D.I.Y. LED Peg signals
I'm looking to buy some LED's to do the same. The LED's used on your bikes, what is the Luminocity of them? It should be some number with MCD following it. Also, do you know what the viewable angle of the LED's are? It should be on the package.
I've found some 60,000 mcd (which is very bright) yellow LED's on e-bay but the viewable angle is only like 15*. Just curious if you know how bright they are, and if they can be seen well during the day from behind/to the side. Thanks!!
I've found some 60,000 mcd (which is very bright) yellow LED's on e-bay but the viewable angle is only like 15*. Just curious if you know how bright they are, and if they can be seen well during the day from behind/to the side. Thanks!!
15000mcd seems super bright. thats like yea. .. really bright. i have some 3000mcd 3mm yellows in my pegs that i put on about a month ago. they are plenty bright enough for people to see. i drilled 5 holes on each side and after wiring it up i used rtv to seal the peg from water getting to the wiring. holds up fine
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I'm looking to buy some LED's to do the same. The LED's used on your bikes, what is the Luminocity of them? It should be some number with MCD following it. Also, do you know what the viewable angle of the LED's are? It should be on the package.
I've found some 60,000 mcd (which is very bright) yellow LED's on e-bay but the viewable angle is only like 15*. Just curious if you know how bright they are, and if they can be seen well during the day from behind/to the side. Thanks!!
I'm looking to buy some LED's to do the same. The LED's used on your bikes, what is the Luminocity of them? It should be some number with MCD following it. Also, do you know what the viewable angle of the LED's are? It should be on the package.
I've found some 60,000 mcd (which is very bright) yellow LED's on e-bay but the viewable angle is only like 15*. Just curious if you know how bright they are, and if they can be seen well during the day from behind/to the side. Thanks!!
Just got them done a couple minutes ago and thought i might post the results. Great mod for $25 bucks. And they look beautiful at night. I just hope i dont get pulled over cause i went with the Blue ones.
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I had some yellow LED's laying around in the tool box so I figured why not give this a try? Well those bulbs were kinda old and the leads couldn't take to bending and twisting so needless to say, I had to scrap those yellow LED's and go out and buy some more... much to my sha-grin Auto Zone and Advance Auto don't carry yellow LED's so I went with red - to match my Electropod kit. I ended up wiring them as turn signals after much thought of making them running lights. Unfortunately the exhaust canister blocks much of the light on the right side, but it still looks good.
At any rate, I think Advance Auto has a better selection of accent lighting - at least they do in the Saginaw stores. I got 4 bulbs for $8.88 - pretty much what you would pay on the internet/eBay. As far as the drill bit size goes, that all depends on how snug of a fit you want. I actually experimented with a couple different sizes before I found the one I wanted. If you accidentally drill too large of a hole, you can make up for it with the epoxy... but don't get too careless with the drilling.
At any rate, I think Advance Auto has a better selection of accent lighting - at least they do in the Saginaw stores. I got 4 bulbs for $8.88 - pretty much what you would pay on the internet/eBay. As far as the drill bit size goes, that all depends on how snug of a fit you want. I actually experimented with a couple different sizes before I found the one I wanted. If you accidentally drill too large of a hole, you can make up for it with the epoxy... but don't get too careless with the drilling.


