...and I get poorer and poorer.

Aloha
Michael

 

OK lets give this a try, this is the first time I've tried to put a vid up there.

Most of the exterior LEDs are hooked up to some circuitry I installed to make them strobes. they are combined with a 100W strobe kit. Its part of my car's security system. I got the idea from some other C5 owners who put strobes on their cars for security. As we all know alarms go off daily. no one pays any attention to them, so you have to one-up everyone else to get noticed. I want to make sure that if my car's alarm goes off, anyone within eye shot will not be able to avoid checking out what's happening. so here is my solution to the problem. Just for the record, they are for safety and security, these lights are never used on the roads.

give it a try:

 

^cool stuff.

 

Some good lookin cars in here!

 

You Rang?

Ok here goes:
Interior lighting linked to custom sound-sensitive controller:


"LEO" Strobe Kit (for show only)



Custom projector headlights (sold a few months ago)


Custom Amp rack with Warp Drive:


Lighted Crossover network (rear speakers)


On to the good stuff:
SW dual projector headlights (55w 6000k HID)


Hella Micro DE foglights (55w 6000k HID)


The Original "Halo Mod"



Misc stuff:






mcgilles: what flash controller are you using for the rear LEDs? (triple flash)

 

Time to put sunglasses on! JDM, Radioflyer and McGiles together... sheesh!

Tim

 

Somebody call Roswell!! Aliens have landed in suburbia!! But they've got great looking starships!

Seriously, very . I bet your neighbors loooove it when your alarm goes off at 3 am.

One look at this thread, terms "blackout" and "stealthy" surrendered!!

Thanks to all for showing me the light (literally).

Now, I think I'll find something that is a little dimmer to look at...like the sun!

 

You'd never guess my car be seeing it during the day:

 

One cool thing about this stuff is that it makes the car have a split personality....

Of course the down side is that at car shows no one sees all the hard work you've done!

Tim

 

Yea, that's true. I think I'm going to have my laptop at the next car show running a powerpoint presentation of my lighting insanity....and i can run the compy off my onboard 400w DC-AC power converter.

 

far out! along with a buzz that will offer hour and hours of entertainment

 

Hmmm I was thinking of an alblum full of 8 X 10s. The show I was in last weekend took 4.5 hours before the judging was over. How much of a strain on your battery would that be?

Tim

 

Zero



It's an outdoor show by a corvette club. I plug in my computer, and my car and can run everything all day long.

btw: the pic is a comparison pic of my fog light relocation.


For those of you not following my current lighting mods: here's the to do list for this month:

- Vent cove lights linked to throttle position
- Super bright Halo tails (nearly 6x brighter halo rings and 9x brighter center section)
- Sequencing Halo center section (for mom's car)

 

Alright, probably to the disappointment of many, I picked up some Silverstar Ultras for high and low over the weekend. I'd like to try these first, and when they go, maybe I'll go to HIDs.
Are there any choices for foglights between stock and HID?

First major upgrade will be the Halos, with the "Radioflyer" mod. Debating on whether to order the modded ones through Brian @ FIA performance and Jon (koldnrg) or just trying it myself.

For those of you who don't know, the "Radioflyer" mod is set where the "halo" only portion of the light is on with the parking lights, the centers only come on with the brake/turn signal. Brian and Jon teamed up so you could buy the lights from Brian and Jon would perform the mod. I think Radioflyer is still doing the mod if you already have the lights.

Maybe I should wait until he finishes his current ones and get Radioflyer to mod mine! Really like the idea of the cove lights to the throttle, but not many would get to see them up-close fully-lit!
Maybe hook them into your sound sensitive system instead?

Hey Radioflyer, got an idea for you while you're digging in there: Sequence the outer halo rings to blink for the turn signals like a sine wave: inner light - top half and outer - bottom half, then inner - bottom half and outer - top half! Think you can do it?!

 

The throttle thing is a sound sensitive module. Just getting it calibrated is a big pain because the sound is different everywhere. Right now i'm trying a few spots under the hood for the module and will be installing a resistor and capacitor to stablize the voltage where i want.

Oh, about the sine wave, it can be done but why? :o I have a Halo sitting on the work table COMPLETELY dis-assembled to it's bare components: lens, reflector, bare circuitboards, resistors, diodes and whatever that big silver thing is no the back.

 

I don't know, would certainly be a little different, and sure seems like what you're after!

 

it certainly is unique, but then again, so is sequencing halos (which i might still do to mine)

 

has anyone swapped out their center brake light for the newer LEDs? Is this a hard swap?

 

I was wondering the same thing about the third break light, Also anyone tried to change the bulbs behind the gauges. I also found a good site for LEDs Superbrightleds.com, they seemed to have some good prices.
Has anyone replaced the stock tail light bulbs for LEDs?

 

Most LED bulb fo the tail lights are going to dimmer than the OEM incandecent bulb. The super expensive 3157 bulbs with the superflux or 1 watt LEDs in the center might give you some brightness but you're shelling otu >$110 just for bulbs

Hmm....something to look in to. If anyone has an extra 3rd brake light laying around and wants to ship it to me, i'll gladly find a way to swap them.