Who makes LED Tail Light for RX-8?
 

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!

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?

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

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...36_12_full.jpg

What do ya'll think?

I just dont agree
 

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...

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...7&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

LED third brake lite
 

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?

Can I have their email address?

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 !

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.. ;-)

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

Thanks mate! I will contact them accordingly!

any website of monster garage?

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

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

I think these look the best: ;)

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...riversrear.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...asp/brakes.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/DSCF0404.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/DSCN2853.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/DSCN2956.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/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.

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

They are BRIGHT AS HELL.

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

nope not me

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ghlight=garden

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

any update?