Pictures of parts in situ please!I've bolted on a few mods over the years.
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My Whispbar rails arrive today. Finally, no more sticking the bike in the trunk. Going to pickup a Yakima Frontloader from REI after I install the Whispbar rails.
I've spent a few hours over the last couple days working on my EFI conversion, making good progress. I'd be able to fire it up tomorrow if the Throttle body wasn't damaged in shipping. I leave on a work trip on Saturday, so it'll be another 4 weeks or so until I get it running.
Throttle body and TFI distributor mounted up:
Wiring harness run through the firewall and zip tied up:
I have a couple wires in the loop to connect, the rest get clipped off and tucked away.
Tomorrow I'll start pulling the stock exhaust to replace it with an aftermarket from the manifolds back. I'll also mount the new ignition could and connect the few wires left. Once those things are done, it'll be ready to fire up once I get the replacement throttle body.
Throttle body and TFI distributor mounted up:
Wiring harness run through the firewall and zip tied up:
I have a couple wires in the loop to connect, the rest get clipped off and tucked away.
Tomorrow I'll start pulling the stock exhaust to replace it with an aftermarket from the manifolds back. I'll also mount the new ignition could and connect the few wires left. Once those things are done, it'll be ready to fire up once I get the replacement throttle body.
W3W (194) bulbs are around 25/35 lumens. W5W (168) bulbs are around 50 lumens. Those LED retrofit lamps may be dim.
Ok I have done quite a bit of mods to my cars.
Daewoo:
LED Side Marker Lights
LED Switchbacks
LED Gauges
LED Plate Lights
Pictures:
LED Plate lights. Bought 4 of these they are super bright.
Front side Marker LEDs
Rear side Marker LEDs
LED Tail Lights SUPER BRIGHT!!! Advertised as 3X brighter than Incandescents and it really is!
Switchback Turnsignal/DRLs (The DRL part will be wired up soon.
IN ACTION:
Switchback LEDs:
LED Tails (This was BEFORE the LED Plate lights arrived):
LED Rear Side Marker:
LED Gauge Lighting:
BEFORE:
AFTER: 
While I was in there I removed the Air Bag light that has been a pain in the ass annoying me for 5 years!
IMPALA:
COMPLETE INTERIOR LED Conversion:
LED Reverse Lights Take 1:
Too dim in daytime, Need brighter LEDs. These are only 1W Projector LED T10s.
LED Plate light upgrade:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Daewoo:
LED Side Marker Lights
LED Switchbacks
LED Gauges
LED Plate Lights
Pictures:
LED Plate lights. Bought 4 of these they are super bright.
Front side Marker LEDs
Rear side Marker LEDs
LED Tail Lights SUPER BRIGHT!!! Advertised as 3X brighter than Incandescents and it really is!
Switchback Turnsignal/DRLs (The DRL part will be wired up soon.
IN ACTION:
Switchback LEDs:
LED Tails (This was BEFORE the LED Plate lights arrived):
LED Rear Side Marker:
LED Gauge Lighting:
BEFORE:
AFTER: While I was in there I removed the Air Bag light that has been a pain in the ass annoying me for 5 years!
IMPALA:
COMPLETE INTERIOR LED Conversion:
LED Reverse Lights Take 1:
Too dim in daytime, Need brighter LEDs. These are only 1W Projector LED T10s.
LED Plate light upgrade:
BEFORE:
What a colossal waste of money. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
That must be the most badass Daewoo in Minnesota. Probably the only one but the most badass none the less.
Congratulations. You ruined the safety performance of all of your vehicle's lighting equipment. Now you have a higher risk of getting into an accident, and if you do, you'll be at fault when they find that you have illegally tampered with your lighting equipment. Good luck trying to get insurance companies to cover you.
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He doesn't believe in insurance ... air bags, functional brakes, DOT compliant lighting ... focused photos ...
Ok I have done quite a bit of mods to my cars.
Daewoo:
LED Side Marker Lights
LED Switchbacks
LED Gauges
LED Plate Lights
Pictures:
LED Plate lights. Bought 4 of these they are super bright.
Front side Marker LEDs
Rear side Marker LEDs
LED Tail Lights SUPER BRIGHT!!! Advertised as 3X brighter than Incandescents and it really is!
Switchback Turnsignal/DRLs (The DRL part will be wired up soon.
IN ACTION:
Switchback LEDs:
LED Tails (This was BEFORE the LED Plate lights arrived):
LED Rear Side Marker:
LED Gauge Lighting:
BEFORE: View attachment 575878AFTER: View attachment 575879
While I was in there I removed the Air Bag light that has been a pain in the ass annoying me for 5 years!
IMPALA:
COMPLETE INTERIOR LED Conversion:
LED Reverse Lights Take 1:
Too dim in daytime, Need brighter LEDs. These are only 1W Projector LED T10s.
LED Plate light upgrade:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
So this is where you've been for the past couple weeks? I can't say your pictures reveal much and I can't say I find purple some lights attractive or practical, but if you like it, great! It seems like the brighter license plate light will just make it easier for cops to ID you. Then again, how many Daewoo are there?
It doesn't matter as long as you don't get caught. He's never been in an accident before therefore will never be in one. He's too good of a driver anyways.
Or laws.
