What a trooper. Makes a video about something and then doesn't even use it! Thanks again Smeedia. Now I have knowledge for something I never thought I would ever try 🤙🏻

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Figured it would be. Waste to not at least get the video out to help others. Trying to find any good diy video on these is wild. Nothing out there 🥲

Such a good tutorial. I thought the same when looking at the illumasethic videos

Going back to your roots of building taillights and headlights!

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Yesssssir, LEDs a bit different 😅

That’s a bummer you didn’t like the leds. I can confirm, I personally enjoyed the hell outta this video! Thank you homie. 🤙🏼

Coming in for the watch and +1 for Smeedia totally being a resource for me in rebuilding my Subaru. What a journey it’s been

Maaaan i wish i could show pics in the comments 😅 i am currently building a set of 1 of 1 fb rx7 tails for a customer! The prototype went amazing!! I will be recording the build this weekend

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I’ll keep an eye out for that to pop Up 👀🔥

Thank you for this, I was considering building LED taillights for my FD myself in the future. Saving this for reference later for sure!

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Anytime! There were no good videos walking through how to build these 😅

I completely rewired my old SRT-4 in 2004 with blue LED's. I'm talking every bulb in the HVAC controls and dash. It looked so good, but was a pain. This is a good straightforward tutorial for noobs. I would have used red wire for the red and yellow wire for the yellows. Green or black for the ground is fine.

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Hoping it helps anyone who’s doing this for the first time. Definitely a small learning curve with this 😅

@BushidoPhoto

10 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia You did great! I wish I had a helpful resource back in those days.

Thanks for the tutorial on building led lights! I've been thinking of doing this for a while on my old benzo because the tail lights output is weak. When you first mentioned to use a sharpie I thought you were going to say uh a pen preferably a sharpie it really doesn't matter the color um black blue green yellow purple silver cyan. But you didn't and I laughed anyways.

Very solid guide. I'm not a fan of individual LEDs style either. I'd much rather have the diffused look, but that's also more modern than it sounds like you're going for.

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Little bit, maybe once the car gets more put together it might looks better with newer style tails 😅

Love that you took the time to go through all of this and were honest about not really loving the final result. I don’t think they look too bad, especially since it was all diy, but I agree, a more OEM look just works better for a classic like this.

Kudos on the diligent work, sir. Even if all for naught. I don't know if you're old enough to remember, but those boards look just like Lite-Brite, from back in the day. Honestly, I'm glad you're not going to use them. OE for the win. 👍🤘💯

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

lol my grandparents had a lite brite, I thought the same thing 😂😅

Spun a bearing today ( rod knock after getting on the car) so atleast I get a Smeedia vid to be happy about and it's one I'm interested in ❤❤

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

Keep me posted on what Subaru says 😮‍💨🙏

@followtheornghat

9 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia they open soon and imma call and have the car towed up. Hope they take my warranty or imma be scrounging 😅😂

dead serious, learned more from you than anyone else on subies. even if its something i dont plan on doing myself. can atleast help my friends do stuff and seem like i know something lmao

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Glad that I can be of assistance 🫡🥳 never know, I never planned on doing this until now 😅

A cheap Amazon soldering iron works but if you want an easy time with it 1000000% get a pinecil. They are around 20 dollars and run off of a DC barrel plug or USB C. Makes the job much easier with the adjustability.

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Curious about this magical device now 😅

I actually like those… but definitely something darker. Almost black in the light(with them off). That’s a detail that sets the car off… very critical that you get it right for yourself.

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Definitely needs something else, I like these but not feeling em😅

Amazing video!!! I dont care for that style. There are a few that look way better on the car. I personally prefer an led board over oem. But i am also very picky about car styling. Oem looks great on the right type of clean build. And this is definently one of those builds!

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Totally agree, factory 99 spec tails are the move for this thing 🔥 the LED board looked too modern 😅

Yeah, I got a flashback to you making $$ off custom headlights back in the earlier days. Miss the old garage, too

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Used to knock those headlights out daily 😅

I really appreciate this viddy. Pushing me over the edge of doing my fxt lights.

Great tutorial, I’ve been wanting to make infinity taillights out of some stock 1st gen BRZ taillights I have sitting around.

Professor smeedia and class in session, always a great day went I see a new upload

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

🫡🫡🫡

@Scndwave503

10 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia appreciate the reply 🤙🏼

Tanner really raid “nah I’ll make my own I ain’t paying a stack for tails.”

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I refuse to pay thousands for them 😅

That’s badass!!!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

Tail lights are pretty groovy. Nice job.

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🫡 they look great but too modern looking for the car 😅

I do wonder if you would have liked the "c design" over the "ring design" for that outer bit to look a bit less light a viper. There's also the non-diffusion version too like what TJ Hunt has on his. However it's hard to beat the OG 99 spec which is what I did on my FD too.

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I’ve seen the full board versions too and on some cars they look so good, maybe it’s just because the cars not fully done. I don’t have anything to compare them against yet

Please please please keep these on the car! They look amazing🔥🔥🔥

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I might build a diff set but these ain’t it 😅

@heftygainz

10 күн бұрын

They look horrible lol. The leds aren't even consistently spaced and look ghetto. So glad he's not using them

@losdc5185

10 күн бұрын

@@heftygainz lol I didn’t think they looked that bad tbh. But honestly once he said someone called them dodge viper tail lights. I couldn’t unsee it😂

I'm liking this👍🏽

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

🫡🫡🫡🫡

been wanting to do this myself on my z.. Good stuff!

