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How To Build illumaesthetic Tail Lights (Actual DIY Tutorial) 

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There are almost NO good videos on how to build these tail lights. So I figured I would show you guys how to build a set of illumaesthetic at home. We will be building a Set for my Mazda RX7. I promise it is not as intimidating as you might think it is when you get these DIY Kits. once you get into the swing of things it goes pretty smoothly. I did make a wire diagram you can reference @20:45 But I would suggest watching the entire video so you can understand what I am referring to on the diagram. Hope this helps!
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@d2a5e32
@d2a5e32 14 дней назад
That’s a bummer you didn’t like the leds. I can confirm, I personally enjoyed the hell outta this video! Thank you homie. 🤙🏼
@CruelUnknown
@CruelUnknown 21 день назад
What a trooper. Makes a video about something and then doesn't even use it! Thanks again Smeedia. Now I have knowledge for something I never thought I would ever try 🤙🏻
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Figured it would be. Waste to not at least get the video out to help others. Trying to find any good diy video on these is wild. Nothing out there 🥲
@BrownGravy23
@BrownGravy23 20 дней назад
Coming in for the watch and +1 for Smeedia totally being a resource for me in rebuilding my Subaru. What a journey it’s been
@88Frank
@88Frank 19 дней назад
Such a good tutorial. I thought the same when looking at the illumasethic videos
@adamandrews2528
@adamandrews2528 20 дней назад
I really appreciate this viddy. Pushing me over the edge of doing my fxt lights.
@Thechaoscrusadors
@Thechaoscrusadors 21 день назад
Maaaan i wish i could show pics in the comments 😅 i am currently building a set of 1 of 1 fb rx7 tails for a customer! The prototype went amazing!! I will be recording the build this weekend
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I’ll keep an eye out for that to pop Up 👀🔥
@surrrithux
@surrrithux 21 день назад
Thank you for this, I was considering building LED taillights for my FD myself in the future. Saving this for reference later for sure!
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Anytime! There were no good videos walking through how to build these 😅
@BushidoPhoto
@BushidoPhoto 21 день назад
I completely rewired my old SRT-4 in 2004 with blue LED's. I'm talking every bulb in the HVAC controls and dash. It looked so good, but was a pain. This is a good straightforward tutorial for noobs. I would have used red wire for the red and yellow wire for the yellows. Green or black for the ground is fine.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Hoping it helps anyone who’s doing this for the first time. Definitely a small learning curve with this 😅
@BushidoPhoto
@BushidoPhoto 21 день назад
@@Smeedia You did great! I wish I had a helpful resource back in those days.
@theleviathan282
@theleviathan282 21 день назад
Going back to your roots of building taillights and headlights!
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Yesssssir, LEDs a bit different 😅
@ratfarmers
@ratfarmers 19 дней назад
Thanks for the tutorial on building led lights! I've been thinking of doing this for a while on my old benzo because the tail lights output is weak. When you first mentioned to use a sharpie I thought you were going to say uh a pen preferably a sharpie it really doesn't matter the color um black blue green yellow purple silver cyan. But you didn't and I laughed anyways.
@micahgunnell
@micahgunnell 20 дней назад
Love that you took the time to go through all of this and were honest about not really loving the final result. I don’t think they look too bad, especially since it was all diy, but I agree, a more OEM look just works better for a classic like this.
@followtheornghat
@followtheornghat 21 день назад
Spun a bearing today ( rod knock after getting on the car) so atleast I get a Smeedia vid to be happy about and it's one I'm interested in ❤❤
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
Keep me posted on what Subaru says 😮‍💨🙏
@followtheornghat
@followtheornghat 20 дней назад
@@Smeedia they open soon and imma call and have the car towed up. Hope they take my warranty or imma be scrounging 😅😂
@TheChromeCannon
@TheChromeCannon 21 день назад
dead serious, learned more from you than anyone else on subies. even if its something i dont plan on doing myself. can atleast help my friends do stuff and seem like i know something lmao
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Glad that I can be of assistance 🫡🥳 never know, I never planned on doing this until now 😅
@foxunfocused
@foxunfocused 21 день назад
Very solid guide. I'm not a fan of individual LEDs style either. I'd much rather have the diffused look, but that's also more modern than it sounds like you're going for.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Little bit, maybe once the car gets more put together it might looks better with newer style tails 😅
@patrickgarvin2570
@patrickgarvin2570 21 день назад
Kudos on the diligent work, sir. Even if all for naught. I don't know if you're old enough to remember, but those boards look just like Lite-Brite, from back in the day. Honestly, I'm glad you're not going to use them. OE for the win. 👍🤘💯
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
lol my grandparents had a lite brite, I thought the same thing 😂😅
@tommanning7337
@tommanning7337 20 дней назад
That’s badass!!!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻
@Cmfrs503
@Cmfrs503 21 день назад
Professor smeedia and class in session, always a great day went I see a new upload
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
🫡🫡🫡
@Cmfrs503
@Cmfrs503 21 день назад
@@Smeedia appreciate the reply 🤙🏼
@WholeCosmos
@WholeCosmos 20 дней назад
Sorry for the previous crappy drunk post I did last night LOL. Keep up the great helpful content for your peeps. You did mislead me about the engine swap though and I am still bitter about it..... Whatevs though, Ill get over it eventually. LOL
@slexov3897
@slexov3897 21 день назад
A cheap Amazon soldering iron works but if you want an easy time with it 1000000% get a pinecil. They are around 20 dollars and run off of a DC barrel plug or USB C. Makes the job much easier with the adjustability.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Curious about this magical device now 😅
@omialmanza1900
@omialmanza1900 21 день назад
I'm liking this👍🏽
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
🫡🫡🫡🫡
@isherzdeleon1544
@isherzdeleon1544 19 дней назад
Great tutorial, I’ve been wanting to make infinity taillights out of some stock 1st gen BRZ taillights I have sitting around.
