How to Splice LED's for the Light Kits

[Bad Company]

OK, I'm going to be using the left over tail light LED's from past projects, but it all applies the same for the head lights, so here we go...

You will need:

2 Light Kits (Or more)
Scissors (Or knife)
Electrical Tape

Do not do this with the light kits hooked up. (Duh!)

First, cut and remove the LED's from your second Light Kit. I suggest cutting them close to the board to have enough wire to rtun them wherever you plan in the car. Seperate the wires on each LED, and use the scissors to strip the ends. Be carefull to only cut away the insulation, do not cut into the wire. It helps to twist the strands in each wire together after striping them.

[Bad Company]

Next, seperate the wires on the light kit you will be installing. Do not seperate them all the way back to the board, this will keep them in the correct pairs (each side).

[Bad Company]

Next, cut the wires on the light kit you are installing in the middle and strip them just like you did before.

[Bad Company]

One thing to remember here...

Each pair of wires to each LED have one plain wire and one with a white stripe. You have to match all your wires up when splicing them back together. (Plain to plain, stripe to stripe.)

Now, match the seperated LED's up and twist the plain wires together for two of the LED's. Then twist the striped wires together.

[Bad Company]

Now take those two LED's, and twist the plain wire to the plain wire going to the board. Do the same for the striped wire.

[Bad Company]

Now fold your wire over on the insulated part (I usually fold it over on the wire to the board.) and wrap some electrical tape around the exposed wire. Repeat these steps for the other side, and for the headlights.

You are done.

[Silent_NightR34]

Great tut! i gotta get some more light kits soon...

[viperkilla]

Thanks bad company. I am definitately try this when I get 2 light kits!

[Nii]

So if i wanted to splice in a third or fourth set i just do the same thing but and that third or fourth set?

[Nii]

Nevermind, I understand now

[arch2b]

very nice tutorial! your quite the modder;) i'm a sucker for light kits and the general rule of thumb for me is, the more lights the better:D

[dEmOnRaCeR]

very nice but does it use the batterries faster or no difference

[TypeZer0]

a about 20 mA (typical of many led's of this size) battery life shoudln't be that affected...unless you splice in like 20 led's hehe

[Bad Company]

Originally posted by TypeZer0
a about 20 mA (typical of many led's of this size) battery life shoudln't be that affected...unless you splice in like 20 led's hehe

Hmm...where could I stick all of those.....:D

[Strider]

Get some green ones and stick them all around the inside edge of the bottom of the body.:D

[Nii]

If you buy two light kits, can you splice the tail lights from one kit into the head lights for the other, or will it not work?


By the way, Nice work BC

[Bad Company]

Thank you sir. I don't see why not, the board doesn't care what color LED is on the other end of the wires.

[Nii]

Thanks for the info.:)

[Morphes]

does anyone know the exact volts going to the leds? (trying to change the colors) and they are 3mm right?

[Benskins]

has anyone happened to do a fog light mod? if so could you post some pictures please?

[VuN86]

yo bc what is this reflective tape thing u talk about? where can i get some i was thinking over the idea of underglows and came up with an awesome idea

[arch2b]

most 3mm leds are 2.4 volts. the supre brights are typically 3 volts. i would assume they ones you want to use for headlights are 3mm, if they are anythign like mini-z's.

i use 3mm fo rheadlights and 5mm for fog lights
http://mini-zracer.com/albums/album101/IMG_0015.sized.jpg

[Benskins]

that looks real nice, im thinkin about just splicing the LEDS from a nother light kit and running more brake lights to the back and running fogs on one of the rice boy bumpers.

ill post some pics next week once i put it together for anyone intersesting in seeing how it turns out.

[miniDRIFTER]

:eek: holy poop, arch is that an xmod with the supra body??? where in the world did u get that body and how can i get one?? plz tell me AIM: PUREHONDASPORT

\\// my reaction when i saw arch's car..

[major skyline]

I added fogs and they worked fine, but whe i added extra tail all of the tail lights went out. Any Ideas BC. Also HOW DO I INSERT AN IMAGE?

[miniDRIFTER]

major, can u post some pics of the supra in ur avatar, i want to see it better, looks pretty damn sweet from that little pic.. i want more.. u can get ur pics hosted FREE at http://www.picturetrail.com and u can have as many accounts as u want.. and u can use fake emails, they dont confirm n e thing

[major skyline]

hey miniDRIFTER whats ur e-mail ill just send u some pics and mabye u can post them for me b/c i cant figur out this stupid sh!t

[miniDRIFTER]

im me @ purehondasport and if u have aim u can just send them thu there, but if not my email is purehondasport@aol.com

EDIT: I'm posting these pics for Major Skyline.

http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL260/1638045/3141960/38791776.jpg
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http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL260/1638045/3141960/38791768.jpg

http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL260/1638045/3141960/38791761.jpg
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[sokalxballa]

You don't need to buy a whole new light kit. You can buy led seprate at radio shack if want too not sure which is cheaper tho buy if you got wire at home you can get different color leds and splice.

[mtnet2000]

I get my led's from www.superbrightleds.com

[njdevsfan2487]

can i make my own set of wires and LED's instead of buying a whole new kit? If so what type of wire should i use.

[gorbasho]

is the wire with the stripe positive or negative?

[p4tch]

Why put loads of leds round the body when you can buy neon kits for Gen1 And Evo cars and trucks?

:bdrop: :D :D :bdrop: