LED tail light question - Need advice
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From: Houston TX
Not to jack your thread, but that sequential effect is awesome. I'm in the process of building some LED taillights for my camaro, how did you get them to flash sequentially like that?
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St. Jude Donor '08
I removed each LED from the circuitboard, built my own boards and wired the LEDs into 3 groups. Then I used a mustang 3-stage sequencer to control both inner and outer lamps.
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
Richard's Black Cherry Halos
These lights are awesome.
I do, however, recommend that if you go with the Black Cherries like I did that you get the Radioflyer mod them to the higher output LED's. Don't get me wrong, these are gorgeous, and excellent at night, but for daytime conditions (like running in the rain) they are very hard to see.
I do, however, recommend that if you go with the Black Cherries like I did that you get the Radioflyer mod them to the higher output LED's. Don't get me wrong, these are gorgeous, and excellent at night, but for daytime conditions (like running in the rain) they are very hard to see.
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From: St Louis Mo Mo
For what it is worth i have the Halo's from Corvette Enhancements and the mod from RadioFlyer and i get more compliments about them then anything ive done. Both of them do great work 
Normal operation
With the break on
Normal operation
With the break on
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Unfortionatly that is not possible. With other cars, you can modify the flasher with a capacitor to slow down the flash rate. I attempted to modify one of richard's LED flashers but the electronics are sealed in silicone and shatter when i attempted to access them. i tried a standard non-LED flasher and used load resistors on the lights, and still couldn't get the flash rate slow enough. A 6-stage sequencer just isn't possible.
What would be possible is a 5-stage sequencer where the last stage of the inner light is the same as the first stage of the outer lights. this setup would be significantly more expensive as it would require 3 complete sets of flashers (2 sets of 3-stage and a 2-stage sequencer)
the production halo sequencer is a $250 mod. The one discribed above would cost ~$400
What would be possible is a 5-stage sequencer where the last stage of the inner light is the same as the first stage of the outer lights. this setup would be significantly more expensive as it would require 3 complete sets of flashers (2 sets of 3-stage and a 2-stage sequencer)
the production halo sequencer is a $250 mod. The one discribed above would cost ~$400
Last edited by JMc; Feb 20, 2009 at 06:05 PM.
