laser1972

After seeing some members do their license plate lights, i decided to do something similar. I bought some Clear Casting Resin (plastic) at a craft store for $10.00. I had to buy the hardener also ($5.00). I took the plugs out, and then mixed the resin about 2 inches thick , then poured the mixture into the plug opening. Then placed the LED's (2 5MM' Blue LEDs from Oznium) into the mold and let it set for the night. Then i installed them in the morning... Here are some pics.... Took about an hour total, most of which was soldering the LED's etc.. Another tip was to use a 9V battery attached to 2 wires to test the LED's before setting them in plastic. They work great, no heat issues or anything..

Pretty easy to do and the end result looks great, not too bright, but bright enough to see the plate. I was going to do the Rear View mirror lights, but found out they are much different from the 2001 Vette from SpldKilz's site. Mine is a 99 Vette and didnt have any LED's in there, just (2) 212-2 bulbs, easy enough, i ordered 2 of the Blue LED ones from ebay for $13.00 total so no more soldering for me for awhile...

Z06-JIM

Nice job! Looks !

ben dover

I like it - good idea

Zilla

Looks good

EHS

WOW -- what a lot of effort.

0EG@EnglandGreen

Schweeetttt!!!

EG

Stock Man

Great stuff. DIY'ers rock!!

CUlookin

looks good man!! I originally did mine with the 2 white LED's but switched it up to 3 white LED's because it wasn't bright enough...

(unpainted)

laser1972

Right now, (2) 5mm Leds seem to work just right. If i need to add another one, doesn't seem to be a big deal, i am sure i can push one into the resin. Its not hard plastic, but more of a molded plastic...

Thanks to everyone for the comments, it wasn't alot of work, and my soldering problems (problem being i am not very good) caused to project to be an hour or so. If your a pro, i am sure you can do it in less than 45 minutes ...

Total cost with LED's about $20.00 or so.. I love the cheap Mods

Izover4u

Thats looks That would match my HIDs From where did you buy your parts... how did u do that?

Thanks

TruUndrtkr

looks cool

Fast one

Another way to do this is to use a thin piece of clear plastic as a mold bottom shaped as a rectangle large enough to overlap the mounting holes in the car. Use aluminum tape around the sides of the plastic so that there is at least a 1/2" wall. Place the leds, resistors, any circuit board and wire ends so they will all be inside the 1/2"+ deep cube then the pour in clear cast to cover it all. When the resin has cured just peel away the aluminum tape; place the cube in the car and drill thru using the car mounting holes. Two long 4-40 or 6-32 SS machine screws with nuts secure the cube to the car. A connector can be made using the old bulb by breaking the glass and attaching the led wires to the bulb wires with silver epoxy then normal epoxy to cover that. If you ever want to go back to the old lamps it's easy. There is plenty of room to make the led cube thicker; the important thing is to cover all the leds, etc. with something to keep out moisture. It only takes a few weeks for water to ruin exposed leads or wires.

srsjuju

very COOL I like it

MrWhan

Vetteman Jack

Nice job on the lights. I like the way they look.

Sportsdude

Nice job I went with led bulb replacement instead. Not too good at soldering.