LED door and side marker lights

[Tomcio]

Hello everyone,

I came up with an idea for a high quality LED replacements for the door lights and side marker lights. Other lights will follow if this project works out.
I have designed a custom circuit board that replaces the original light bulb and provides comparable amount of light while using a lot less power and creating very little heat. I have made a sample set to test the idea and see how it turns out. I am very pleased with the results.
I would like to go ahead with the project and start production but I need to know if there's enough interest out there. The more orders I get the lower the final price will be. With 10 orders a complete set of six door lights or four side marker lights will cost $80 with free shipping.

Door lights:
Custom circuit board with four LEDs with three chips each for a total of 12 LEDs in each light:
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Each light needs just 0.67W for a total of 4W for all six lights! That's less power than just one original bulb! This means you can leave the doors open at shows without worrying about your battery dying.
They provide uniform brightness from about 10 to over 35 volts. The power is controlled by an IC mounted on the board.
There are no tools required for installation. Just remove the bulb and install the new board. That's it.

Side marker lights:
Custom circuit board with six LEDs with three chips each for a total of 18 LEDs in each light:
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Each side marker light needs about 1W of power and provides uniform brightness from about 9 to 35 volts. The power is controlled by two ICs.
In this case the installation is more difficult as the backing of the light will need to be cut off. The original socket requires just a small round hole. The new board is the size of the center section and the backing needs to be cut off.

Please let me know if there is any interest. If this project works out there is a plan to make interior dome lights, front turn signals and rear light assemblies. If the rear lights are made it will be a full replacement. There is a plan to make an exact replacement of the entire assembly as cutting and retrofitting the OEM lights would be too complex. Just sticking a LED bulb replacements doesn't guarantee good results. With a whole new assembly the possibilities are endless.

Check out my little site for more details. Link in my signature.

Keep in mind that the lights are NOT AVAILABLE yet. This is just an idea for a product. With enough people interested I will make it happen.

[Domi]

This project sounds really good
Sure, I will be interested by the doors lights.
About side markers, I'm sure yet. It will be nice to see a picture in dark to see if the light is fine or not.
About the rear light, definitively yes!
I always dreamed about all the red part to be light on, and more powerful when you hit the brake.
It will be nicer in the dark if we could see a bigger light, like for example on old Trans-Am.
Keep us in touch about this one!
Many thanks

[Tomcio]

This project sounds really good

About side markers, I'm sure yet. It will be nice to see a picture in dark to see if the light is fine or not.

About the rear light, definitively yes!
I always dreamed about all the red part to be light on, and more powerful when you hit the brake.

Thanks Domi!

It's difficult to take a good picture in the dark.... especially because my car is in pieces and I can't even install the battery at this time. This project is in very early stages of development at this time but I will try to get some before and after pictures when it advances a little more.
Anyway, the side marker lights are the proper color as per regulation and the brightness is adjusted to be the same as the OEM light bulb. I used a lux meter to measure the light intensity of the bulb and then adjusted the LED current to get the same brightness.

For the rear I have some wild ideas... One idea is to make the lenses colorless... Frosted glass look. Then I was thinking about doing the OEM pattern or lighting up everything red. Then when the turn signal comes on the two outermost blocks would flash amber-off-amber and return to red. With reverse on the innermost blocks would turn on cool white and return to red when out of reverse. As I said, the possibilities are endless....

[Domi]

All right, thanks for the information.
Count me in for the doors light to begin

For the rear I have some wild ideas... One idea is to make the lenses colorless... Frosted glass look. Then I was thinking about doing the OEM pattern or lighting up everything red. Then when the turn signal comes on the two outermost blocks would flash amber-off-amber and return to red. With reverse on the innermost blocks would turn on cool white and return to red when out of reverse. As I said, the possibilities are endless....

That's awesome!
I hope you'll be able to do this project, it sounds really cool!
Everything red, and then the color change is a wonderful idea
But you need to make a modification to the lenses?
If you do red the brake and light, it's already a big improvement I think.

[DMC5180]

Good to here from you Tom. You've been off the grid for awhile. Keep up the good work. I've had your heated mirrors installed for 6-7 years now.

[Lukas]

I'd be very interested in any taillights you could come up with. Although I don't mind the original look (amber, red and white), I think less colours (all red, or at most red and white) would give a cleaner and more modern look.

I have seen some D's with tinted taillights which also have a similar effect. I haven't seen any with a clear or all-red version.

There are so many possibilities for the rear lights, so any order could be difficult to satisfy everyone.

Another suggestion - what about clear front indicators (with an amber bulb behind). What about using this new 3D printing everyone is talking about?

[Christian Dietrich]

My son and I installed my Christmas present for the wife last night! I love the wide stripe banner and goes great with the body wide stripe!

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[rossmilstein]

All good stuff. Did you make the windshield banner?


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[Christian Dietrich]

All good stuff. Did you make the windshield banner?


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No.. Its actually from DeLorean.eu

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