DIY: LED Halo w/Video's

Mr&Mrs · 09-15-2013, 03:19 PM

I think we have a first, at least on the Z.

Mr&Mrs · 09-15-2013, 03:27 PM

Im at work cant order from that link you sent me. Check your paypal though

Nut_N_Much · 09-15-2013, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr&Mrs

Im at work cant order from that link you sent me. Check your paypal though

Life saver !!!!

Mr&Mrs · 09-15-2013, 03:48 PM

Joe Im not sure if you thought about this or not. I have a three position toggle, one way is Red Demon Eyes, Center is OFF, The third position is Blue Demon Eyes. I want the dual Demon Eye to come on in either of the ON positions. So I could have red bottom and blue top, or all blue, and also still have an all OFF position.

Lothario · 09-15-2013, 08:02 PM

whens kelly popping them in? i want to see the black on black with no lights on. preferably in day light. lol

Nut_N_Much · 09-16-2013, 05:15 PM

As soon as i install his new motor

. He needs some work done first, hope to having him on the road before the end of the month.

FortuneLSX-TT · 09-19-2013, 04:30 PM

I just want to thank Nut_N_Much for taking the time to help everyone out making their headlights look a lot better and not breaking the bank.

Second, I want to thank Lost Sol, who was kind enough to help me bake my headlights and tear them apart. He made it look incredibly easy.

I'm finishing up my set of headlights, and it was nerve racking taking them apart.
The things I learned during this process were, definitely use the Krylon fusion. I originally used some Duplicor stuff, it stuck ok after scuffing up the surfaces but it reeked a whole lot more and got me in trouble with the gf lol. She didn't even complain about the Krylon. The other big thing about painting was, I went to go put another coat on in the morning, and I learned a very valuable lesson, don't spray paint in the morning. The spray paint sucked up a lot of water in the air and the paint dried with a cloudy haze.

I could of just put another coat of Krylon on top of the Duplicolor, but it looked a bit too thick at that point, so I sanded it all down. That is a major PITA. But I did learn that the housings are actually clear. I played around with the idea of leaving them clear for a day, I even put an led behind it for a second to see how it would look.

I decided against it, doing the whole headlight might be excessive. Clearing the landing strip and putting some leds behind it might not be bad though. If I had more time I'd experiment. Just thought I'd put that out there in case anyone else wanted to actually try it out.

I also deviated from Joe's DIY a bit. I opted to epoxy the lenses to the base instead of the shroud.

I did this for two reasons. One mounting them to the shrouds was a PITA. Two, I figure I may want to redo the lights later and now I can repaint the shrouds, wrap them, etc without worry. The premium lens also makes the main lens look like doodoo by comparison.

I'm also not a fan of the angel eyes, so I didn't put any of those on. Which created a problem with the blinker shroud. Cutting off the clear lens, and taking the dremel to it didn't leave the most perfect of circles. So I took a hole saw and wrapped it with sand paper to help return the shroud to a circle.

And why go to a dual projector if not to put on angel eyes? For dual demon eyes of course. Waiting on my RGB leds to come in tomorrow so I can button these bad boys back up.

Mr&Mrs · 09-19-2013, 09:19 PM

Nooooooooooooo Joe better finsh my dual Demons first! Lol

FortuneLSX-TT · 09-20-2013, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr&Mrs

Nooooooooooooo Joe better finsh my dual Demons first! Lol

Well I'm not THAT Joe, but I am A Joe and I did finish some dual demon eyes....

The blinker lens is a bit too clear though.

Nut_N_Much · 09-20-2013, 03:14 PM

You know my last name is Fortune

, we might be related.. Looks great man. Nice and clean. What id you do to hide the seam of the lens being epoxyed ob the shroud? Just tape it off and paint.. Looks really good.

I am soda blasting Mr&Mrs shrouds. Some of the chrome reacted with the paint and caused a mess. The soda takes it all off with out damaging the shrouds.

Working on the demon eye wiring, he has a strange wire harness I have to figure out.

Mr&Mrs · 09-20-2013, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nut_N_Much

You know my last name is Fortune

, we might be related.. Looks great man. Nice and clean. What id you do to hide the seam of the lens being epoxyed ob the shroud? Just tape it off and paint.. Looks really good.

I am soda blasting Mr&Mrs shrouds. Some of the chrome reacted with the paint and caused a mess. The soda takes it all off with out damaging the shrouds.

Working on the demon eye wiring, he has a strange wire harness I have to figure out.

Joe Message Dave (Dembflyr) he can help you out. He still checks his PM's. Even if he told me i probably wouldnt be able to explain it to you.

By the way Fortune nice job!

FortuneLSX-TT · 09-23-2013, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nut_N_Much

You know my last name is Fortune

, we might be related.. Looks great man. Nice and clean. What id you do to hide the seam of the lens being epoxyed ob the shroud? Just tape it off and paint.. Looks really good.

I am soda blasting Mr&Mrs shrouds. Some of the chrome reacted with the paint and caused a mess. The soda takes it all off with out damaging the shrouds.

