I know there is a Japanese company, Hannsamuobu, that custom made LED tail light for RX-8 as pictured. Is there other company or individual makes LED tail light for our cars??

i've only seen rotary rasp do a set here on the forums but never of a company

i really like the look of the stock tail light and the one pictured is really ugly IMO

I am working on my set right now, that rasp actually sent me the parts. If you have a lot of time on your hands you should be able to do it yourself, but as he said and I will admit too, it is very laborous. He has helped me out a lot on the wiring but there is still a lot to it.

I have emailed feint lighting (www.feintlighting.com) about making some, I told them that I am sure there would be lots of interest here. That was a couple weeks ago, and I haven't heard back from them though.

It would help if more people went to their website and requested RX-8 LED Taillights. Come on people, let's all bug them to make some!

I have emailed feint lighting (www.feintlighting.com) about making some, I told them that I am sure there would be lots of interest here. That was a couple weeks ago, and I haven't heard back from them though.

It would help if more people went to their website and requested RX-8 LED Taillights. Come on people, let's all bug them to make some!

just sent them aN email also...

just sent them aN email also...

Sweet, thanks 2tone. The more emails they get from us, the more likely they are to produce something.

I told them I also have an idea for the design tell me what you think:

Instead of just following the circular shape of the taillight, I thought it would be cool to do a rotary shape inside the circle, like an upside-down triangle.

What do ya'll think? Sweet right?

Sweet, thanks 2tone. The more emails they get from us, the more likely they are to produce something.

I told them I also have an idea for the design tell me what you think:

Instead of just following the circular shape of the taillight, I thought it would be cool to do a rotary shape inside the circle, like an upside-down triangle.

What do ya'll think? Sweet right?

definitely SOUNDS sweeet - just hope they can make it look as cool as it would seem!

just sent them aN email also...

I just sent an email to help the cause also. I figure if enough of us write, then they can't ignore us forever. Help the cause.

i've only seen custom sets

I have spoke to Michael Mamos at www.clearcorners.com last year, I have to get him a set of OEM tail light and clear front corner light for R&D. I am all the way in Hong Kong and a little hassle to send them all the way over. Also, it won't be cheap and will need 2-3 months to complete.

I've only seen Rasp's customer lights. Tail lights in the first post are kinnda ugly...

that taillight looks nasty. there have been custom taillights made by some aftermarket bodykit companies. i forget their names though. and they were very pricy.

Ok, I came up with a rough design. Please excuse my weak paint skills, just trying to give a basic view of th design I'm thinking of:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/2133000-2133999/2133036_12_full.jpg

What do ya'll think?

we have enough triangles and rotory emblems on our car, but thats a widely challenged opinion.

I say the taillights should follow the oem look, a thick red ring of LEDs for the break lights, bright white bars for the reverse lights, and maybe a sweet seqeuntial* yellow bar for the turn signals. LEDs would be brighter and better for a smoked out taillight mod.

OH yeah, side note, Laguna Seca GT racing on the speed channel right now, gotta go watch pretty RX-8s whoop some ass...

^^ agreed, i think that the 8 has alot of shapes already, to add more will be too crowded. Im kinda beginning to dislike my rear lights as well as I think people may think i switched them out to those, I may just do a red out tail light film on them.

how about those spiderlites? They could imitate the triangle theme without hitting you over the head with another rotary shape. But a little pricey for bulbs...

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=100937&d=1180401722

ALTAG and Kris,

I am starting to agree with you both. Putting the rotary shape in there might be too much. Just sticking with a circular shape for the LEDs would probably look better.


Anybody heard back from Feint Lighting?

[QUOTE=eug;1899269]how about those spiderlites? They could imitate the triangle theme without hitting you over the head with another rotary shape. But a little pricey for bulbs...[QUOTE]

I am considering those as well, but are they bright enough??

+1 for sexy Kenstyle rear end. -1 for having it say Kenstyle on the bumper.

holy shit what a nice ass, love the quad exhaust!

Mazda really cheaped out by not putting LEDs in the brake lights originally. The 3rd brake light should definitely have been LED.

