Audi LED lights on celica Options

[6gcSTVT]

So while trying to find a new custom mod for the celica, I think about what other cars have that ours don't. Well the new audi's and even porsche's have the LED light strip in their headlights... well I found this on ebay:


http://cgi.ebay.com/2-30cm-15-LED-Car-Head...%3A1|240%3A1318
$12.99 with $4.99 shipping.... put these in our front blinker with the clear front lens and give it a shot is what I was thinking. Anyone else think this could work out/look good?

[6gcSTVT]

Wolfie, where did you get the smaller strip of LED's? I think our front blinker housing is only like 10"? ( feel free anyone to correct me) So I would need that smaller strip rather than the 30cm one.

Do you guys think the strip of LED"s need an inline fuse or just a constant 12v source?

I would toss in white led's in my side blinkers and the front would get either white bulbs as well to accent the LED strip or I would just use the power source from the front blinker to run the led's so those become my blinkers. I'm still tempted.

[wolfie308]

Wolfie, where did you get the smaller strip of LED's? I think our front blinker housing is only like 10"? ( feel free anyone to correct me) So I would need that smaller strip rather than the 30cm one.

Do you guys think the strip of LED"s need an inline fuse or just a constant 12v source?

I would toss in white led's in my side blinkers and the front would get either white bulbs as well to accent the LED strip or I would just use the power source from the front blinker to run the led's so those become my blinkers. I'm still tempted.

Very good points raised by Mr Doggy and Culp.... a lot of LED's require a stable 12v for max reliability. The ones I used came from the U.S from a reseller of my Porsche lenses, but he's being a bit cagey where he gets them from. He tells me they're designed for automotive use and rated up to 16v. They can also be trimmed every 3 LED's. The max length you'd need for the fronts is about 15 cms - I was just lucky the strips fitted pretty near perfect as they came



The lead could be glued to the backing and taken out through the back by way of the vent hole(with the rubber elbow on it)just need to drill it out to 2-3 mm.

However, if you were doing this with my clear lenses and you had a failure of an LED, the lenses don't like the oven temp needed to get them out. If you wanted to do this with the stock amber lens as a modified turn signal, that would be no problem as they don't mind 100 degC in the oven.

For me it was not an issue as in the event of failure, my lenses just unscrew from the backings - not the case for you guys