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> How To: CptTripps' Cat-Eye LED Light mod
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post Jan 25 2014, 01:27 PM
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I had an idea a few weeks ago to re-fit the front light bucket with a more substantial light pack. LED...bright...yada yada.

Found a set of "cat eye" amber LEDs on eBay and the sizing was close enough, I figured I'd give it a try.

They showed up yesterday and immediately I could tell that these would likely work REAL well. But how was I going to mount them?


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CptTripps   How To: CptTripps' Cat-Eye LED Light mod   Jan 25 2014, 01:27 PM
CptTripps   After some tinkering, I realized that I may have b...   Jan 25 2014, 01:29 PM
CptTripps   Took the housing and flipped it upside-down. It wa...   Jan 25 2014, 01:32 PM
CptTripps   After just a few min, I had it hot-glued into posi...   Jan 25 2014, 01:35 PM
CptTripps   Because the screw holes on the mount go all the wa...   Jan 25 2014, 01:38 PM
CptTripps   And here's what it looks like with power. You ...   Jan 25 2014, 01:42 PM
CptTripps   I'm going to break it all down now because I s...   Jan 25 2014, 01:44 PM
kid914   VERY NIIIIICE! for 25$ you can't beat...   Jan 25 2014, 01:52 PM
Harpo   Love it. Off to ebay to find some "cat eye...   Jan 25 2014, 02:20 PM
r_towle   Bummer, I thought you were going to use the horizo...   Jan 25 2014, 02:34 PM
Chris H.   AWESOME. Looks great.   Jan 25 2014, 02:48 PM
bulitt   Thought I read somewhere the whole turn signal bli...   Jan 25 2014, 03:11 PM
SirAndy   Thought I read somewhere the whole turn signal bli...   Jan 25 2014, 10:58 PM
mrbubblehead   Thought I read somewhere the whole turn signal bl...   Jan 26 2014, 12:33 AM
TargaToy   Thought I read somewhere the whole turn signal bl...   Jan 26 2014, 08:01 AM
dangrouche   here's the clear lens version; but its $3...   Jan 25 2014, 03:24 PM
76-914   :thumbsup: I like it!   Jan 25 2014, 03:48 PM
Chris H.   On the way to classic thread after ~3 hours.... Q...   Jan 25 2014, 04:10 PM
CptTripps   I've still got my amber lenses. I'll throw...   Jan 25 2014, 07:52 PM
Spoke   Looks pretty cool. Doug, could you take a pic of ...   Jan 25 2014, 09:56 PM
CptTripps   It's not a matter of seeing the board...it...   Jan 25 2014, 10:09 PM
effutuo101   :wub: Nice work Doug!   Jan 25 2014, 10:16 PM
Spoke   I've noticed that the blinker in my 71 blinks ...   Jan 26 2014, 12:06 AM
bulitt   So, possibly a resistor will be needed in the circ...   Jan 26 2014, 07:38 AM
bulitt   :agree: Didn't want the Cpt ditching his eff...   Jan 26 2014, 08:12 AM
CptTripps   I was thinking about setting up a flasher relay an...   Jan 26 2014, 09:46 AM
Spoke   I was thinking about setting up a flasher relay a...   Jan 26 2014, 10:53 AM
Scarlet75   I was thinking about setting up a flasher relay a...   Jan 27 2014, 12:11 PM
mrbubblehead   I was thinking about setting up a flasher relay ...   Jan 27 2014, 06:34 PM
bulitt   Guess the board electricians will weigh in. Think...   Jan 26 2014, 11:03 AM
mikesmith   You just replace the flasher with one designed for...   Jan 26 2014, 11:41 AM
CptTripps   I ordered a couple different "LED friendly...   Jan 26 2014, 02:28 PM
Mike Bellis   Some of the 914 relays will work with LED's an...   Jan 26 2014, 03:39 PM
914forme   Doug is also using a completely different harness ...   Jan 26 2014, 04:06 PM
3d914   Doug, nice job - I like it! You gonna provide...   Jan 26 2014, 04:26 PM
CptTripps   Stephen is correct. I have a completely custom wir...   Jan 26 2014, 04:27 PM
AfricanHijinx   very nice   Jan 27 2014, 11:19 AM
effutuo101   Some of the LED pre fab lights have built in resis...   Jan 27 2014, 11:28 PM
mikesmith   Some of the LED pre fab lights have built in resi...   Jan 28 2014, 11:25 AM
CptTripps   Added 2 white spots behind the light tonight to se...   Jan 30 2014, 06:20 PM
ChrisNPDrider   :beer2:   Jan 30 2014, 08:11 PM
zambezi   Looks cool, any pics with just the DRL's on an...   Jan 30 2014, 10:51 PM
Chris H.   Hey Doug, did you ever get a chance to throw the a...   Jan 31 2014, 08:19 AM
CptTripps   Funny. I just found it about an hour ago and remem...   Jan 31 2014, 09:24 AM
CptTripps   Turns out that my amber lens is a Euro lens, so he...   Feb 1 2014, 01:14 PM
Chris H.   Thanks! Probably better since it has both whi...   Feb 1 2014, 04:28 PM
Harpo   Any thoughts on how you are going to power these? ...   Feb 2 2014, 06:54 AM
CptTripps   Any thoughts on how you are going to power these?...   Feb 7 2014, 10:54 AM
Kansas 914   Following this thread and ordered the same LED lam...   Feb 24 2014, 11:54 AM
CptTripps   :trophy:   Feb 24 2014, 12:12 PM
effutuo101   sweet!   Feb 24 2014, 12:52 PM
Kansas 914   sweet! Doug led the way on this project. He...   Feb 24 2014, 01:00 PM
Harpo   Did you have to change relays? There was a concer...   Feb 24 2014, 04:52 PM
Kansas 914   Did you have to change relays? There was a conce...   Feb 24 2014, 04:55 PM
mrbubblehead   Did you have to change relays? There was a conc...   Feb 24 2014, 05:24 PM
CptTripps   Did you paint the inside of the buckets before you...   Feb 26 2014, 09:11 AM
Kansas 914   Did you paint the inside of the buckets before yo...   Feb 26 2014, 09:17 AM
pjhaun   I also did the Cat-Eye LED front running/turn sign...   Mar 13 2014, 04:44 PM
pjhaun   I also did the Cat-Eye LED front running/turn sig...   Mar 13 2014, 04:46 PM
pjhaun   [quote name='pjhaun' post='2010379' date='Mar 13 ...   Mar 13 2014, 04:48 PM
pjhaun   [quote name='pjhaun' post='2010381' date='Mar 13 ...   Mar 13 2014, 04:49 PM
pjhaun   [quote name='pjhaun' post='2010382' date='Mar 13 ...   Mar 13 2014, 04:51 PM


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