DOME LIGHT of GOD

[Anto]

2x seoul U bin attached to a KD Kennan driver, running at I believe 750ma a piece
before picture is a dinky 6x led dome light.
both pics are at:
1/5 shutter
f 2.6
iso 400


Before:
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8843/img0484rc9.jpg

after:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2036/img0482ci8.jpg

Revamped with one single emitter, dome light cover off:

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7007/img0489bn6.jpg

revamped w/ cover on:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7633/img0490bx5.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6350/img0491ia9.jpg

[theronin]

i got rid of my dome light and and ditched 20 lbs. true story.

[tckracker]

Where did you pick that up? Price?
-Shaun

[Anto]

made it myself

[Grenade180sx]

then it doesnt help us any does it!

[C. Senor]

holy crap i lol'd at that thing. that's ridiculously bright. trying to make a night club in there?

pretty neat though. i'd prolly rock that light.

[Anto]

I must say, shit is fantastic for grabbing things at night

LMAO, you know what's funny

I was planning to put a multimode driver board in the two map lights, and one of the functions is strobe. hahaha

[palmdale_mob]

What did you do?
That light is amazing lol

[Anto]

Mounted it to 1" square by 1/2" thick Aluminum heatsink, I calculated the lumens output, it's somewhere around 400 lumens. stock domelight is like 20? lmao

[1989rps13]

that shits badass. I hate the stock output light of the dome light

[kevmeistah21]

doesn't jackson (carparthookup) sell this?

[1989rps13]

doesn't jackson (carparthookup) sell this?

i dont think its as bright as this one....

[Anto]

haha yeah, they are like 30 lumens MAX

[98koukile]

Make that shit and sell it!

[palmdale_mob]

Mounted it to 1" square by 1/2" thick Aluminum heatsink, I calculated the lumens output, it's somewhere around 400 lumens. stock domelight is like 20? lmao

Alright you lost me
Would that burn out sockets or something?

[1989rps13]

Make that shit and sell it!

dittto make some
how much would u sell them for??

id be interested for sure!!!:aw:

[Anto]

Alright you lost me
Would that burn out sockets or something?

oh no no, the heatsink is for the emitters. they output lots of heat so they need a considerable heatsink for them. that's it, no blown sockets or anything.


as far as selling, I would want to but i'm going to EMT school right now and it's crazy. 8am-5pm for 5 days a week. this is more or less hobby

[tramp_drift240]

well use that hobby and make a few of these puppies.

id be interested, especially in the maplight ones :D

[projekt_s13]

Saw your post on Hidplanet forums, lol

[palmdale_mob]

you should sell these
you could probably make some decent money

[MissShiftS13]

I have a light that bright in my car... ok it's just my maglite led flashlight, good enough for me. But props for a sick light.

[duffman1278]

I did this, except I setup 24 led's running at 10kmpa iirc. It was sooo much better then the OEM crap.

[brunswick240]

at least do a full write up for us noobs.

[gunluvS14]

wow, i like it.
make some, sell it or show us how to make it please

[usdm180sx]

GOD sells those at Autobacs

[piranhamatt]

Yes, a brief write up would be amazing.

[don_bagz]

+1 for write up.. if you wont have time to make and sell em.. hehe

[ATLspeed]

make like a whore and give us the goods!!!! lol....."i got these cheese burgers maann...c'mon ill suck yo ....!" lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/j3ss2ca21/ParisCrackhead.jpg

[bbejj123]

write up or it never happened =)


and the bottom pic isnt working for me =/

[clark]

write up or it never happened =)


and the bottom pic isnt working for me =/

yeah the "after" pic isn't there anymore..!

but i must say, i never even though of modifying it, and all the time i'm like "damn this shit is so dim, what's the point"

[Future240]

so where's the write up?

[kevmeistah21]

damn that would help soo much but be annoying sometimes.

[Kn1ves]

I had a similar bright dome light setup in my old integra and it gets annoying after a while. Especially when ur taking ur date home and shed falll asleep on the way home. Shell scream at u for having that shit on her face. /true story

[1989rps13]

I had a similar bright dome light setup in my old integra and it gets annoying after a while. Especially when ur taking ur date home and shed falll asleep on the way home. Shell scream at u for having that shit on her face. /true story

LMAO that shits funny:bowdown:

[ruben705]

just turn it off before you open the door.. Write uppppp.

[alesserfate]

pimp light!
*opens door* blinds everyone in the car permanently!

but in reality whenever I need the light I switch it on, it's usually in the off position.

I gotta do something up like that too!

