Noz Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Making a thread for this, because it's turning into such a big project. I've been working on bits for a while, just not posting much. Time for a new product. Lights; pre-facelift tatty resprayed internally. Objective; Delined, Abflug inserts, q45 infiniti unit, fog light side light halo Electronic system; Will be wiring so bumper mounted LED side light and halo will both dim when indicator signals. Much like the new Audi / Range Rover series. I will do this with timing crystals and simple relays. I will more than likely use the Arduino circuit board which uses nice and friendly C language for programming. Just set up some digital inputs from the 12v indicator feed, then a delay once it's cancelled. I think I need to take the lense back, I got a bit excited to polish now I need to take it back. Didn't remove all the scratches. Got myself a nice 3" pneumatic polisher too. Takes the hard work out of it. Using an electric sander for the rough work, but it doesn't get into the edges. Not sure how that'll work. I will be opening up the main beam unit for the q45 and then blending it into the lense. The q45 unit is a dipped beam only, so I may remove the beam reflector out of the dipped beam to make this the main beam as I don't want to lose that feature. Here's some initial photos of my progress. Properly internally cleaned unit vs how it arrived, rough! Edited March 21, 2016 by Noz (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Here's an image of what the q45 unit looks like in a supra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraP-Z Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Ive been looking at the auto dimming in regards to the DRL's too. Are those CCFL rings for the Halo's? Look awesome. Got to say, im not a fan of those Q45 units though. Seen it done before, just not my cup of tea - can appreciate all the work thats gone into it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 No idea what the halo unit will be mate. Haven't got them yet, only spec'ed the sizes. The Q45 is definitely a different taste, just thought I'd try and stand out as I'm going OEM style front end. How have you done with the dimming circuit? Found any examples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin smith Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Looking like a great project, where do you get all the parts from. Hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks mate. I bought the Q45 units off eBay. For mega bucks. Got the inserts super cheap (because require huge amount of work) and the rest of the items in making myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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