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Post by E3lipse on Oct 13, 2006 18:14:34 GMT 7
Anyone can share how to make homemade light buckets?
I'm sure it will be useful to a number of us.
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Post by Touge Artist©® on Oct 13, 2006 18:44:52 GMT 7
Got a new shell today from auntie Winnie . She told me that you could make Light buckets Using The Extra Pieces Of Lexan From the Shell and Cut em into shape . Tape one side with Reinforced Aluminium tape And you have a light bucket . Thats what she told me .. I have the stuff . I'm experimenting on it though . ;D
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Post by E3lipse on Oct 13, 2006 20:59:24 GMT 7
All my lexan's straight, ill go try heating it up then bending
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Post by Rza on Oct 13, 2006 21:12:23 GMT 7
hmm thatll be diff...u know the tablet packaging?err like those panadol types rounded ovaled(<--hehe)... u can mix and match those if u have and use them as the buckets
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Post by (J.D) on Oct 14, 2006 1:52:13 GMT 7
Yea talking abt panadol packaging... Just came to my mind and I was thinking...Maybe something like the cap of 'po chai pill' bottle or 'wu ta san' (five pagoda brand) container (both chinese anti lao sai stuff)? The former might have to back it with black paint on the outside and silver on the inside cuz its plastic but the latter is already made of tin so maybe quite malleable so possible to shape into the kind of light bucket shape that u want? Haven't tried it though... Just a suggestion... Maybe someone wanna give it a try?
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 14, 2006 16:26:50 GMT 7
how to make the plastic cover as in the one that covers the light with the bucket? also panadol packing ar?
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Post by E3lipse on Oct 14, 2006 16:31:26 GMT 7
How about using aluminium foil
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 14, 2006 16:36:08 GMT 7
ha, i was talking about the front of the car part as in if its a real car it would be glass lol but u say aluminum is so it will reflect and make it brighter izzit lol
me and my stupid questions
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Post by E3lipse on Oct 14, 2006 16:39:14 GMT 7
And form the shape, then tape it into place.
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 14, 2006 16:54:09 GMT 7
where to buy the original light buckets .because i go yokomo website onli got 3 diffrent types, wonder where the other car's light buckets are sold. as in the proper one not DIY lol
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Post by E3lipse on Oct 14, 2006 16:56:24 GMT 7
Anything yokomo that you want to ask or buy, you can PM Bryant
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 14, 2006 18:31:42 GMT 7
does any one know where i can buy veri bright led lights?
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Post by Rza on Oct 14, 2006 18:44:49 GMT 7
bro..this site..is willing to help out every member..but not sthingy feed...know it your self, look through the internet..there is alot of information out there..look upon the threads in the forum..a lot of useful stuff in here..anything u wana buy from abc or yokomo PM bryant..he's the man to look for..when you really don't know..that is the point of time to ask around..and that is where the member help out each other...
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Post by Rza on Oct 14, 2006 18:47:47 GMT 7
just use normal LED with high powered batteries and it won't blow(i guess) coz its a DIODE..that will help..you don't need it so bright that it will light up ur room don't you..
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Post by E3lipse on Oct 14, 2006 19:17:58 GMT 7
Sim Lim. I'm not sure myself. Go to this coming tuesday's drift meet and ask those who's car have lights. That is if you're going. Don't ask the one with Kei Office silvia. He doesn't know.
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Post by dirtnitro73 on Oct 14, 2006 21:54:01 GMT 7
winnie have a set of DIY led light set, two white LED , two red LED and a flashing multi colour light. check the price with her.
I think she still have two set left.
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 16, 2006 10:45:58 GMT 7
bro..this site..is willing to help out every member..but not sthingy feed...know it your self, look through the internet..there is alot of information out there..look upon the threads in the forum..a lot of useful stuff in here..anything u wana buy from abc or yokomo PM bryant..he's the man to look for..when you really don't know..that is the point of time to ask around..and that is where the member help out each other... yo, i`m just asking to see what others have to say about where i can get the brightest, i know internet can get. just wanna get ppl's opinion. thanks anyway
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Post by Touge Artist©® on Oct 16, 2006 10:51:44 GMT 7
Auntie Winnie's DIY Light Set Is $38 cos got six diff lights .
