LED install

[jayson_waltz]

hey i found these LED's on Oznium & i was wondering about u guys saying to sand down the tip or something on LED's. Would that be nessacery for these and if it would be, how far do u u sand? I know how install stuff good and everything but when it comes to LED's, i get confused. Thanx!
http://www.oznium.com/prewired-leds

[Eh_nigma]

Hey, how's it going. Sanding them down - usually until the top is flat - allows for a nice diffusion of light.

[cherrington17]

Yes, you would still need to sand those. as nigma said, it spreads the light. the only thing w/ those particular ones, is they have the 12v resistor already wired inline for you.

personally, i'd save money and hit up ebay for your desired color. Then a site like http://www.opamp-electronics.com/~opamp/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_27_57
for resistors. That'd be the cheapest way to go.

[Satsuriku]

when i got my leds from ebay, the resistors came with it

but ya, eh_nigma is right, if you want an even spreading of light, sand'em down with a dremel or something. when the tips arent sanded down, you'll have bit dots of light hitting the surface and WILL look like crap lol

[cavaliers60]

I sanded mine down... Looks great! Epsecially for what I did with them...

put orange ones in the side mirrors like so:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/car008.jpg


and put some blue LEDs in the fog lights which have since been removed due to water leaking in the fog lights:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/project023.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/project024.jpg


This is just to give you an idea of what it looks like with sanded LEDs.

[jayson_waltz]

Thanks for the responses. I was actually looking at eBay after i posted this and found 50 LED's with 50 resistors for the same price i could get 10 prewired from oznium. the only thing i am wondering now is how to solder the resistor on. Am i right in thnking that u just solder 1 onto the positive prong on the LED?

[tomije87]

That is correct. Not difficult, you'll just get lots of burns...

[Satsuriku]

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14683

some of that should help

[jayson_waltz]

thought that is how it was done but figured i shold make sure b4 i f something up. I had forgot about that how-to, probably should have looked at that first. Thanx!

[Satsuriku]

il make making a better how-to on how to do basic soldering since thats the issue people have been running into lately