Korns led tails. Installed vid!

catalyst · Post by **catalyst** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:45 pm

Those are nice looking. I'd buy a set

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:25 pm

Thank you. Not going to be marking these hardcore. I might make a couple. We will see. Depends if I am up to it or not.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:33 am

They are $$$

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:01 am

looks very cool!!

drftz31 · Post by **drftz31** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:42 pm

Yeah i really like them...im pretty sure people with want to buy a set.. just let me know when ya going to sell...cuz i have cash in hand

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:43 pm

You have 250 cash in hand? lol. Because that is about what it will take for me to make these.

Still not sure if I want to make these. As parts along cost 200 so I wouldn't be making much making these. And then the hole "custom" feel would go away lol.

I got reverse lights in them now. Used some white led strips(non flex). I will take shots tomorrow. I have one sealed up and drying now. I just wish I would have had better luck in getting the lenses off without chipping pieces off. I will have to get pretty creative to hide that.

Pictures tomorrow with reverse light.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:44 am

The cost involved is insane when undertaking custom LED projects.

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:19 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:The cost involved is insane when undertaking custom LED projects.

Indeed. Even with a hook up it is still stupid expensive. But worth it imo to have that look.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:16 pm

That is some good work yo. I like em. As for the reverse, where you thinking of putting those in the open center area?

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:30 pm

Ya that is sort of what I ended up doing. The reverse light is like 6 leds going up and down all the way on the side where it is straight up and down. Hard to explain. I'll take some pics today when I finish the other one up.

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:10 pm

Tails are both done and are sealing up. Pics/vids installed tomorrow

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:46 pm

Installed vid! They look AWESOME! Way better in person. Haven't decided if I want to do a little bit brighter parking lights or not. A simple resistor swap can make that happen if I decide though.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:03 pm

they look great the only thing is why is the reverse light just that little strip? Just how you designed it. And i know forsure if i had lambo doors on my neon i would jack myself under the chin.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:03 pm

To me the parking lights and reverse lights are too dim, and there isn't enough reverse light to actually be able to see. If you were just after show with the reverse light, then they'll be fine but to actually be useful I doubt they will be with only those few. Change out the capacitor in your relay to a 4.7uF and the ricer blinker will be gone.

LOL at your car not letting you in

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:07 pm

synviper wrote:they look great the only thing is why is the reverse light just that little strip? Just how you designed it. And i know forsure if i had lambo doors on my neon i would jack myself under the chin.

Ya. Only spot that I could put it that I liked it. It isn't like I reverse that much anyway. Oh well. And you get used to the lambos lol. I've had them for 2 years now and I still love them.

LilSparkPlug wrote:To me the parking lights and reverse lights are too dim, and there isn't enough reverse light to actually be able to see. If you were just after show with the reverse light, then they'll be fine but to actually be useful I doubt they will be with only those few. Change out the capacitor in your relay to a 4.7uF and the ricer blinker will be gone.

LOL at your car not letting you in ROFL

I am going to be buying a different resistor to brighten the parking lights up a little. They look better in person. Camera doesn't pick it up too well. And ya as said above the reverse lights are pretty meh. But oh well. And yes ricer flash is the next thing to get rid of. I found the how to but I have a 2000 so I heard my relay was different than the rest. But I will look into that. Didn't know ou could just change out the capacitor.

And ya lol. I was like god damnit.

2low4uneon · Post by **2low4uneon** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:55 pm

I think they look sick and i would leave them the way they r and i also like the reverse lights where you have them btw i love the doors

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:08 pm

I wouldn't think the relay year would matter, it has to have a capacitor in it just grab a 4.7uF and you'll be golden. I have a how-to on SRTForums for it if you need. It's linked in the link in my sig (wow mouthful) The traditional fix that Nitehawk made doesn't work when you use that many LEDs (experience on this one). And yeah, cameras don't pick up how bright stuff is I have the same issue with my tails.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:58 pm

Crystal: How do you figure? look at your tails...my lights dont flash fast and i have 83 leds per tail like you(not counting the new strips you put in)...

he's using far far less, so why wouldnt the fix i found work if he has the same kind of flasher relay?

my fix disables the "light out" circuit that causes the fast flash when using LEDS, which will slightly increase flash rate, but not horribly, after that you can change out the capacitor to slow it down even further...