@Thechaoscrusadors
@Thechaoscrusadors 21 день назад
Amazing video!!! I dont care for that style. There are a few that look way better on the car. I personally prefer an led board over oem. But i am also very picky about car styling. Oem looks great on the right type of clean build. And this is definently one of those builds!
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Totally agree, factory 99 spec tails are the move for this thing 🔥 the LED board looked too modern 😅
@anthonyoregan1651
@anthonyoregan1651 18 дней назад
Great how to.
@Billy_Built
@Billy_Built 21 день назад
been wanting to do this myself on my z.. Good stuff!
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Hope it helps 🥳
@Billy_Built
@Billy_Built 21 день назад
@@Smeedia unfortunately no DIY kits for the Z32 chassis.. So it's going to turn into some heavy DIY stuff lol
@johnlexus1
@johnlexus1 9 дней назад
So dope
@hughjanis4555
@hughjanis4555 21 день назад
Tanner really raid “nah I’ll make my own I ain’t paying a stack for tails.”
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I refuse to pay thousands for them 😅
@wazza_za7873
@wazza_za7873 20 дней назад
I like it. Looks good.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
They don’t look bad but they definitely don’t fit the era of the car 😅
@wazza_za7873
@wazza_za7873 20 дней назад
@@Smeedia true but id leave them on and do a side by side comparison and have a vote.
@100cotton0
@100cotton0 21 день назад
I do wonder if you would have liked the "c design" over the "ring design" for that outer bit to look a bit less light a viper. There's also the non-diffusion version too like what TJ Hunt has on his. However it's hard to beat the OG 99 spec which is what I did on my FD too.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I’ve seen the full board versions too and on some cars they look so good, maybe it’s just because the cars not fully done. I don’t have anything to compare them against yet
@stefanvanbraam4378
@stefanvanbraam4378 21 день назад
Tail lights are pretty groovy. Nice job.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
Thank you 🙏🫡 they look great but too modern looking for the car 😅
@zachattach850
@zachattach850 21 день назад
I actually like those… but definitely something darker. Almost black in the light(with them off). That’s a detail that sets the car off… very critical that you get it right for yourself.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Definitely needs something else, I like these but not feeling em😅
@bradgreen987
@bradgreen987 21 день назад
Yeah, I got a flashback to you making $$ off custom headlights back in the earlier days. Miss the old garage, too
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Used to knock those headlights out daily 😅
@mattohearn48
@mattohearn48 20 дней назад
Have you looked into infinity tail lights? Honestly the one you built don't look bad but they are a little bit dim keep up the good work dude
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
Totally agree, the infinity lights look super good on certain cars 🚗
@sum24u
@sum24u 20 дней назад
hear me out. imagine a whole light bar. they made it look as one, attached to break light might as well make it a function. i think it will look great
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
That might make it look a bit more cohesive 👀
@steeveamedee5021
@steeveamedee5021 19 дней назад
What hi can t says bros ,u no what u doing man keep going 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🫡🫡 great job🎉
@Wolfwood0011
@Wolfwood0011 21 день назад
good video brought me back to my college days for electronics courses. if you were going to use those there is a Transistor that i was going to suggest that sets a delay for the Trun Signal that does a sequential animation for the lights. you would just put it inline at the power lead before it hits the Group of Lights and also connect it to ground. Black Bulls Raised on Yellow Grass Bring Very Good Wadges B B R O Y G B V G W.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
That would have been a cool little addition to add into them. I saw some modules that work for the sequential stuff. Soldering into those boards is was more difficult than I thought it would be 😅
@daggerSLADE
@daggerSLADE 20 дней назад
I work at an electronics company .. seems like this could be made up with surface mount LEDs much easier
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
Definitely would have made it easier 😅
@jsa1742
@jsa1742 День назад
I have a car that no one is ever going to make a DIY kit for, so how would I go about getting the template with the holes in it?
