Aurion LED mirror mod Finished!

[Defyant]

Vic left me his old black mirrors to play with.

Was going to just add some rows of amber LEDs on the outside but thanks to Pete and Thomas i'll add some puddle lights and sexy arrow behind the mirror.

that will be the first mod making and installing the mirror arrow

Ive gone for a single row arrow

Will tidy this up later

Plenty of room for the board

:)

Quik little youtube vid

Edited April 16, 2012 by Defyant

[Audio115]

Wow dude they look awesome! Been looking at a lot of your mods lately with jealous eyes!

[flipsta24]

looking good luke! looks even better in person! was good to meet you aswell :)

[Defyant]

Wow dude they look awesome! Been looking at a lot of your mods lately with jealous eyes!

Thanks Jordan cheers mate :D

looking good luke! looks even better in person! was good to meet you aswell :)

Thanks Charlie you too mate, Your car kinda blew me away! i love it from front to rear and everything inside.

[bigVAN]

Vic left me his old black mirrors to play with.

Was going to just add some rows of amber LEDs on the outside but thanks to Pete and Thomas i'll add some puddle lights and sexy arrow behind the mirror.

that will be the first mod making and installing the mirror arrow

Ive gone for a single row arrow

Will tidy this up later

Plenty of room for the board

:)

Quik little youtube vid

mate sllooww down , i cant compete with that LOL .

my challenge is gonna be delayed for a month or so, work hours being cut back :(

[dutchie101]

Luke, youve done me proud! :D Ha Haaa!

looks great bud!!

[Defyant]

Cheers Van :) but soz no slowing down mate :)

Cheers Pete :) played around with the "winker" part today, i'm keen to maybe grab a coupla those relays you linked, but from what i can work out they are 90bux au each? and im not sure if i need one or 2 relays to do both mirrors?

Thomas found a ebay seller that sells the complete blinker unit so i may end up just going for that :)

This is just Vic's old busted blinker, so no harm ripping it apart for a test,

First vid shows prolly how i'll run these, as basic flash.

But hooking a relay allows some fancier strobes.

[bigVAN]

But hooking a relay allows some fancier strobes.

me like me like .

so the relay makes that effect ?

[Defyant]

Cheers Van ,Yep that one has a switchable strobes, about 8 diff effects, the one that you see is just the first default effect. That's the one you see when it is first powered up.

I'm not too keen on it tbh. But that can be fixed with another relay.

Thomas's linky :)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Corolla-2008-2011-LED-mirror-cover-turn-light-lamp-/110764435656?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item19ca1328c8&clk_rvr_id=329661084035

Edited April 4, 2012 by Defyant

[Defyant]

One side done and installed :D

I ended up going with a different design, one that's very to to repeat for the other side and for others.

Anyways it's a few extra pics now soz but i'm sure everyone can see the benefits of doing it this way :D

This time i used some clear plex as the new internal mount. Very easy to cut heat and bend to the correct shape.

This time rather than spending ages making a LED panel, i'll use a amber LED strip, cut it in half and add some new wires to make a double row of lights.

These strips cost 5bux cheaper online if you buy bulk.

Once i solder wires on heat shrink it up it looks like just the factory one :D

Thanks to them already being 3M taped it's just a matter of sticking them onto the back board.

To finish it of and make the unit look neat and also helps to hold the strips in place i'm adding some black heat shrink to the ends.

A little notch is added for the wires to fold neatly round to the back

The finished unit, much much simpler than and hour of soldering LEDs to a board.

[Defyant]

Next a quiky test and seal the unit back up again.

The new assembly just snaps into the old blinker housing

the cutout is cleaned up and hot glued back into place

Wire back in the Mirror blinker

Edited April 16, 2012 by Defyant

[Defyant]

Out to the car for a test!!!

Snap the cover back on and shes DONE :D

The dark internal now matches the front lights :D

And testing the mirror blinker!

Really happy with this mod, cant wait till till tonight for a test run in the dark .

Cupla clips

[bigVAN]

very nice work mate !! what are those 2 red buttons next to the steering wheel , your nos ? LOL

anyways, the devil eyes, are they on continously when driving ? or do they blink when alarm is active ?

[Adamsy]

SWEEETT TOP STUFF you have done well there, it's come up awesome as!

[Cee-Lo]

To sum my thoughts up in one word, awesome!

How do you get the led's to shine through the mirror glass? is it one way glass or something like that?

[(mr2)]

It looks awesome, nice work.

[Defyant]

SWEEETT TOP STUFF you have done well there, it's come up awesome as!

Cheers mate ty :D Not quiet factory but fills the weekends in nicely :D

To sum my thoughts up in one word, awesome!

How do you get the led's to shine through the mirror glass? is it one way glass or something like that?

Yer, there is a little square section inside thats left as oneway, all you have to do is put light behind.

From the looks of it, there would be a factory module that just clips in.

It looks awesome, nice work.

Cheers Mate tyvm :D