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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 13 2007, 05:25 PM

First batch. Please ignore the crappy 914




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Posted by: bondo Jan 13 2007, 05:43 PM

Neato!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 13 2007, 05:53 PM

hmmmm cool.

Posted by: JPB Jan 13 2007, 06:24 PM

Now that is very nice

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 13 2007, 07:00 PM

A pair of these will be on their way to Felix shortly for installation and testing with the HID headlights. They are made of acrylic and should withstand heat and UV.

Posted by: GWN7 Jan 13 2007, 07:10 PM

They look very nice Tony....any problems with Customs?

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 13 2007, 07:23 PM

She only brought in 6 lenses, none of which will be sold, so they are considered samples, she got through okay, though they did ask her about them. Probably a good thing she didn't ahve 200

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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 14 2007, 11:21 PM

Big thanks to T H O M A S today who helped me blast a couple lenses. The completely fogged lens will make a nice replacement for a regular turn signal lens, and the partially fogged will be good for a euro style turn signal. Next I'm going to try dipping these in amber turn signal dye.

The euro-blasted lens is off a bit. The unblasted part is too big and at a little bit of an angle. I think a blasting jig is in order.

-Tony


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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 14 2007, 11:23 PM

I set up one of the fogged lenses with a set of LEDs. The top portion is illuminated by an array of superbright amber LEDs. The bottom is illuminated by a lensed 5 watt Luxeon Star LED (brightest LED made).

The fogging of the lens does a good job of keeping the elements hidden.


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 14 2007, 11:49 PM

oh dude... schwing...

im in for a set of euroblasters if you can get the dye thing done!

hell i might even be interested in just beadblasted finish!


kudos for new products dude...

Posted by: nocones Jan 15 2007, 12:03 AM

Definitely looking forward to these!

Posted by: KaptKaos Jan 15 2007, 12:52 AM

2 questions:

1) what is this amber turn signal dye of which you speak? Does it work on glass?
2) WTF is that sign behind the pix of the lenses?!?!?! That some EE humor or something?

Nice looking lenses T. I'm down for a set too.

Posted by: mudfoot76 Jan 15 2007, 07:52 AM

Those look terrific!

How far will that Luxeon throw light?

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 15 2007, 12:13 PM

Kapt.: 1) I think its just going to be transparent amber paint, maybe with a clearcoat depending on how well it holds up.
2) That sign is no joke, its a real metal sign and says "WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE DEATH ON CONTACT WITH ANTENNA." Bondo found it at a junkyard that sells a lot of commercial and military surplus stuff.

Geoff: Not sure how far the Luxeon will throw light. The lens that I have on it produces an oval pattern similar to a headlight. 5 watts of white LED light is really quite a bit, especially with the high color temperature. I doubt it would do much good as a driving light or fog light, but its defintiely a LOT more visible than a euro incandescent bulb. An array of 10 or so could be put in each turn signal bucket, for headlamp use, but at $23 each, that would be expensive. Also, at the full 5 watts output power they are only rated for ~500 hours of life before they start dropping in light output. There are other brands I'm looking at which have longer lifetimes. I'm waiting for a sample from Cree of their latest super high output white LED.

Posted by: r_towle Jan 16 2007, 01:47 PM

can you show these at night from about 30 feet away???

Rich

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 16 2007, 01:53 PM

Not yet... I'm working on the driver electronics for these LEDs still. The setup in the pictures uses lab power supplies, which I can't easily take outside. (rack mounted).

I'll see if I can hook up some resistors and mount them somehow. The light output from these LEDs is way more than the stock bulbs.

-Tony

Posted by: r_towle Jan 16 2007, 01:56 PM

What i would really love to see is the rear reflector with LED's behind it making it a third brake light...that would be cool

Rich

Posted by: markb Jan 16 2007, 02:40 PM

Tony, I have a broken rear reflector here you can have for testing.

Posted by: seanery Jan 16 2007, 02:45 PM

the frosted appear to be very nice! the euro amber LED setup rocks!

Posted by: Coy Jan 16 2007, 03:04 PM

TonyAKAVW, Those look way cool!

Did you have a post somewhere with white LED sidemarkers? If so, is it just plug & play? Also, how much would it cost to get white bead blasted turnsignals and side markers with orange LEDs to match, and how hard would it be for a regular electronically challenged dumbsh!t such as myself to change LEDs when they ware out?

Posted by: byndbad914 Jan 16 2007, 03:35 PM

Tony - when do you think you will be getting some to sell and do you have a projected price per set? Figures you would get them a couple days after I move from being about 4 miles from you to about 1,000... I woulda loved to have seen these in person!

Posted by: sk8kat1 Jan 16 2007, 03:54 PM

THOSE ARE SWEET!!!! -- when you figure out a price let me know

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 16 2007, 04:30 PM

I really don't know when I'm going to get a shipment of these. In any case they will come as clear lenses and I will bead blast for those who want them blasted.

Right now the die needs to have water cooling lines put in. There are some small defects that appear on the lenses due to the die not being cooled. My father-in-law who made the die is very busy right now so I don't know when he's going to get to this. I'll probably start pestering him in a week or two.

I haven't done any white sidemarkers, don't know what that is about...

The LEDs I'm using for the amber section are Superflux LEDs, while the white LED is a 5 watt luxeon star. The superflux LEDs take a fair amount of current and to keep them lit under varying line voltage requires a regulator. For efficiency, I'll be using a switching regulator with adjustable brightness.

The white LED is fairly unique. The amount of heat that it generates is significant and needs to be dealt with properly to avoid burning it out or shortening its lifetime. It also requires a regulator, both to work properly under varying voltages, but also for protection.

If you want to get the amber section working, all you need is a perfboard/prototyping board, a bunch of the LEDs, a big resistor, and some time soldering. Some care will need to be taken not to run the LEDs at their maximum intensity because they require heatsinking through a properly designed printed circuit board. In short, (pun intended) to get these high power LEDs working to their full potential takes a bit of effort. I'm working on something for that...

-Tony

Posted by: woobn8r Jan 16 2007, 04:57 PM

Verry Cool Indeed!

I'd be up for a set as soon as they are available!


Sean...

Posted by: matthepcat Sep 22 2011, 09:58 AM

Bump.

Tony, I want a set of these.

Matt