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Hope it helps 🥳

@Billy_Built

10 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia unfortunately no DIY kits for the Z32 chassis.. So it's going to turn into some heavy DIY stuff lol

Great how to.

I like it. Looks good.

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

They don’t look bad but they definitely don’t fit the era of the car 😅

@wazza_za7873

9 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia true but id leave them on and do a side by side comparison and have a vote.

hear me out. imagine a whole light bar. they made it look as one, attached to break light might as well make it a function. i think it will look great

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

That might make it look a bit more cohesive 👀

Sorry for the previous crappy drunk post I did last night LOL. Keep up the great helpful content for your peeps. You did mislead me about the engine swap though and I am still bitter about it..... Whatevs though, Ill get over it eventually. LOL

Have you looked into infinity tail lights? Honestly the one you built don't look bad but they are a little bit dim keep up the good work dude

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

Totally agree, the infinity lights look super good on certain cars 🚗

Dang! you shouldve bought the sequential module as well, so that your signals can have a trailing effect and what

What hi can t says bros ,u no what u doing man keep going 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🫡🫡 great job🎉

I work at an electronics company .. seems like this could be made up with surface mount LEDs much easier

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

Definitely would have made it easier 😅

Yeah honestly they'd look better if there was some type of light diffuser keeping the amber together and red together. Kind of like the surrounding border. Looks weird on a mid 90's car

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Agreed, if the LEDs had some diffusion I think they’d look a lot more fluid 😮‍💨

good video brought me back to my college days for electronics courses. if you were going to use those there is a Transistor that i was going to suggest that sets a delay for the Trun Signal that does a sequential animation for the lights. you would just put it inline at the power lead before it hits the Group of Lights and also connect it to ground. Black Bulls Raised on Yellow Grass Bring Very Good Wadges B B R O Y G B V G W.

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

That would have been a cool little addition to add into them. I saw some modules that work for the sequential stuff. Soldering into those boards is was more difficult than I thought it would be 😅

When are we seeing more of the 2J 😩

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

After the FD, don’t have space to have two projects happening at once 🙏

When is the Subaru 2jz engine build videos coming? 😁

Hey Tanner, when are the dad hats coming back? I need a new one. Also, any giveaway's planned? lol

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

After the RX7 series I have a drop coming with a built engine give away 🫡

that is going to look sick on the rx7, is it going to be the switchback kind for blinkers, or just normal like my car which uses amber for blinkers?

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

These just had normal blinkers, can definitely wire up switchbacks though 🙌

I spent today putting in what I thought was a good motor only to find out it's got rod knock from a blown turbo, tomorrow I get to find out where the oil consumption on my partially built motor is from. I swear I love subaru's too much sometimes

I like the taillights. Just my opinion no hate.

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

They don’t look bad but they look kinda cheap 🥲

I think they look good , but do what you feel is best for the build

Ah, they do look like Viper tail lights haha!

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

I can’t unsee it 😅

@joshchaides

9 күн бұрын

@@Smeedia they already look similar too haha

What are your thoughts on the Katana V1 LED Tail Lights?

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I low key like those, but I gotta see em in person 😅

What is the wattage rating on the resistors?

At around 11 mins or so you cut the leds down and attach them to make the bridge and you say you connect one negative to one positove? Did you mean negative to negative and positive to positive or was that on purpose..? Just a little confused as ive daisy chained gauges together and i always connected all the grounds together and 12v powers together.

Do headlights now please

Hear me out.. what if I just send you some that I want to do and pay you..? I really want some Hawkeye custom taillights

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

I can build you a set 👌

You wanna know what would’ve been so much easier and so much better looking and fitting of the car, some 99 spec tails…

pless

I’m honestly not used to too much rice but I think those tail lights actually make the RX7 seem to make it look like more of a new car. But if you are going for OEM+ like everyone else that has already done and is not original then regular tail lights are the way to go

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

They have full LED Boards which I think might look better. But that diffuser ring just looks tacky to me 😅

@gdizzle8265

10 күн бұрын

If it looks better than the OEM ones then that’s cool. The stock ones are boring especially if it’s going to be a SEMA car

Wow so its just a cnc cut piece of white acrylic painted black in a pattern with some leds and they charge $300 for it

I don't think I have ever seen these DIY style lights ever look good. They always just look cheap and tacky to me compared to OEM.

Looks like Christmas tree lights😂😂. Just me sorry

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

It’s a lite bright 😂

@jandkwhite6459

10 күн бұрын

@@SmeediaTHATS IT!!! Nostalgia 100%

So glad you didn’t go with those. Never liked them. 99 spec is definitely the way to go!

Thay looks so tacky and cheap 😢

@Smeedia

9 күн бұрын

I thought the same, they reminded me of cheap spec D tail lights

@9:50 it looked like the cathode went into your finger 😱

@Smeedia

10 күн бұрын

Magic!

@MonkellD

10 күн бұрын

I had to watch it again and I still almost fainted 😵‍💫