I like the plan circular shape.

e-mail sent. just to help, i'm fine w/mine. unless this brand comes out with a badass looking tail light.

the Hannsamuobu one is ugly

Mazda really cheaped out by not putting LEDs in the brake lights originally. The 3rd brake light should definitely have been LED.

There are already LED conversion for 3rd brake lite ! Its even brighter than the stock coz there are 64 cluster of LEDs in it ! It not a DIY version rather a purposeful circuit board version too!

Will try to post pic with it later the day! I got it for US$85 !

It really gives the 8 an updated look !

Zavhan, where did you get the LED 3rd brake light?? I would love to get it too!

From my local garage " Monster garage"

It cost US$85 wif install !

Here is how it looks w/o illumination, hav seen some fella tint the 3rd brake light cover with the LED in it, n they look damn cool !

That's cool zavhan, how much if I buy it in Singapore without installation as I will be there in July... works well for you?

From my local garage " Monster garage"

It cost US$85 wif install !

Can I have their email address?

That's cool zavhan, how much if I buy it in Singapore without installation as I will be there in July... works well for you?

If u buy it off shelf should be about Singapore dollars $100 there about. You may PM me when u comin over to Singapore, I can be ur directory then !

Can I have their email address?

You may contact them thru monsterg@singnet.com.sg

Thanks zavhan, I will remember to do that.... and take your offer to ride on your 8.. ;-)

From my local garage " Monster garage"

It cost US$85 wif install !

looks cool, can you post more pics of the full car rear view? thanks.

You may contact them thru monsterg@singnet.com.sg

Thanks mate! I will contact them accordingly!

any website of monster garage?

Will post pics soon, i dun tink monster website shows tis item.


looks cool, can you post more pics of the full car rear view? thanks.

I thought i'd pop my head in here....

I think these look the best: ;)

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/driversrear.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/brakes.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/DSCF0404.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/DSCN2853.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/DSCN2956.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/rx8rasp/DSCN2952.jpg

Your nite shot is it for real or u selected a mode to exploit the leds ? From the look of your 3rd brake lite, a single row canot possibly giv that margin of intensity.

juz curious ! :crazy:

just sent feintlighting an email. hopefully they'll get the ball rolling on this.

Your nite shot is it for real or u selected a mode to exploit the leds ? From the look of your 3rd brake lite, a single row canot possibly giv that margin of intensity.

juz curious ! :crazy:

no, that's about how intense they are.... however, it was a 1 second exposure if I remember correctly.

They are 70ma superflux leds. Extremely bright!

Maybe jedi or deedubb can vouch for their brightness.

fyi, I had a set of these lights for sale... all three of them

no one seem to be interested and I had a hell of a time selling them.

Everyone was expecting them to cost like 80 bucks or some crazy low number like that. The truth is that you're not going to get them made for under 500 bucks including the housings. No one wants to spend that on a set of tail lights.

I don't even want to mention what I ended up selling mine for.


also, I had a few places quote me on some one off led retros for the tail lights before I made my own. Price ranged from 800-1000 bucks.

oh, one last thing....

our lights are plastic fused together, so it is very unlikely that any company is going to want to sell retros because the light cannot be opened and resealed.

duck gardens kits taillights:

http://www.ducks-garden.co.jp/sIMG_4375-21.jpg

no, that's about how intense they are.... however, it was a 1 second exposure if I remember correctly.

They are 70ma superflux leds. Extremely bright!

Maybe jedi or deedubb can vouch for their brightness.

They are BRIGHT AS HELL.

Can you show more photos of different angles... Is it yours? :rolleyes:

duck gardens kits taillights:

http://www.ducks-garden.co.jp/sIMG_4375-21.jpg

Can you show more photos of different angles... Is it yours? :rolleyes:

nope not me

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=117689&highlight=garden

Interesting... thank you... ;-)

any update?

how about those spiderlites? They could imitate the triangle theme without hitting you over the head with another rotary shape. But a little pricey for bulbs...

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=100937&d=1180401722





Yo is this the KS style body kit?? do you have other pictures of it?? i'm thinking about getting it for my 8.

type59 is selling a set!

