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Everyone seems to have the eagle eye LED tails, so I wanted to do something different. Bought some 2 wire LED rings, some load resistors and diodes and went to work. Baked the lights in the oven, separated the lenses, inserted the rings, sealed them up, and wired them up to be functional running, brake and directionals with no rapid flash (load resistors). LOVE them. Not bad for about $100 worth of materials. The only issue i need to sort out still appears to be some static on the radio when the brakes are applied, which seems to be a common issue with LED tail lights.
To block the RF interference coming from the lamps you can try a couple things.
Shield the backside of the lights with tin foil/copper screen/stainless steel screen/etc. that is tied to ground.
You can also try putting RF Chokes on the 12V wires as close to the lights as you can.
Remember the AM/FM antennas are mounted on the rear wall of the trunk so they are very susceptible to picking up any RF 'noise' coming from the lights.
To block the RF interference coming from the lamps you can try a couple things.
Shield the backside of the lights with tin foil/copper screen/stainless steel screen/etc. that is tied to ground.
You can also try putting RF Chokes on the 12V wires as close to the lights as you can.
Remember the AM/FM antennas are mounted on the rear wall of the trunk so they are very susceptible to picking up any RF 'noise' coming from the lights.
Everyone seems to have the eagle eye LED tails, so I wanted to do something different. Bought some 2 wire LED rings, some load resistors and diodes and went to work. Baked the lights in the oven, separated the lenses, inserted the rings, sealed them up, and wired them up to be functional running, brake and directionals with no rapid flash (load resistors). LOVE them. Not bad for about $100 worth of materials. The only issue i need to sort out still appears to be some static on the radio when the brakes are applied, which seems to be a common issue with LED tail lights.
06-28-2016, 10:31 AM
My Custom LED Tail Lights
