LED lights on Tail gate....

[GLTHFJ60]

Cool white versus warm white:

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/blog/colour-difference-between-warm-and-cool-white-on-leds

Dimming with LEDs is apparently most easily achieved via PWM ( pulse width modulation ). It involves a microcontroller that rapidly switches the LED on and off ( above 200hz so the human eye can't detect the flicker ) for varying amounts of time, to decrease the effective duty cycle of the light, therefore dimming it.

http://www.digikey.com/us/en/techzone/lighting/resources/articles/how-to-dim-an-led.html

http://www.reuk.co.uk/LED-Dimmer-Circuit.htm

PWMs are available through places like Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/LED-PWM-Dimme...e=UTF8&qid=1346029017&sr=1-6&keywords=pwm+led


Very cool! Thanks for showing us these lights MaNu!!

 

[MANUCHAO]

Johnny, I dont know anything about dimming LED's..
Best bet would be to contact the seller, Im sure they could answer your question.

There is no bugs here in SoCal....... smog took care of that...

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Manu, got mine today. Shipping was fast. These things are build nicely...

Liked the cool white regardless of rating. Great find THANKS!

J

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Johnny, I dont know anything about dimming LED's..
Best bet would be to contact the seller, Im sure they could answer your question.

Thanks for the suggestion! Based on the reading I've done, I think this idea will work, so instead of emailing the seller, I just bought one of these dual channel PWMs in addition to two cool white LED floods:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ES64MK/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M2C_SC_dp_3

We'll see how it works out!

 

[djawahir]

Frank, you stole my idea. It's nice to see how bright they are after installation...

Before you steal another LED idea of mine, I just want the forum to know that I have an LED inside my Tuffy that lets me see all the way down to the bottom of that thing...and it's on a push button setup like a fridge light...another cool way to light up your 60 life.

Cheers!

 

[MANUCHAO]

Dylan... pics plz.. or it never happened....!!!

 

[cruiserpilot]

Frank, you stole my idea. It's nice to see how bright they are after installation...

Before you steal another LED idea of mine, I just want the forum to know that I have an LED inside my Tuffy that lets me see all the way down to the bottom of that thing...and it's on a push button setup like a fridge light...another cool way to light up your 60 life.

Cheers!

I'd like to see how you did that, with pics and part numbers! Please

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Here's a page link to the LEDs

http://www.oznium.com/high-intensity-led-floodlight

J

 

[jfnall]

Anybody got pics of these lights mounted in a bumper? Getting ready to mount a couple a s wanted to see some first.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Anybody got pics of these lights mounted in a bumper? Getting ready to mount a couple a s wanted to see some first.

Try scrolling up. There's a pic of one mounted in a Pathfinder's bumper.

 

[jfnall]

I did see that Nissan. I was hoping to get some more pics than just the one

 

[MANUCHAO]

Honestly.. I dont think you will be disappointed with these lights...
The best part of the lights for this particular application is that they are water proof and with a flood/spot pattern you would get plenty of light.....
Hopefully Jerry aka 1967 TLC, will post pics of these lights as he stated he wanted some more light when backing up...

 

[jfnall]

I got 2 cool white and 2 warm white. Not sure which would be best for the bumper install. I'm building one of a Fourrunners bumpers. The ends have a bit of an angle which would shed some light to the sides if I mount them on the angled piece. Will have have to be inset like the pathfinder above shows so they dont get smacked Jane broken. Would be nice to see what type of bracketing is built to mount these in that flush position.

 

[ashack2004]

Awesome Mod! I see me doing this in the future!

 

[jfnall]

MANUCHAO - the way you have these mounted in the rear hatch panels, what size hole did you drill? If I were to mount these in the bumper inset, could I get by with a 3/4" hole to let light through or do I need to have the full 1-1/8" housing all exposed?

I'm gonna have to make some spacers or brackets so the housings set back off the inside of the bumper, putting the edge of the light flush or just inset of the bumper. Any ideas from you on this?

 

[MANUCHAO]

I drilled a 1¼" hole.
I think you could get away with a 1" hole n put a rubber spacer...
shouldn't be too hard to do...
I did use machine screws/nuts that fit the hole on the LED housing..

 

[ntsqd]

I noticed how hot the page says they get, be thinking about cooling and hot housing contact how-ever you mount them.

 

[Cruzerman]

Is there enough room behind the hatch panels to recess the lights flush? I can see those lights getting banged up when I go camping. Firewood or other hard objects would nail those.

I too am wondering if these can be flush mounted or if there is another solution that would allow for flush mounting?

 

[jfnall]

Here is what I decided to do. Flush mounted. I wanted it to be stronger than the tiny mount holes. And wanted it to be easy to replace the lights if needed.

Used a 1-1/8" metal hole saw. Then used a burr and a file to get it to 1-3/16". 1.25" would work with a tad more gap showing.

Tapped the holes in the plate welded to the bumper. So the light is just sandwiched between the plates.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Here is what I decided to do. Flush mounted. I wanted it to be stronger than the tiny mount holes. And wanted it to be easy to replace the lights if needed.

Used a 1-1/8" metal hole saw. Then used a burr and a file to get it to 1-3/16". 1.25" would work with a tad more gap showing.

Tapped the holes in the plate welded to the bumper. So the light is just sandwiched between the plates.

That's a hell of a good way to mount the lights man, good work