I know there is a Japanese company, Hannsamuobu, that custom made LED tail light for RX-8 as pictured. Is there other company or individual makes LED tail light for our cars??

ewww thats the nasty

hey eug how the hell did u get the bulbs to match up on both sides?!?!?!?!

in case any of you are new enough to have missed this: http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/

yours for only $2100 a set

http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/r_full1/MT0_02.jpg
http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/r_full1/reverse01.jpg

they also have some nice headlights for $1800/set

Good luck for them to sell these at those prices.
I wonder how many customers have they got :D:

since they don't even have a picture of a set on a RX8 on their own website.. i'd say zero

I really like the look of those LEDs set.. I think i'd rather fork over the money and bake the headlights and add LEDs myself though. yeezh.

What about a set of taillights, LED or otherwise with a red lens? the only thing i don't like about our lights are the clear 'altezza' lenses.

Personally I think the generic refractive lens look makes them extremely cheap and tacky.

Personally I think the generic refractive lens look makes them extremely cheap and tacky.

Agreed! I could slap a circuit board with LEDs behind a generic piece of textured plastic for much less than that. For $2000 I want a chromed plastic housing with each LED in it's separate little reflector bowl like any OEM LED housing would have.

in case any of you are new enough to have missed this: http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/

yours for only $2100 a set

http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/r_full1/MT0_02.jpg
http://www.clearcorners.com/products/mazda/se/r_full1/reverse01.jpg

they also have some nice headlights for $1800/set

Hi guys

Long time we have not been on this forum. We received some emails linking us to this thread, so I wanted to chime in and answer some questions.


Good luck for them to sell these at those prices.
I wonder how many customers have they got :D:
since they don't even have a picture of a set on a RX8 on their own website.. i'd say zero

Our company is not volume-based. For the past decade we have specialized in building-up OEM factory housings to customer specifications. Unfortunately, all of our RX-8 customers have been based out of the US and were unable to provide us with photos. If our customers were local, we would gladly post before and after pics. A perfect example would be our NSX tail light upgrade which shows side-by-side contrast:
http://clearcorners.com/products/acura/nsx1/comp01/comp_park1.jpg

More pics after the jump:
http://clearcorners.com/products/acura/nsx1/comp01/


I really like the look of those LEDs set.. I think i'd rather fork over the money and bake the headlights and add LEDs myself though. yeezh.

No shame in that. If you're inclined to do your own work, by all means have at it. We're a business with over 10 years experience in one thing: light building. We stand behind anything we build, warranty and all. Everything from water entry to LED failure.


What about a set of taillights, LED or otherwise with a red lens? the only thing i don't like about our lights are the clear 'altezza' lenses.

We've built translucent red tail lights for the current body Impreza, here is an example:

http://clearcorners.com/products/subaru/impreza3/r_full1/red_image05.jpg
More pics after the jump:
http://clearcorners.com/products/subaru/impreza3/r_full1/

A translucent red tail light is not really an option with the RX8 because of the reverse light location. The reverse light would need to be relocated, possibly the rear fog light location w/ custom lens work. Feel free to contact us if this is something you guys are seriously interested in.


Personally I think the generic refractive lens look makes them extremely cheap and tacky.

Agreed! I could slap a circuit board with LEDs behind a generic piece of textured plastic for much less than that. For $2000 I want a chromed plastic housing with each LED in it's separate little reflector bowl like any OEM LED housing would have.

Fair enough. However, keep in mind that what you two are referring to involves completely re-engineering the RX8 tail light from the ground up. This means creating a completely new design and then investing in injection molding. Based on volume on cost, the only realistic way of having this done would be in overseas which means quality will typically suffer. You'll need to produce thousands, not including the additional costs should you decide to use high quality LED components. All of this takes lots of time and money. Keep in mind that our RX8 lights have been out for years now. To-date there really havent been many other options, mass-produced or custom. Expensive or not, we're proud to have been the first to offer high quality, highly detailed lighting products for the RX8.

I see no point wasting time and resources to create these lights from a company ClearCorners! They are nice, but not as exotic to giving the space a price of $ 2,100. The changes you made do not justify the price!
I doubt that you sold and one set! You just looking for quick and easy win! I do not like these companies!

