Hey guys,

Lately ive been getting pulled over a lot, but its only for my taillight tint, now keep in mind that they are only 35% which is not dark and you can see the light shine through no problem (or at least i can) and i still wanted to keep the tinted taillight look.

anyway... i saw a newer nissan altima coupe and it had LED taillights and i though damn that would look sharp on a crossfire!

so i went to autozone and picked up red LED light strips, they came with (2) 15in led strips with the LEDs mounted on the side of the adhesive tape/wire stuff, so i took out my taillights and spliced them into my taillight wires and then tucked them neatly into the space between the taillight and the body panel and you can not see them one bit when they are off (no wires, stripping or adhesive) but when I turned on the taillights, WOW! they were incredibly bright

total cost : $21.68 after sales tax and i installed them in literally 10 minutes!



tell me what you think, i know the pic isnt the best but you get the idea, i had to take pic on my phone


-Jason

 

Real unique. Like the idea. Can u see the strip during the day though?

 

nope, thats the best part i tucked them in far enough where you cant see the strips at all

 

o.O Jason! LOL I have been searching the internet day and night to find out how I could get the "audi" style led's for my headlights and tail lights, (stupid me didnt post here lol) I am not an expert at electricity or anything, so im afraid to install them LOL, splicing just sounds hard! eh D: It would be cool if someone *wink wink* could make a tutorial on how to do this, would be great! all the tutorials I see online are for other cars, I need for XF! ^_^ looks great though!

 

Emutz,
thanks for the complement brother, lol ill make a DIY tutorial when i can get a hold of my dads camera, its alot easier than it sounds

-Jason

 

PLEASE DO A TUT LOL, that would help Majorly, I dont want to go into autozone and ask for them to install it for me LOL, also do you have any interior led lighting?

-Jarrett

 

no interior lights but i may just put LED light bars under the dash on both driver and passenger side just for mood lighting, still wanna try and keep it tasteful

-Jason

 

yeah thats what I wanted only under the dash, I wanted red lol, blue might turn everything purple!

-Jarrett

 

Hey that looks very cool, do you forsee them coming unglued?

 

I have a way to do the audi headlights with out slicing wires. I did it on my car but got rid of them after my car crash. Massage me if interested. Thanks

 

green ghost,
the adhesive is actually very strong and the strips are somewhat thick so they are in a way "pinched" between the lens and the body panel, i think they will stay put but there's only one way to find out!

-Jason

 

I put these on my motorcycle mirrors so that when the turn signal is on everybody sees it flashing bright red even in the daylight. Works like a charm.As soon as they go on I see cars backing off. We're very civil here. LOL! Mounted them on the inside of the mirror cavity and they're clear when off, can hardly notice them.. Now I'm tossing around ideas where they go on the Cross. Looks really good!!!! I was thinking of mounting some in white behind the grill for that look

 

Mdaniels4,

thats a good idea im debating whether or not too put them there or in the lower grills like the mercedes and porsche have

-Jason

 

I like the idea that you put the LED lights in back after tinting the other ones. I'm not a big fan of tinted lights at all. At night they are mostly still visible, it's during the daytime that the real problems occur which is they can't be seen well in the bright sun light. Also during times of fog they are not as visible. Yours with the adding of the LED's seems to have solved that problem well. Good Luck!

 

i'm interested ...but i'm not going to " massage" you.

 

A better picture would be great.

 

ve wondered if you could put these strips behind the side mirror glass so at night when you turn on the blinker they would cause the void behind the mirror to glow. Might be to bright if you used the whole strip though

 

im sure it shouldnt be too hard to do, even if you wanted to put just 3 inch strip of LED's there,

even if it is bright im sure it wouldnt be unbearable for the minute or so max the blinker is on..

-Jason

 

I was thnking of this mirror mod too but wondering if it would be distracting when driving? Anyone tried it?

Nice tail light mod by the way - I'm doing that one next.

 

Not a big modifier, buut I REALLY like this. Tutorial for the electronically challenged would be awesome!