@losdc5185
@losdc5185 21 день назад
Please please please keep these on the car! They look amazing🔥🔥🔥
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I might build a diff set but these ain’t it 😅
@heftygainz
@heftygainz 20 дней назад
They look horrible lol. The leds aren't even consistently spaced and look ghetto. So glad he's not using them
@losdc5185
@losdc5185 20 дней назад
@@heftygainz lol I didn’t think they looked that bad tbh. But honestly once he said someone called them dodge viper tail lights. I couldn’t unsee it😂
@stephenhoffmann5551
@stephenhoffmann5551 20 дней назад
When is the Subaru 2jz engine build videos coming? 😁
@Wingnuut79
@Wingnuut79 21 день назад
Hey Tanner, when are the dad hats coming back? I need a new one. Also, any giveaway's planned? lol
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
After the RX7 series I have a drop coming with a built engine give away 🫡
@arc9696
@arc9696 20 дней назад
Dang! you shouldve bought the sequential module as well, so that your signals can have a trailing effect and what
@reaper352c5
@reaper352c5 21 день назад
that is going to look sick on the rx7, is it going to be the switchback kind for blinkers, or just normal like my car which uses amber for blinkers?
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
These just had normal blinkers, can definitely wire up switchbacks though 🙌
@Splitrip2023
@Splitrip2023 18 дней назад
What is the wattage rating on the resistors?
@thenerdycanadian7172
@thenerdycanadian7172 20 дней назад
I spent today putting in what I thought was a good motor only to find out it's got rod knock from a blown turbo, tomorrow I get to find out where the oil consumption on my partially built motor is from. I swear I love subaru's too much sometimes
@jdubbsvt85
@jdubbsvt85 15 дней назад
At around 11 mins or so you cut the leds down and attach them to make the bridge and you say you connect one negative to one positove? Did you mean negative to negative and positive to positive or was that on purpose..? Just a little confused as ive daisy chained gauges together and i always connected all the grounds together and 12v powers together.
@8145dwerdna
@8145dwerdna 21 день назад
Yeah honestly they'd look better if there was some type of light diffuser keeping the amber together and red together. Kind of like the surrounding border. Looks weird on a mid 90's car
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Agreed, if the LEDs had some diffusion I think they’d look a lot more fluid 😮‍💨
@SergioSalazar-od8og
@SergioSalazar-od8og 21 день назад
What are your thoughts on the Katana V1 LED Tail Lights?
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I low key like those, but I gotta see em in person 😅
@joelansell3516
@joelansell3516 21 день назад
When are we seeing more of the 2J 😩
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
After the FD, don’t have space to have two projects happening at once 🙏
@cjhouse8666
@cjhouse8666 21 день назад
I like the taillights. Just my opinion no hate.
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
They don’t look bad but they look kinda cheap 🥲
@joshchaides
@joshchaides 20 дней назад
Ah, they do look like Viper tail lights haha!
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
I can’t unsee it 😅
@joshchaides
@joshchaides 20 дней назад
@@Smeedia they already look similar too haha
@j_zales1390
@j_zales1390 17 дней назад
I think they look good , but do what you feel is best for the build
@davidfeder2255
@davidfeder2255 19 дней назад
You wanna know what would’ve been so much easier and so much better looking and fitting of the car, some 99 spec tails…
@H3xyexe
@H3xyexe 21 день назад
Hear me out.. what if I just send you some that I want to do and pay you..? I really want some Hawkeye custom taillights
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
I can build you a set 👌
@brackertae2825
@brackertae2825 16 дней назад
Do headlights now please
@tokirak
@tokirak 20 дней назад
pless
@Thewolverine691
@Thewolverine691 13 дней назад
Wow so its just a cnc cut piece of white acrylic painted black in a pattern with some leds and they charge $300 for it
@gdizzle8265
@gdizzle8265 21 день назад
I’m honestly not used to too much rice but I think those tail lights actually make the RX7 seem to make it look like more of a new car. But if you are going for OEM+ like everyone else that has already done and is not original then regular tail lights are the way to go
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
They have full LED Boards which I think might look better. But that diffuser ring just looks tacky to me 😅
@gdizzle8265
@gdizzle8265 21 день назад
If it looks better than the OEM ones then that’s cool. The stock ones are boring especially if it’s going to be a SEMA car
@TheRZBM
@TheRZBM 20 дней назад
I don't think I have ever seen these DIY style lights ever look good. They always just look cheap and tacky to me compared to OEM.
@arthurdouglass4672
@arthurdouglass4672 19 дней назад
So glad you didn’t go with those. Never liked them. 99 spec is definitely the way to go!
@jandkwhite6459
@jandkwhite6459 21 день назад
Looks like Christmas tree lights😂😂. Just me sorry
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
It’s a lite bright 😂
@jandkwhite6459
@jandkwhite6459 21 день назад
@@SmeediaTHATS IT!!! Nostalgia 100%
@jakehill9174
@jakehill9174 21 день назад
Thay looks so tacky and cheap 😢
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 20 дней назад
I thought the same, they reminded me of cheap spec D tail lights
@MonkellD
@MonkellD 21 день назад
@9:50 it looked like the cathode went into your finger 😱
@Smeedia
@Smeedia 21 день назад
Magic!
@MonkellD
@MonkellD 21 день назад
I had to watch it again and I still almost fainted 😵‍💫
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