[Anto]

GOD sells those at Autobacs

he most certainly does not!

anyway, it's fairly easy, you just have to be somewhat adept at soldering.

no picture write up yet (or even ever), still in school. Just got my medical assessment down for midterms on thursday. OPQRST, DCAP-BTLS, SAMPLE and PRBELLS are what i'm gong to be tested on, simple stuff.

if you guys really wanna make it, you can get the kennan driver and your choice of emitters (cree or seoul) from kaidomain

http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=1640 is the driver that runs them at ~750ma, up to three emitters

or dealextreme:

DealExtreme: $2.53 MR16 1*3W 320~350mA Constant Current Regulated LED Driver (12~16V Input) (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13557)
that's a driver you can run up to two emitters on @ ~650ma per emitter, or three at 540ma per,

costwise it's not that $ if you DIY, but the work is in the labor.

if that's too bright, you can always run one single emitter for 1/2 the brightness, it's still ~200 lumens which is plenty for a dome light. s13's can run this for their maplights as well. if you wire a multimode board in parallel (I think) with the 12v buck driver and combine that with a heatsink, you can have a three stage maplight (low, medium and high)

For quick reference:

Cree Q5 = ~270 lumens @ 1000mA (1amp)
Seoul U bin = ~240 lumens @ 1000mA
Seoul U2 bins go up to 280 lumens at one amp but they're like $10 per emitter
the lower the drive current, usually the more efficient the emitter is, it's most efficient at 350ma IIRC.

q5 @ 350ma = 107-114 lumens
u bin @ 350 = ~100
u2 bin @ 350 = 100-118

U bins are the easiest, the legs stick out and are easily soldered. if you order from a vendor on candlepowerforums you can choose a color bin as well, if you want a warmer white with a better CRI (similar to incandescent) or cooler white.

I wired the emitters in series and potted the board with thermal epoxy. All this attached to a 1" square by 1/2" thick AL heatsink clamped down. Copper would have better heat dissapation but I'm to busy to find it locally.

I might make these after my schedule clears up some

[Anto]

Saw your post on Hidplanet forums, lol
haha yeah i saw that too

[ayuaddict]

the ones from autobacs suck.

[OBEEWON]

as far as selling, I would want to but i'm going to EMT school right now and it's crazy. 8am-5pm for 5 days a week. this is more or less hobby


Isn't that like a normal work day?

Sheesh its like you have a moon in your headliner.

[Anto]

Isn't that like a normal work day?

Sheesh its like you have a moon in your headliner.

work you usually get to move around

emt school, you sit down for a looong time

[Nacho_240]

work you usually get to move around

emt school, you sit down for a looong time

Not to mention that work doesn't assign anything.

School requires homework , reading, studying, etc. It's not easy work.

And yes, the Autobac dome lights were a disappointment. Better than stock, but not worth $40.

[Kougeki]

Luxer makes a panel that goes on the dome light.
Luxer1 PRODUCTS LED DOME LIGHT (http://www.brm21.com/US/index2.html)
The sell them at autobacs!

[sidewayz240]

Someone else do this and make a write up. I'm not electronically inclined enough to figure this shiet out myself without some sort of plans. Do it.

[fueled by hate]

Mine's not as bright but it's bright enough for me. I used 32 5 chip led's.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/giynmgs/Picture011-4.jpg

[OBEEWON]

work you usually get to move around

emt school, you sit down for a looong time




Not to mention that work doesn't assign anything.

School requires homework , reading, studying, etc. It's not easy work.




Both sound like my job. School was easier than work. Oh how I miss it. The chicks looked better too.

[ixfxi]

you guys are amateur.

i installed HID in my dome light. :)

[Brian]

you guys are amateur.

i installed HID in my dome light. :)

That's hot.

[NRogge]

man i think i might make one!

[bbejj123]

Someone else do this and make a write up. I'm not electronically inclined enough to figure this shiet out myself without some sort of plans. Do it.

i 2nd that help us out =) im trying to learn about it right now but i dont think im at this level yet haha

[ChicagoS14]

I have the LED dome light by Luxor, its some mad tyte JDM stuff:

LED Dome Light (http://www.leddomelight.com/)

But they are pretty pricey. I picked up both the dome and map light from some guy on Nico, it was a pretty decent price at the time. They are bright as hell and are very helpful at night when your in your car especially in bufu places without street lights. Anyways its basically a little board full of LEDs cut to fit in the location, it has two wires running to a little bulb shaped connector that plugs into the place of the normal bulb.

I was thinking it should be fairly cheap and easy to make. Ill have to try this writeup to see if it works on my S13.

[Anto]

you guys are amateur.

i installed HID in my dome light. :)


haha nice

superflux LEDs are good to use as well, like fueled by hate's domelight. not that much heat to deal with.


anyway, finalizing it now, I'm taking one emitter out for more practical use

[s13dan]

LOL thats great, i hate my dome light...
A how to would be great though!

[LA_phantom_240]

Looks a lot like my prototype dome light... it was blindingly bright... but I decided to get crazy and overdrive it and caught the board on fire. Whoops. lol.

[Anto]

added revamped pictures
whoop whoop

heatsink works well

[2fourDsx]

That's dope. When EMT class is done, start slanging them. EMT's only make $8 an hour. :eek3d:...it's a lot of work to make minimum wage these days!

[jim1234664]

cheeeeeeeeeeewbacca

[jim1234664]

That's dope. When EMT class is done, start slanging them. EMT's only make $8 an hour. :eek3d:...it's a lot of work to make minimum wage these days!

holy f and s... do you at least get like a bonus for how many stiffs you get or something?

[2fourDsx]

No bonus. There is overtime sometimes if a call runs over but it's only time and a half. $12 an hour bitches! Ha! Well EMT's only give oxygen and transport. But paramedics are the ones that save lives... and their pay usually starts at $10 an hour! I make about $16 an hour at my retail job now and my pay is going to be cut in half once I get my EMT on.
I can't wait. :barf: