It's been a long time since I put anything up but I'll try to make it worth it by making the best product I can.

So I recently got back into gathering information from wherever I can. I contacted the LED manufacturer for a design check and they said it looked good but that I should add some kind of heat sink to dissipate some heat.

TonyAKAVW was kind enough to give me some feedback about the prototype that I sent out. Next step is to apply all those changes to my model. This will take some time but what can I do. I'll outline the changes in another blog, when I get a little more organized.

I have been thinking about making some design changes such as reducing the number of LEDs. This would lower the production cost, thereby reducing the selling price. It would also generate less heat over the same are by spacing out the LEDs a little more. And finally it would make them easier and faster to build. The only drawback is that I don't know if there would be enough light to make installing LED taillights worth it.

The first set is built and a recipient is being chosen. Everything finally came together.

The taillights are on hold because of finals. Wish me luck. I can't wait to get started again.

Got some comparison pictures. New and old the top lights are the old stock bulbs and the LEDs are on the bottom. The pictures don't do the LEDs justice but the light is redder and is much more spread out and a little brighter.

I finally ordered the printed circuit boards. I ordered 4 prototypes, two that I will keep for testing and 2 that will be sent out to someone on the club. I still have to make installation instructions.

There are a few more components that I need to get since things changed on the board a little bit. I'm very pleased with the results and I think you will too.

914 LED taillights

It's hard to tell in the pictures but the left one is the LED lights and the right is the stock bulb. First pic is the what you will see when you turn on your headlights and the second is when the brake lights ar on. The camera didn't do a good job capturing the difference but the LEDs are brighter.

They are both being run off a battery at about 12.5V. The stock bulbs are 21W for the brake light, but the LEDs are using about 3.5W

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