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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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This is a design for a new high-end LED taillight system, that I'm working on for the C5s.

Which turn-signal style do you like better?
Top, Bottom, original-style, or Suggest Another?


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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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Bottom.
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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top looks cool
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Why not make it user selectable with a toggle?
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 09:12 PM
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I AGREE WHOLE HEARTEDLY WITH NUKE!!
Selectable would be the way. I have done alot of work with Police LED's and if you can do both paterns it would be easy to make them switchable.

LOOKS GREAT!
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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Either select, or bottom.
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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both look cool.

could you change the animation to show the lights going from dark-to-bright like it would with the blinker flash instead of bright-to-dark?
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 10:14 PM
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Not bad, but what I think would be cool would be a normal flashing turnsignal that was just a small "(" at the edge of the light fixture, with maybe a few rows of non-lit LEDS around it with the rest of the tail light lit for brakes. Sorta like the euro lights, but on the side instead of the bottom.

I'm not big on the sequential stuff. Also, another idea is one that I've seen on some truckers lights. They time the LED's to simulate the on/off of a normal bulb by timing in a glow pattern starting from the center.

I hope you get what i'm trying to describe.
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How about either one, but reverse the flow from outside to inside?

www.realrange.com/shared/taillights.mpg
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I like the top.
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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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Here is my interpretation of your suggestions. Do you prefer these concepts over the originals? (these are not included in the original poll; we are just brainstorming... Feel free to comment.)

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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 01:54 AM
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Yes, that is exactly what i was thinking! Looks ok in the limits of the gif, i bet it would look incredible in real life.

And with the fixes in the sequential, those look sweet too.
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might be cool if it grew from inside out
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how many LEDs would each lens contain? seems like you'd need a bunch to fill them up. have you already got the lenses made and you're just looking at which blinking pattern to use?

i have the 'halo' leds and i love them but i'm always willing to look at different styles.
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I like the top one in the new series
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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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The #1 focus we have with these light is tight oval led placement and small led size; therefore yes, many more leds.
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when are you going to have these ready?
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I like the bottom better, but I agree with everyone else, it would be cool to be able to do both.
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