No, it does matter. Higher chance of accidents = higher chance of death. Like he said, his brake lights only appear half of what they used to be. And those rear side marker lights he got are extremely dim. Those are just standard 10mm epoxy-cased leds on plastic bases. They only emit around 5 lumens.
The turn-signal lights which he said were really bright will probably cause glare. How would you like to be behind someone with a very bright turn signal flashing in your face?
And those dimmer lights may reduce visibility of his vehicle.
The lighting equipment on a vehicle are safety equipment and your life depends on them. You should not tamper with them.
But of course, it's his car and his life, and also his responsibility if a death occurs because of his lights, so if he wants them, that's his choice.
That statement is ridiculous and obviously not true... *facepalm*
Oy Vey... You thought I was serious?! No, no, no. Silly Poiihy.
I am merely using Matt's previous arguments against you.
*Edit: For a moment I contemplated going along with the facetious argument. I should have...
Huh?
Well, My mom likes purple, and since this was the Second time ive had to replace the lights, I figured, replace them with Purple LEDs. Gives the car a blacklight effect pretty cool actually.
It's the only Daewoo badged Daewoo with complete LED conversion.
Why?
How Am I at high risk? The Switchback LEDs in the front are brighter than the headlights, The LED Brake/Tail Lights are 3X brighter in BOTH modes as it was with Incandescents. The LED plate lights appear to be 2 to 3 times brighter as well. Visability increased not reduced.
BTW, I already HAVE full coverage insurance on the car anyway.
DOT doesn't actually "Approve" of any lighting. The brakes were fixed months ago. And about th photo's I said before, don't view the full size of them. You can see the photos just fine at the resized size.
1st one has 2 parts:
1. Why would cops need to ID me? I've never been pulled over, cops do not put traffic as a priority here. They are too short-staffed, and all of their time goes to calls.
2. These is lots of daewoos out there. Sure, most are rebadged, but I see Lanos' from time to time and have spotted a few Laganza's or Nubira's through the years. The Lanos' I have seen several of them just this year.
and the second part:
1: What laws? I have increased my visability and hence my safety with these LEDs. I have done plently of research into this and even consulfted POLICE OFFICERS on a LEO Message forum.
1. I never said that. I specifically stated that the LED Tails are 3X BRIGHTER. the picture show them in tail light mode. They are 3X brigher than an 1157 bulb on tail light (dim) mode, and 3X brighter than an 1157 in Brake (Bright) mode. You can see these are on in direct sunlight, you can't see tail lights on in direct sunlight on an incandesecnt bulb.
2. The rear turn signals are actally relitivally dim. Perfect at night or low-light conditions, I am still trying to find the right kind of LEDs for the turn signals.
3. The only "Dim" lights are the LEDs in the rear side markers. They are visable at night bu not in the day. The front marker LEDs are atleast 2X brighter if not just as bright.
The flicker LEDs have are not even noticabe unless you want to blind yourself by staring directly at them to see the flicker. The plate lights were a buck a pair, they die, who cares, It's a buck.
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Just a thought here but couldn't taillights that are 3x brighter blind or confuse other drivers? If your tail lights are as bright as brake lights, then other drivers might think your brakes are on.
Well, they have to fall within the tolerances of what the DOT and NHTSA finds acceptable. If you are upgrading things like the turn signals, taillights, and brake lights of your car and the brightness is substantially different, then you're probably braking the law. That is why there are only a few brands of "DOT approved" LED light that maintain the same tolerances of regular bulbs. As long as your bulbs are SAE and DOT approved, then you're fine.
The problem with most cheap LED lights is an inappropriate color temperature an beam pattern.
The bright point is where the Projector lens on the LED projects light on the tail light lens, the surrounding area is brighrer than an Incandescent, but not near as bright as the brake lights. the brake light side of the LED is brighter than the brake light of a bulb. The LEDs are Brilliant Red, so the light is REDDER than that of a bulb. It's a red lens, the light coming out will be RED regardless, otherwise red bulbs would be used, not clear ones. The light will be RED regardless if a Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Amber or White LED is used.
Even a mentally retarded person can tell the difference between a tail light and a brake light.
Third Brake light's still on a Incandescent because I have not found a good enough LED yet. The Third Brake light looks orange in colour compared to the now brilliant red LED tails/brake
Evidently not.
The "Brilliant Red", is that the same color as your shifter?
Excuse my snarkiness, it's been a long day.
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The only external LEDs on my car(in fact, I think the only LEDs, since all the internal displays are VFD) are in the top-mount brake light. I haven't looked in a while, but I think it's just an array of bare red-colored LEDs. It's a lot more "red" than the incandescent tail lamps.
Briilant Red is the colour of the light output advertised. My Switchback LEDs in the front are only 50 Lumans White, 40 Lumans amber, and they are brigher than my 1000 Lumen 9007/H4 headlights.Evidently not.
The "Brilliant Red", is that the same color as your shifter?
Excuse my snarkiness, it's been a long day.
So are my Red Tail Light LEDs. In fact, I think my LED Taillight bulbs are even redder than the LED 3rd brake light on the impala.
I got my EFI swap running today. Here is a very short clip:
It took so long because I went on a 3-week work trip. i ended up having to do headers in addition to the rest of the exhaust. I still have a few small things to fix up, but for now it's running great.
It took so long because I went on a 3-week work trip. i ended up having to do headers in addition to the rest of the exhaust. I still have a few small things to fix up, but for now it's running great.