Dragon said:Yep sorta an evolving project. I found a deal on a pair of TIR6 and placed them on either side of the brake light. Then I came across a deal on a pair of LIN6. Found out that the surface mounts for the LIN6 were much deeper than the TIR6. I wanted the TIR to the inside and the LIN to the outside but due to the curve of the glass that would not work.
I laid the two side by side on some cardboard and made a template that fit exact. Had a friend cut out two on a CandC machine with hole for the wires, etc. Welded them to a flat stock piece to slide under the third brake light. Painted black and mounted lights. I think I have some pictures that I won’t post here to get too far off topic but I can send if you want.
theolog said:You're gonna need to go ahead and start your own thread on that one bro, because I'm extremely interested in this project!
brewmeister08 said:Funny this thread exist...ATCEMS's boxes have the most boring pattern in the world. But I'll be damned if I can spot it halfway across the city!
Exhibit A:
got_ygurt said:I think interweave fail needs to be added to this thread as well... interweaving red / blue or flashing red blue together at the same time looks so retarded to me... prime example being on this sirennet motorcycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj00v7ckxVU.
JohnMarcson said:Also add different colors next to each other at the same time faill.... ie purple blog fail!
If your gonna do it... Do it right... Either a roto ray or Mars 888 trafficbuster on the front & call it done... :haha:JohnMarcson said:So time for me to vent my pet peeve....
I'm sick of seeing nice light heads ruined by split, X and pinwheel flash... No matter the size of the head making it split flash decreases it's effectiveness...
Large chunks of light flashing only the same colors at the same time just plain works better. Split heads end up looking like a twinkle or a blurr... pinwheel and X don't show up at all. I truly think splitting a head in any way is pure gimmick.
Some examples-
Check out the pinwheel pattern vs the solid flash in this example, totally ruins the light
NiftyX said:videos
obviousmember said:There is nothing wrong with split LEDs if flashed slow and synched. That's no worse than two LEDs of half the size. I could have 1 6led light or 2 3led lights.
Irsh42 said:Now don't get me wrong, I love the valor, but the majority of the light patterns are horrific. I've seen several PD's use some of the fast random multi color changing patterns and honestly I thought I was about to die. Just to many random blinkies going off to help anything. :duh:
nerdly_dood said:I will personally staple your left aorta shut if you use pattern 4 though.
nerdly_dood said:I will personally staple your left aorta shut if you use pattern 4 though.
Irsh42 said:Now don't get me wrong, I love the valor, but the majority of the light patterns are horrific. I've seen several PD's use some of the fast random multi color changing patterns and honestly I thought I was about to die. Just to many random blinkies going off to help anything. :duh:
foxtrot5 said:That is the best threat ever! I'm going to steal that from you.
EvilPaul2112 said:I prefer fast patterns to the front....especially dual-color systems......heres my last unmarked squad......talon above the mirror, microman bar in grille....sorry for poor quality video
Considering that the FedSig Legend is already too bright to be safely used at night, I'd say using those super-bright LEDs you're talking about in a lightbar would be about as safe as a police department's new policy to conduct all traffic stops by shooting the offender's tires.tlsee said:i think the led diode is what will make the difference. i am not sure if fed/sig has come on board with using luxeon rebels yet but some other manufactures have. to have wild patterns you need something so bright that it will illustrate the pattern correctly and rebels are the only led's i know of beside cree's that will do that. downside is they are state of the art new and you will pay for them. about 2 years ago i received the first rebels i had ever seen, they came to me on a pcb without any magnification. they are the size of a pencil lead, i thought how bright could this be, well 1 rebel is so bright you should never look at it with the naked eye. i couldnt see for 45 minutes afterwords. now i wear sunglasses when i work with those.
Dkellam said:So, I'm new to this forum and I just ran across this thread. I'm currently looking at lights to put on my POV. I'm looking at the Whelen 4" round interlaced super leds with the clear extended lenses. I was thinking of doing red on top white on bottom with the white driving "steady on" override.. now that I've read through this thread I'm having second thoughts. Any ideas or opinions on having this light with the 2 different colors vs just red with a white "steady on override"? Thanks.
Kd8bao said:Split color lights are a great option do a tighter budget or limited space. If you so choose to have a dual color light just have the flash pattern slower so the light color change can be registered by the brain. The super fast "split fail" patterns just look like a blob of $hit. Slow it down and sync the lights and they will be great. Any color combo. Good luck
Kd8bao said:Split color lights are a great option do a tighter budget or limited space. If you so choose to have a dual color light just have the flash pattern slower so the light color change can be registered by the brain. The super fast "split fail" patterns just look like a blob of $hit. Slow it down and sync the lights and they will be great. Any color combo. Good luck
Dkellam said:Thanks for the response. I think I'm going to go with solid red on each side with the white "driving mode" override. Since I drive a Wrangler, I figure I can somewhat kill 2 birds with one stone and use the white override as lights for offroad use as well, though there will be more added for that, but that's a different forum