The ultimate Ranger PCB LED Exterior Lighting project
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Yes - the truck is white, so I painted the boards white (see previous threads) - everything inside of the headlight (except for inside of the projectors) is going to match the body - white.
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haha looks like everyone is impatiently awaiting the final results
Its coming along nicely :) Btw this project with PCB gives me a thought since its an exterior mod. You Don't happen to have any plans to come up with a future revision to your LED 3rd brakelight? It would be sweet to see one done with the cargo(or super duty) style using a custom PCB.
I attempted something down that road myself awhile back. I think i used something like 15 lumileds or crees per cargo light and 30 reds for the brake portion. Also used generic radioshack board i cut to size. The problem i ran into however was coming up with resistors to handle all that without putting out tons of heat in such a small space. Also I never was able to come up with some sort of a light spreader lens that worked perfectly with the cargo version.
I'm sure you could come up with something a lot better than I
lol its one of two places that's not LED on my truck. The other being my front amber turns since my V-LEDs plug-ins crapped out a few months ago just outside their warranty.
Its coming along nicely :) Btw this project with PCB gives me a thought since its an exterior mod. You Don't happen to have any plans to come up with a future revision to your LED 3rd brakelight? It would be sweet to see one done with the cargo(or super duty) style using a custom PCB.
I attempted something down that road myself awhile back. I think i used something like 15 lumileds or crees per cargo light and 30 reds for the brake portion. Also used generic radioshack board i cut to size. The problem i ran into however was coming up with resistors to handle all that without putting out tons of heat in such a small space. Also I never was able to come up with some sort of a light spreader lens that worked perfectly with the cargo version.
I'm sure you could come up with something a lot better than I
lol its one of two places that's not LED on my truck. The other being my front amber turns since my V-LEDs plug-ins crapped out a few months ago just outside their warranty.
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You Don't happen to have any plans to come up with a future revision to your LED 3rd brakelight? It would be sweet to see one done with the cargo(or super duty) style using a custom PCB.
I attempted something down that road myself awhile back. I think i used something like 15 lumileds or crees per cargo light and 30 reds for the brake portion. Also used generic radioshack board i cut to size. The problem i ran into however was coming up with resistors to handle all that without putting out tons of heat in such a small space. Also I never was able to come up with some sort of a light spreader lens that worked perfectly with the cargo version.
I'm sure you could come up with something a lot better than I
lol its one of two places that's not LED on my truck. The other being my front amber turns since my V-LEDs plug-ins crapped out a few months ago just outside their warranty.
lol its one of two places that's not LED on my truck. The other being my front amber turns since my V-LEDs plug-ins crapped out a few months ago just outside their warranty.