates by the po-po's.

What's your point? This would have the satisfy the underlying assumption that you are doing something to nesseciate being pulled over. Secondly, I don't think that there are many Maximas that could succesfully outrun a police cruiser.

If it makes it easier for a cop to spot me, mote it be...

03-30-2006, 07:49 AM

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i like it..but only thing is i dont want the cops seeing my license plate whle im driving in the dark.

GJ though...

Thats the samething I thought, thats the same reason why I never installed the PIAA bulbs for it. I want it to be difficult for cops to see my license plate especially the red light cameras at night.

03-30-2006, 07:50 AM

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no car can out run the radio.

Looks good. Hows your interior coming? (done?) I haven't seen that thread in a while

03-30-2006, 07:58 AM

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Looks good. Hows your interior coming? (done?) I haven't seen that thread in a while

VERY close to completion. I am not going to post in there until it's DONE...which should be very soon.

03-30-2006, 08:01 AM

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What, you don't outrun cops in your car? Jeez... you must be slow!

03-30-2006, 08:04 AM

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VERY close to completion. I am not going to post in there until it's DONE...which should be very soon.

Can't wait

03-30-2006, 08:04 AM

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Thats the samething I thought, thats the same reason why I never installed the PIAA bulbs for it. I want it to be difficult for cops to see my license plate especially the red light cameras at night.

it doesnt matter even if you have no plate lights. plates have the reflective stuff and it will show bright when they take a pic. only way to avoid that is to get one of those photo block sprays.

03-30-2006, 08:04 AM

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Looks nice. Did you make the light fixture yourself or buy it?

03-30-2006, 08:10 AM

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The fixture is the OEM light housing. He just retrofitted LED's into it.

03-30-2006, 08:11 AM

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Looks nice. Did you make the light fixture yourself or buy it?

I am a consummate DIY'er.

03-30-2006, 08:12 AM

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Btw Dan - LICENSE not LISCENSE

03-30-2006, 08:16 AM

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I like the way thats looks. Is it as bright as the ones on the new Lexus IS? If so, I might want a set!

03-30-2006, 08:30 AM

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Btw Dan - LICENSE not LISCENSE

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Let he who is without sin...

Oh, and you missed the fact it states 'Plant' instead of 'Plate'

03-30-2006, 08:30 AM

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Yey! You're back from the ban, Dan!

03-30-2006, 08:31 AM

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I like the way thats looks. Is it as bright as the ones on the new Lexus IS? If so, I might want a set!

Yes. The superflux LEDs will be even BRIGHTER.

03-30-2006, 09:04 AM

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What, you don't outrun cops in your car? Jeez... you must be slow!

Your car would run out of oil before it would run out of gas.

Looks good Metal.

03-30-2006, 09:20 AM

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Looks good Metal.

Thank-ya, my friend.

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Yey! You're back from the ban, Dan!

FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK. That sucked. As a result of my penance, I have also been stripped of my donor status, so I can't search, change my avatar, or user title. I don't care about the search function, but not being able to change the other two FTMFL.

Oh, and I'm still looking.

03-30-2006, 09:28 AM

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Thank-ya, my friend.

FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK. That sucked. As a result of my penance, I have also been stripped of my donor status, so I can't search, change my avatar, or user title. I don't care about the search function, but not being able to change the other two FTMFL.

Oh, and I'm still looking.

What the hell is up with the pirate dog? Some inside O/T thing?

03-30-2006, 09:33 AM

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What the hell is up with the pirate dog? Some inside O/T thing?

No, just some goofy avatar I had...the user title made sense with it. However, being that my donor status has been revoked, I can't change it.

03-30-2006, 10:06 AM

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You scared me dude, I thought you were putting it as a trim around the license plate... I was thinking before I opened this thread, "has metal gone too far?" Also, i'm guessing it is just the pix, but does the LED beam spread wider?

03-30-2006, 10:29 AM

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I was thinking before I opened this thread, "has metal gone too far?" Also, i'm guessing it is just the pix, but does the LED beam spread wider?

LOL. No, it does not spread. Hence why I am going to wait and see how teh superflux's turn out.

03-30-2006, 10:50 AM

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holy bright lights batman.

03-30-2006, 10:58 AM

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looks good but i try to stay away from cops. i mean why do you want to get noticed by them.

03-30-2006, 11:00 AM

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Metal these look pretty sick...

BTW-- This is OT but did you get my message about the door lights? Each one already has one LED out, and its a different one on eash side.

03-30-2006, 11:12 AM

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Metal these look pretty sick...

BTW-- This is OT but did you get my message about the door lights? Each one already has one LED out, and its a different one on eash side.

No, resend it.

03-30-2006, 11:38 AM

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if someone is really afraid of the cops, then you have to make your car as general as possible so if they see it they wont remember it. its all about stock (jk)

03-30-2006, 11:56 AM

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Your car would run out of oil before it would run out of gas.

Looks good Metal.

you got

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but other than that, metal maxima it looks really good...
i did something like this over winter break, but i only used one "blue" led...
and i like it...its not as brigt as yours....

damm now that i look at mine, it looks U.G.L.Y. compared to urs lol...
but i'll work on mine some more,

03-30-2006, 12:13 PM

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i did something like this over winter break, but i only used one "blue" led...

Well, I woiuld recommend using a bigger LED. I am using 10mm white leds @ 130,000 MCD.

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damm now that i look at mine, it looks U.G.L.Y. compared to urs lol...
but i'll work on mine some more,

lol, don't put yourself down, man! In a week or two I'll have a write-up using the superflux LEDs...these things are gonna be awesome!

03-30-2006, 12:15 PM

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wow metal, another project. I thought u were done with the interior... i wasnted to check out the finished product.

nice look. leds are awesome.

03-30-2006, 12:20 PM

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wow metal, another project. I thought u were done with the interior... i wasnted to check out the finished product.

nice look. leds are awesome.

Not done yet, man...getting VERRRRRRY close. I'm going to have one final grand finale of some 40 pics when she's all done.

03-30-2006, 12:20 PM

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where can i get 10mm white leds @ 130,000 MCD?
if i walk into Auto zone and ask for led that is 10mm @130,000 MCD the guys will be like "huh" wtf is this kid talking about lol....

03-30-2006, 12:27 PM

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where can i get 10mm white leds @ 130,000 MCD?
if i walk into Auto zone and ask for led that is 10mm @130,000 MCD the guys will be like "huh" wtf is this kid talking about lol....

eBay. But seriously, don't jump the gun until I am done with the superflux as I am confident they are going to turn out better. No sense in wasting your money!

03-30-2006, 12:32 PM

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ok
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03-30-2006, 12:33 PM

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wow looking good... i also put leds i gto from ebay but not that bright... i get pulled over so much my plate is recognized by every new britain cop

03-30-2006, 12:45 PM

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when I bought my car it had two of those blue painted bulbs in the lisc plate (ghetto) so I replaced them with two ebay 4 led bulbs, BIG improvement.

Then right after I did this I noticed a car drive by me with abnormally white plate lights, at the time I didnt notice what kind of car it was, but I remember it was an older woman driving it (didn't look like she would have put in LED's) I saw someone mention Lexus's lights, so maybe thats what it was, I am suprised there using LED's as their stock? or their stock just look really bright and white?

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