gordo Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 did a quick mirror farkle last week, pic below. to summarize - i was having trouble seeing the blinker indicators on the dash as the lip of my windshield cuts right across them when i'm sitting in a normal riding position. i considered a couple fixes, but decided i liked the integrated look a lot of the newer cars have, where the LEDs are inside the mirror. muth also makes a system, but it's $$$ and not quite what i wanted. i used 2 hyper lights (4-led units) and dremeled out four holes in the plastic inside the mirror housing and the thin layer of reflective mirror backing. i tied them into the blinker wires inside the housing, which couldn't have been easier. it's not obvious from my crappy pic, but when the LEDs are off there are four very small dots on the mirror. at first glance you probably wouldn't notice them and they don't seem to interfere with seeing what's behind. anyway, it was about an hours work total and i'm very happy with the results. i could have mounted the lights further out on the mirror, but that would require a bit more cutting as the plastic gets thicker and complicated on the outer ends. besides being more visible to me, i suspect the cars behind and to the side of me might actually see them too, assuming they're not yapping on the phone or reading the paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneXX Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Very cool. I've been thinking of doing something like that myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbird Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Mmmm, mirror are already off the bike right now..... Looks good. You'll have imitators soon, I hope to be one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharknes Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 i'm going the audio route, simple piezo buzzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9XX Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Can you put them in a smilie face pattern?? I'll have mine in the mail to you ASAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 That is very cool. I might have to try that one myself. You know what they say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flatery.", or something like that. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalamariKid Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Very cool! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvet Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Do you have a link for the used LED's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordo Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 i got them here, near the bottom of the page - Auxiliary Turn Light Kit 2-4 LED Modules - $35.50 http://www.hyperlites.com/unikits.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykotek-xx Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 That's hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlasticxxHead Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Go to walmart.. They have the arrow style led blinkers with adhesive on the back already.. I did this on my bird and noticed that the flashers interfered with my rear viewing so I pulled them off and returned them to walmart for my $10 back... But I'm glad it worked for someone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Mother Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordo Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 you could make any desgn you want witht the LEDs - smileys, arrows, etc, though for me it was easiest to use the pre-made 4 bulb hyperlights. i considered going the more custom route, and even doing arrows, but the more lights, the more they would interfere with the mirror. also, if you take the mirror out of the housing you see that you can't really get the LEDs to the edge of the mirror. mine are as close as i could get them. if i did it again i would probably put the lights further out. this wasn't a tough farkle, a dremmel was the only tool i used, and some super glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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