On the radar
Taillight restoration and LED conversion - Part 4
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Today I worked on the reverse lights and the side marker.
Reverse lights
For the reverse lights nothing fancy, just some superflux cree white LEDs. 2 rows per section. These ones I'm recessing back into the housing a little, give it a little bit better glow. These don't need to be as bright as the tail lights.
Market Lights
For the wrap around section, I remember from last time that space was an issue here. So this time, I decided to try some automotive LED strips. My plan is to run one strip along the top of the section that illuminates down. I think this might work, as it looks pretty good in this test. Has a pretty even light, the only thing I need to thing about is, how to hide the wire. The socket enter the light almost dead center. That kind of sucks, I would like to hide that. Going to have to think about this some.
Next Steps:
LED wise, this side is done. Next I'll need to start the wet sanding and buffing of the lens to make them glossy again and then repaint the grids.