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:57 pm

Those. tails. are. perfect. Love what you did with the reverse light. Not too big and blends in well. Couldn't have done it better. Great work man.

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:09 am

NiteHawk wrote:Crystal: How do you figure? look at your tails...my lights dont flash fast and i have 83 leds per tail like you(not counting the new strips you put in)...

he's using far far less, so why wouldnt the fix i found work if he has the same kind of flasher relay?

my fix disables the "light out" circuit that causes the fast flash when using LEDS, which will slightly increase flash rate, but not horribly, after that you can change out the capacitor to slow it down even further...

Only problem is I have a 2000. From what the one guy said in your thread is it is a different relay. I wouldn't mind a little faster than stock. But ricer flash is too fast for me. I will probably jut look into the new capacitor to save on the trouble of getting a newer year relay. I will see.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:11 am

ah ok

and what was that IM about???

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:29 am

NiteHawk wrote:Crystal: How do you figure? look at your tails...my lights dont flash fast and i have 83 leds per tail like you(not counting the new strips you put in)...

he's using far far less, so why wouldnt the fix i found work if he has the same kind of flasher relay?

my fix disables the "light out" circuit that causes the fast flash when using LEDS, which will slightly increase flash rate, but not horribly, after that you can change out the capacitor to slow it down even further...

I did your fix....it didn't work *shrugs* maybe because I'm not using LEDs in the front also? I still had ricer flash. This video is after I did your fix:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=61271424

This video is after the 4.7uF capacitor:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=61272030

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:44 am

yo dude those are fucking sick! make me a pair.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:58 am

Smooth operator. I'm doing my 3rd brake light today and the 03+'s once I get the money. Even though none of us like the wing

this dude is awesome at helping people through projects like this.

Thanks, man.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:03 am

Damn, those tails are sickkk! Better than the Depo ones for sure.

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:11 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:
NiteHawk wrote:Crystal: How do you figure? look at your tails...my lights dont flash fast and i have 83 leds per tail like you(not counting the new strips you put in)...

he's using far far less, so why wouldnt the fix i found work if he has the same kind of flasher relay?

my fix disables the "light out" circuit that causes the fast flash when using LEDS, which will slightly increase flash rate, but not horribly, after that you can change out the capacitor to slow it down even further...
I did your fix....it didn't work *shrugs* maybe because I'm not using LEDs in the front also? I still had ricer flash. This video is after I did your fix:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=61271424

This video is after the 4.7uF capacitor:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=61272030

Now see the way there were with the relay mod is alot slower than my ricer flash. And actually at a pretty decent speed. I almost think they are too slow with that capacitor. To eaches own. Yours look great either way. I'll try the relay mod and if I think they are too fast then I will grap a capacitor. Thanks for the info.

One thing that has been bought to my attention on another site is that using a resistor might not be the way to go to dim the lights As they are going to get pretty hot and fail sooner or later, which i can't have for obvious saftey reasons. So I might be going with a volt regulator. I am looking into it as we speak.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:28 pm

actually yeah, real ricer flash is about 2x what your "before" video...

my fix will flash slightly faster than stock, but nowhere near as fast as a stock relay with leds...

either way, changing the capacitor will help slow it down. i found the optimum capacitance is 4uf to get an almost perfect stock speed.

korn's tails are a good example of ricer flash with an unmodified relay.

Korn: using a resistor to lower the current and voltage will be fine...the ones that are highly dangerous are the huge 50W "load equalizers" that autoluminations sells which are a straight short from power to ground to "simulate" a working light bulb...a single inline resistor just to adjust the incoming voltage and current wont be dangerous...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:59 pm

Yeah it was still "ricer" to me because even using my hazards it flashed too fast. FYI radio shack only carries the 4.7uF which is what I used in that video. It's a tad slower than stock but it works for me

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:45 pm

NiteHawk wrote:
Korn: using a resistor to lower the current and voltage will be fine...the ones that are highly dangerous are the huge 50W "load equalizers" that autoluminations sells which are a straight short from power to ground to "simulate" a working light bulb...a single inline resistor just to adjust the incoming voltage and current wont be dangerous...

Ok good to know. I am still going to brighten them up with a different resistor.

sxxxt · Post by **sxxxt** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:01 am

dude i just watched the video and those things are bad ass.... the only thing i dont like is how fast they blink. other then that very good. i like the reverse also.