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Post by [R]ome on Oct 16, 2006 11:20:13 GMT 7
cool thanks
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Post by PARANOIA on Oct 16, 2006 14:34:47 GMT 7
Brighter LED = more expensive. Try simlim tower.
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Post by EMErSoN83 on Oct 17, 2006 6:47:21 GMT 7
auntie winnie have the 9v 6 LED light (2 white 2 red 2 running light)
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Post by dirtnitro73 on Oct 17, 2006 9:44:00 GMT 7
auntie winnie is the super bright LED, so i think quite worth it
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Post by Kido Seishirou on Oct 17, 2006 11:23:16 GMT 7
For home made light buckets, there r ton of ways u can do it since is DIY. Some of u guys had listed quite a gd ways, like using waste lexan from shells, using containers etc. Even if u lazy to find the ways, just drill holes n place yr light kit n wa lar!! done.. Just remember, hard work always pays off. Do a gd job, yr shell will be outstanding from others. For LEDs, is totally depend on yrself. Can go to any electronics shop or Sim Lim Tower, many different types of LEDs u can choose from. Overall, is wat u wan to put onto yr kit to let it bling bling shine shine
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Post by ap on Jan 29, 2007 21:33:50 GMT 7
conti all pro light bucket ppl please post your ;D ;D ;Dways~!!~
i mean DIY
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Post by qks57 on Jan 29, 2007 21:50:59 GMT 7
DIY light kits..well,there're ultra bright LEDs available at bout 3+ per piece at Sim Lim tower,compared to those normal ones which sell at bout 60-80 cents per piece.but they're bright till can light up ur whole room.tat's how bright they are.for light buckets,i tried using aluminium foil on the panadol cap thing,works nice but difficult to make it stay in place.but be sure to make the aluminium as crumpled as possible,and make sure the shiny side of the aluminium faces the LED.it can shoot out a super bright stream of reflected light.works wonders.=D
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Post by qks57 on Jan 30, 2007 22:35:38 GMT 7
got a tip from my fren,he said he used po chai pill bottle to make his lights.get the transparent plastic bottle,half it using an abrafile which can be bought from any hardware store easily.use the 1 which is the bottom of the bottle,dig a hole,spray chrome and u get a light bucket.as for the upper part with 2 open ends,he sprayed it chrome too,and smoked it and used it to make his own DIY exhaust.sounds nice eh?=D
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Post by (J.D) on Jan 31, 2007 14:49:55 GMT 7
Yup like wad I did in the EG6... Still keeping the bottle itself for future exhausts... Some shots of the hand-made light buckets... Spot which r the Po Chai caps and which are the 5 Pagoda caps! Reasons y i use caps instead of the bottle are firstly, there's no need to cut, secondly, its softer and easier to ream... Front buckets
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Post by Firemind on Jan 31, 2007 20:32:15 GMT 7
top floor of sim lim tower.. gt this cramp shop.. sells ultra bright leds at $5 for 10 pieces.. gt other colours... price may vary.. i gt him to help me solder the stuff together... only costed $8.. just take a look at my nuke nsx.. gt 4 white leds on it..
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Post by ap on Feb 1, 2007 22:22:37 GMT 7
Yup like wad I did in the EG6... Still keeping the bottle itself for future exhausts... Some shots of the hand-made light buckets... Spot which r the Po Chai caps and which are the 5 Pagoda caps! Reasons y i use caps instead of the bottle are firstly, there's no need to cut, secondly, its softer and easier to ream... Front buckets errrr soooo for the Po Chai caps youuuu just make a hole at the top and just put the light in?? what is Pagoda and 5 where? i dont know chinese machine things
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Post by (J.D) on Feb 2, 2007 16:21:27 GMT 7
Hmmm chinese machine...? Heh... 5 Pagoda powder is another type of anti-diarrhoea chinese medicine, the container's made of tin i think... Can be found at chinese medicine halls...
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