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tell me whacha think

 
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hey that looks pretty cool! how did ya do that!

 
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damn thats nice
cant wait to get mines in

 
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many people have done it with a single angel eye

but that just doesnt look as cool as dualies

 
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damnit i knew i should have done dual angels.
looks sick. leds are hella expensive though.

 
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LOOKS good

 
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yeah the only problem was the led are 4.99 a piece and i need 8 of them

 
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If I had projectors I would do it, it looks sweet as hell

 
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did you seal your projectors BEFORE you stuck in the halo's???
I sealed my projectors up real nice with silicon and I want to open them up now but I don't know if that would be a good idea

 
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i like it.. looks good

 
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yeah leds are frikkin expensive. i bought 4 blue leds and, made two rings. 1 of the blue leds however was dying and burned out. so i was screwed. total for 4 leds is like 20 bucks. so i went around town llookking for white instead. bought 5 whites becuase one ended up burning out also. so 40 bucks on leds alone. 5 bucks for the acrylic rods. and 3 bucks for shrink tubing.
total is like 50 bucks to do.

now it woudl suck if i cut up my headlights and put them in only to have them burn out in 3 days.
can i ask how u guys did the resistors?
i used 220 ohm resistor as stated by the DIY

i wraped the ends of the resistors together like so.

having them in a chain (one after the other) makes the light dimmer. so i did it as above
my question is this ok to do? i dont want it to burn out after i introduce it to 12V power. it seems to work fine on my 9v battery.

how did u go about doing it? ironcow / speedracersong or anyone else

thx,
mike

 
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i have one 220 resistor to two lights and it works fine, very bright...

i tested everything with a 12v lantern battery so i wasnt worried about the car power

i think i blew out two of my leds, so im going to go back and buy more which sucks hard

 
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Wow, looks good.

 
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hey Ironcow, could you do that for me? i'll buy the stuff and pay you...

 
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i would charge like 300 bucks because of all the labor, it took more then 4 nights and 5 trips to radio shack for me to finally get it right

 
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try using a resistor per led.... you don't have as much of a chance of blowing them that way... and when you do this you'll need to double the ohm (at least around 450 ohm per led don't go below 415 or they'll blow for sure)

 
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A little note when choosing resistors. Look at the operating voltage in the data sheet or info for the leds. Then you can calculate wich resistor you would need.

Btw, nice!

 
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