Unfortunately, I don't think we're related since Fortune is just the name of the body kit on my other car. I don't have a seam on the shroud to hide. I epoxyed the lens directly to the blinker housing. So for the shroud I just:

1. Cut off the stock lens
2. Used a dremel to take a bit more out of the inside
3. Took a hole saw and put some sand paper around it and then just spun it around in the hole by hand to give it a good clean circle and remove the high spots from the dremel
4. Painted the whole shroud

For the lens, I put a thin line of epoxy on the very top of the housing. Then very carefully lined up and lowered the lens onto the housing. Then proceeded to epoxy the side of the lens and the housing. There is a very high possibility of screwing this part up and getting epoxy on the inside of the lens. If I had more time, I'd say fabbing up a little metal cover that secures the lens to the housing would be the ideal solution.

I'm glad I went with the RGB leds, and I got a cheap little controller for them to select the color, etc. They are a royal pain to solder though. I'll get some video once I install the controller.

It's raining now, so we'll see how well my headlights are sealed. If I had to do it over, I'd say a ton of little c-clamps would make resealing the headlights a breeze with a heat gun.

Nut_N_Much · 09-29-2013, 07:44 PM

Luner-Eclipse stopped by today and got his lights freshened up. Great color combo; Satin Black w/Color Match Paint from AutomtiveTouchUp 40th Edition Paint Code. I love doing lights for real Z owners. Drives it every day, cool guy, beautiful car. For once, NO LED's....

shadoquad · 09-21-2013, 12:57 PM

cool

Mr&Mrs · 10-02-2013, 10:52 PM

09-15-2013, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31942	I think we have a first, at least on the Z. __________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

09-15-2013, 03:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31942	Im at work cant order from that link you sent me. Check your paypal though __________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

09-15-2013, 03:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31942	Joe Im not sure if you thought about this or not. I have a three position toggle, one way is Red Demon Eyes, Center is OFF, The third position is Blue Demon Eyes. I want the dual Demon Eye to come on in either of the ON positions. So I could have red bottom and blue top, or all blue, and also still have an all OFF position. __________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

09-16-2013, 05:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nut_N_Much A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 1,696 Drives: Awesome Car Rep Power: 28	As soon as i install his new motor . He needs some work done first, hope to having him on the road before the end of the month. __________________ Did new cool science stuff to the car !!! http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

09-19-2013, 04:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
FortuneLSX-TT Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 144 Drives: 10 NismoTT MB M6 Rep Power: 17	I just want to thank Nut_N_Much for taking the time to help everyone out making their headlights look a lot better and not breaking the bank. Second, I want to thank Lost Sol, who was kind enough to help me bake my headlights and tear them apart. He made it look incredibly easy. I'm finishing up my set of headlights, and it was nerve racking taking them apart. The things I learned during this process were, definitely use the Krylon fusion. I originally used some Duplicor stuff, it stuck ok after scuffing up the surfaces but it reeked a whole lot more and got me in trouble with the gf lol. She didn't even complain about the Krylon. The other big thing about painting was, I went to go put another coat on in the morning, and I learned a very valuable lesson, don't spray paint in the morning. The spray paint sucked up a lot of water in the air and the paint dried with a cloudy haze. I could of just put another coat of Krylon on top of the Duplicolor, but it looked a bit too thick at that point, so I sanded it all down. That is a major PITA. But I did learn that the housings are actually clear. I played around with the idea of leaving them clear for a day, I even put an led behind it for a second to see how it would look. I decided against it, doing the whole headlight might be excessive. Clearing the landing strip and putting some leds behind it might not be bad though. If I had more time I'd experiment. Just thought I'd put that out there in case anyone else wanted to actually try it out. I also deviated from Joe's DIY a bit. I opted to epoxy the lenses to the base instead of the shroud. I did this for two reasons. One mounting them to the shrouds was a PITA. Two, I figure I may want to redo the lights later and now I can repaint the shrouds, wrap them, etc without worry. The premium lens also makes the main lens look like doodoo by comparison. I'm also not a fan of the angel eyes, so I didn't put any of those on. Which created a problem with the blinker shroud. Cutting off the clear lens, and taking the dremel to it didn't leave the most perfect of circles. So I took a hole saw and wrapped it with sand paper to help return the shroud to a circle. And why go to a dual projector if not to put on angel eyes? For dual demon eyes of course. Waiting on my RGB leds to come in tomorrow so I can button these bad boys back up. __________________ GTM TT, OS Giken GT clutch, Greddy Ti-C, Z1 test pipes, Hawk HP+ pads, steel braided brake lines, ZSpeed CSC, 34r oil cooler, CSF radiator, HKS EVC 6 boost controller, Whiteline sways, Swift Springs, Kinetix adj camber package, Osiris UPrev tune

09-15-2013, 08:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lothario Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: florida Posts: 361 Drives: nikes Rep Power: 15	whens kelly popping them in? i want to see the black on black with no lights on. preferably in day light. lol

09-19-2013, 09:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31942	Nooooooooooooo Joe better finsh my dual Demons first! Lol __________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

09-20-2013, 03:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nut_N_Much A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 1,696 Drives: Awesome Car Rep Power: 28	You know my last name is Fortune , we might be related.. Looks great man. Nice and clean. What id you do to hide the seam of the lens being epoxyed ob the shroud? Just tape it off and paint.. Looks really good. I am soda blasting Mr&Mrs shrouds. Some of the chrome reacted with the paint and caused a mess. The soda takes it all off with out damaging the shrouds. Working on the demon eye wiring, he has a strange wire harness I have to figure out. __________________ Did new cool science stuff to the car !!! http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

09-21-2013, 12:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3888	cool

10-02-2013, 10:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31942	__________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

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