Glow From Below

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sun May 18, 2003 5:02 pm

So after doing the LED headlights on my bitPimps Truck and keeping the glow from coming out from the underside of my body... now I want the exact opposite on another car.
I want the glow to come from the underside of the car only, and I'd like it to be rather even - I dont want a super bright spot from below on one end and have the glow just illuminate the rest - it'd look en-even I think.
So I started thinking on how I might do this and heres what I came up:
I'm gonna have to tint the windows regardless here so that's one thing. I can tint them black, chrome, etc. Now, skipping ahead to a fully painted body - we turn our attention to the last detail - the LEDs glowing from below.
I'm going to use the "Bare-Metal" foil tape that I'd use for mirror tinted windows and smoothly, and even tape the entire inside of the body. You can guess what that's for right? Yup, help the illumination spread, hopefully more evenly and with less loss on the intesity of the glow (insert the tech. term here for those who know it?). Now I'm going to use a tiny button cell to run these ho's off a little micro-switch - just like the bitPimps Truck. I'm thinking mounting these LEDs on top of the chassis, right in the middle, one LED facing front and the other face back.
What I'm hoping for here is that the light evenly distributes inside the body, the glow should only come out the bottom now as everything else has been covered or painted. I'm guessing what's going to happen here is the the front, rear, and sides of the car will glow brighter, as you go in towards the chassis, the glow will weaken. This is okay - this how it is on ricers - so with that - I'm hoping to achieve the same neon tube type glow on my bit.

I went for a test and bought the last LED small enough at RS and had them pick me out a nice button cell... nothing works. I'm looking and I got a 2 volt LED and a 1.5 volt button cell!

Let ya know if it works when I get some more working LEDs lol

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Sun May 18, 2003 5:25 pm

sounds great...I'll copy you when you perfect the process.

yea...most LED's are 3v...surprised you got a 2v.

you already know..put two in series if you got the room under the hood.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sun May 18, 2003 5:27 pm

you know - I was gonna try parallel so they'd both get the same amount of current.
am I gonna be all screwed up here doin it that way?

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Sun May 18, 2003 5:31 pm

2 qty 1.5v in parallel won't get you the voltage to lite the LEDs.

it will just last longer...(which won't be much, if it ain't lit)

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sun May 18, 2003 5:34 pm

ah ok - thanks man - I wasn't even thinking of that...
I pulled another "Munson" lol

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:19 am

i tried this once and really didnt get enough glow to make it cool.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Mon May 19, 2003 12:49 pm

well that sucks, the only other thing to do is get a bigger brighter bulb... 1 million candle-watt should do! lol

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Mon May 19, 2003 12:58 pm

I'm not much on lighta on a bit, but this is what I would do.. Paint the body black from underneath, and then give it a coat of silver.. This should keep the light from shining through the paint, and focus it out the bottom... Just my 0.02

silla

Buzzbait · Post by **Buzzbait** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:03 pm

You could use an LE chrome RX8 Zip Zap body. No light will get through the chrome, and you'll get a ton of reflection.

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:12 pm

never tried, so I'll ask..
I got a set of those tires...but I never tried them on.
Does that RX8 ride smooth with those sneakers on?
they seem like they would be bumpy.

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Mon May 19, 2003 8:00 pm

what do you want to know?

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Mon May 19, 2003 8:31 pm

Now that's some real glow. Now I gotta do that.

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Mon May 19, 2003 8:42 pm

Post by **CaboWabo** » Mon May 19, 2003 10:00 pm

whaa
I wanted to be first! lol

nice dude!
now if I could just find a place around here to get the LEDs from. RS = out (and they're poopy anyways) lol

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Tue May 20, 2003 5:49 am

CaboWabo wrote: whaa
I wanted to be first! lol

nice dude!
now if I could just find a place around here to get the LEDs from. RS = out (and they're poopy anyways) lol

just like a true kid, cry first, then speak.

if you want any LEDs, just let me (us) know.. I'm sure everyone in here is willing to search for yer.

If I remember right, CJ is a Trash80 Empy. Dude might be able to get a Empy discount.

-nox