Forgive me for spelling, I hope understand me.

^ agreed. I would be interested if it wasn't just a fluorescent light diffuser stuck in the light with a few LEDs. Not worth $2100.

For $2100, you need to build it from the ground-up and offer something quite spectacular. For this, it needs to be in the 3-digits before anyone will consider it.

I mean, RotaryRasp did an amazing job on his LED tails and those were selling for what... $500-$600?

edit....

nvm

how about those spiderlites? They could imitate the triangle theme without hitting you over the head with another rotary shape. But a little pricey for bulbs...

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=100937&d=1180401722


I have missed something because my lights are not like that, these are like hob burners... love them where can i get them? If you dont know what i mean im speaking about that ring, mine is rather a light?

I have missed something because my lights are not like that, these are like hob burners... love them where can i get them? If you dont know what i mean im speaking about that ring, mine is rather a light?

It's a reflector ring. If you take a pic with the flash it will look like that too.

Well now i feel stupid... haha! But i like those led things in the middle, where do those sets come from?

I don't know where he got the three arm bulb, but V-LEDS makes a 7 arm that is much brighter:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Brake-Light-LED/Red-LED/V-LEDS-RED-V-STAR-M-SMT-p6472892-1-2.html

I don't know where he got the three arm bulb, but V-LEDS makes a 7 arm that is much brighter:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/Brake-Light-LED/Red-LED/V-LEDS-RED-V-STAR-M-SMT-p6472892-1-2.html




Sold outz !!!! :wallbash:

Is there anyone on this board that would be willing to do this for around $600 or thereabouts? I've been looking to buy LED lights for a while but I don't have 2gs for the clearcorners option. If it's under $1000 I'd at least be willing to have a conversation about trying to get it done. PM me if you know anyone that can handle this.

Did this bulb slide right in or did you have to cut a bigger opening?

how about those spiderlites? They could imitate the triangle theme without hitting you over the head with another rotary shape. But a little pricey for bulbs...

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=100937&d=1180401722

It slides right in, just like the similar one with 7 blades... but if you happen to accidentally drop it into the light, it'll be a pain to get it out :)

Cool, I am planning on getting a set. :yesnod:

It slides right in, just like the similar one with 7 blades... but if you happen to accidentally drop it into the light, it'll be a pain to get it out :)

Nice Bump... So still no LEDs huhz.... Sad...

Can you give me a link and part number, so I can order a set?

It slides right in, just like the similar one with 7 blades... but if you happen to accidentally drop it into the light, it'll be a pain to get it out :)

http://www.v-leds.com/v-leds-red-v-star-m-smt-tail-brake-light-bulbs-7443-7440.html

Thanks for the link but I was looking for the tri-version like the white RX-8 posted my previous link.

http://www.v-leds.com/v-leds-red-v-star-m-smt-tail-brake-light-bulbs-7443-7440.html

Do a web search for "7443 spider led" - you'll find those, several vendors sell them. No idea how good / bad they are.

Ifound what I was looking for. Thanks! I can not wait to get them.

Do a web search for "7443 spider led" - you'll find those, several vendors sell them. No idea how good / bad they are.

Ifound what I was looking for. Thanks! I can not wait to get them.


Link? :aroused:

Here is the clicky.

http://www.ledlight.com/t20-wedge-spider-led-light.aspx

I'm curios anyone have pic of the 6 arm version lit up in their car?

Link? :aroused:

I've had the 3 bar spiders in my tails close to a year and no real issues, they swivel so you have to align them initially but I think they are an improvement compared to a bulb

Here is the clicky.

http://www.ledlight.com/t20-wedge-spider-led-light.aspx

I'm curios anyone have pic of the 6 arm version lit up in their car?



God bless ya mate!

I have the 6 arm version in mine... i had to modify the rear hole so all the arms could fit it when folded. They look really good, fill up the whole red area. Ill post a pic when i get the chance

So to install the 3 arm bulb do you need to install loads resistors as well to stop any dead bulb warnings? Does the RX8 even have this sort of warning system?