"pontiac" lit up in plexi and blue led's

[magyver]

so im startin to get obsesses w/ led's and plexi... so i did this today, printed out PONTIAC on my computer, put some masking tape on the plexi, used an exacto and cut out the letters through the paper and the tape, peeled the tape back, sanded the open plexi, peeled the rest of it off so PONTIAC was all that was skuffed in the plexi, then put in a dado into a piece of wood so the plexi could sit in there then of course put some blue led's into the bottom of it to light the beotch up.. i think it looks sexy above my comp.. but i think im gonna incorporate a similular design into a custom lexan box/amp rack... not sure yet.. anyway, im happy w/ the results.. what do you think?

[magyver]

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[magyver]

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sheot, i guess i didnt clean the plexi, its all finger printed... oops.. anywyas... last one...

[VanishingImage]

thats crazy man......Might as well put in the arrowheads on either side of PONTIAC.Looks awesome man!

[Peyman]

haha that is sweet...and ur desktop is PIMP

[Chain]

That looks very nice.

[GrandAm95]

wow u should make more and sell them

[TheNewLMHDesign]

If you guys really want to, I can do more stuff like this if you guys want it, and if he doesnt want to waste the hours doing this. I have a machine at my work that does the exact same thing, so if you want, I can take orders (no money down) and do as many as you guys want. As far as the plexi is concerned, count me in, but that LED part looks like something magyver would have to do.

[magyver]

thanks guys, yeah, this took almost an hour... its realy rather simple, just takes a little time..

so you have an etcher? cause i would love a front end pict of my ride to be etched... that would be the sheot, along w/ the "driving excitment" logo that they used to have on the bottom.. that would be the bomb biggity...

[Silver99SE]

You are the LED master LOL! You really should go the the "How To" section and post EVERYTHING you know. I'd love to LED the interior of my car.

[tenspeed]

Good job, Magyver. A bead blaster or sand blaster could take the place of sanding and maybe keep the edges of the letters sharp. I use our bead blaster to put a uniform finish on aluminum pieces I make.

[magyver]

^ aint got no

[95GAinFLA]

Originally posted by Silver99SE
You are the LED master LOL! You really should go the the "How To" section and post EVERYTHING you know. I'd love to LED the interior of my car.

i agree, i have 'plans' of yellow led'ing my car out..but ide rather have instructions..please?

[beckybun]

Originally posted by VanishingImage
thats crazy man......Might as well put in the arrowheads on either side of PONTIAC.Looks awesome man!

That's what I was thinking. It looks awesome and you did a great job. I'd love to see one w/ an arrowhead incorporated :)

[JHuck]

That is sweet. I'd love to have something like that in my room...or car

[jds_truck]

looks good

[magyver]

ok, so this week i'll do one w/ an arrowhead... and we'll see how it looks

[Trancer]

Looks bad ass... And I thought I was a nutjob with LEDs in my Lowered S-10

[TheNewLMHDesign]

Will draw up some CAD stuff and bring it to work this week to test out. I'll post pics soon.

[highflyer]

magyver....what intensity are those LEDs?

[magyver]

1000mcd i believe

[highflyer]

you sure? 1000 not very bright at all.....but it looks awesome, so whatever works.....

[magyver]

1000 is hella bright... and yes, i am sure... dont doubt my LEDness

[VanishingImage]

:lol: He only uses the brightess,comon people!

[whitefang]

hey macguyver where did you get that blue console piece from i want to do my inside with silver and carbon fiber and wanted to customize the console piece to match the theme

[highflyer]

I'm not doubting your LEDness, but I know that my 7000 and 8000mcd LEDs are hella brighter than your hella bright 1000's. But your LEDs are awesome BTW, no doubt - I have respect for your work, I've done a lot of the same to my car....

[Merlyn]

I have some 5k mcds in my 3rd brakelight.... don't seem all that bright to me...............

[magyver]

mcd is a measure, just cause you buy 5K mcd dosent mean your getting all that, i know i have 12K white ones and they are not much brighter then the alleged 5K... dont let the mcd value fool you... and you cant realy judge unless there side by side, every camera is differnt, and what not.. plus, i sand all my led's to help w/ dissapation...

[mthegodfather]

Very sweet lookin work dude.

[Merlyn]

Originally posted by magyver
plus, i sand all my led's to help w/ dissapation...

you know, I never thought of that......

[Azrael]

You also have to take an LED's viewing angle into account with brightness. A 10,000mcd LED at 15 degrees is actually outputting the same overall light as a 5,000mcd LED at 30 degrees.

But back on topic...awesome work. How thick is the plexi you used?