anyone did this mod?

[mbeach]

Give me a day or two to bring over my links from the old computer. I have done similar mods to motorcycle taillights, and had started on the WRX's lights before I sold it.
I have a ton of info on this mod.

Easy trick:
Use a hot glue gun to seal the surface of your board (on the LED side) so that you can paint it with the silver paint without worrying about shorting anything out. Also, you can just use white paint -almost as reflective and a lot neater.

EDIT:
Here's one example, I think his pics are gone, but decent tutorial:
http://home.comcast.net/~jbipes/ttr/ledtails.html

also, you can join nasioc (www.nasioc.com) -it's a Subaru group but there's some good info on "LED +conversion +taillight" in the search. I can't remember the guy's name, but he did an awesome writeup of a full LED conversion on his Impreza. It's archived and shouldn't be too tough to find.

[Nazrat]

I like this one:

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/englis...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

-Tad

[WyrreJ]

Gotta love that translation, "The brightness of no defeat!"

[mbeach]

I love Engrish. Those sites are full of it.

[MZ-N10]

anyone really knowledgable on resistors, capacitors, etc? i just bought 200 red led to do a brake light coversion(each led is 3.5v.....anyone know how i can calculate wat resistor to use....i use to remmeber this a few years back but i totally forgot it.....
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Alexahot

[mbeach]

Google "Ohm's Law +LED"

There's a few good sites that will explain how to figure things out. You won't need any capacitors, but you will need good soldering skills. Also, you will have an issue with your flash rate (turn signals). That has been the single most frustrating aspect of the whole project.

I suggest that you make a test bench (12v) from an old computer power supply, and get a breadboard (or two) from Radio Shack. This is where you can tune your resistor values for the correct brightness.

Oh, forgot to answer the question:
If the Vf is 3.5V, the supply is 12V, the desired current is 20 mA, then:
12-(3.5+3.5) / .020 = 250ohms (two LEDs per resistor)
12-(3.5+3.5+3.5) / .020 = 75 ohms (three LEDs per resistor)

[Tone]

Here are some CLEAR 24 LED arrays that plug right into our stock sockets for turn and brake. RED LEDs do not work well going through the red plastic of the lens. http://www.autolumination.com/