Tail light modification
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Tail light modification
Has anyone ordered these yet? Looks pretty cool. Send them your tail light assemblies for modification. About $1500.. Kinda steep.
http://www.divinatech.com/ASTON-BACK-LIGHTS-p/seq-lights.htm
https://youtu.be/2aEYC1EbCt4
http://www.divinatech.com/ASTON-BACK-LIGHTS-p/seq-lights.htm
https://youtu.be/2aEYC1EbCt4
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I like the lights and I don't like the lights. A little too much like KITT on Knight Rider TV Series. I like the LEDs just not sure about the sequencing aspect. Also they want your original tail lights in an exchange. Not sure if they want them first, or after you receive theirs.
Now if they just had an iPhone app to control the color and ability to make the hazards go back and forth, and ability to control the speed and intensity.......LOL
Definitely not my first choice in upgrades. Maybe after you've done everything else.
Now if they just had an iPhone app to control the color and ability to make the hazards go back and forth, and ability to control the speed and intensity.......LOL
Definitely not my first choice in upgrades. Maybe after you've done everything else.
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I think I'm going for it.. I just need to pick up a pair of tail lights to send off because I don't want to modify my original parts. I'll keep you guys posted!
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check pistonheads Aston forum - Steveway has installed them in his car so you could contact him - see the last few posts on this thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/...1297964&i=7420
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check pistonheads Aston forum - Steveway has installed them in his car so you could contact him - see the last few posts on this thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/...1297964&i=7420
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I think DIY would be challenging - I've had quite a time just getting a duplicate of the existing system to work (almost there though....). The use of the same LEDs for both running and brake lights is a challenge to get to work right. I'm almost there though....
Whoever did the retrofit put a lot of effort into it.
Whoever did the retrofit put a lot of effort into it.
We take the original lights and bin everything except the reflector, lens and rear housing. We completely replaced the entire electronics and driver board and reassemble 'properly'. The biggest failure of these is the seal at the narrow end and poor ventilation. Proper sealing, using Gore membranes and a stack effect sorts the condensation. If the plastic bits are in good condition, you'll have no more bother. That means your light gets a nice shiny new warranty.
Programming the lights was soul searching because you gents have a certain amount of class so the last thing we wanted to do was make your pride and joy look like a casino slot machine. Subtlety rules!
Funny enough, the indicator sweep was also a challenge. Not all Aston's are the same. Indicators has slight timing differences from car to car on year to year. This either meant we needed a null time at the end of each indicator sweep or make the timing variable.
The light uses a subroutine that measures the time between flashes. The controller monitors ten complete flashes and then stores that time as the baseline. The light then calculates the time required for the array of indicator leds to get a full sweep in that time and alters the speed accordingly.
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Yeah, it was a lot of effort. The solution was two fold, an interface that fools the CEM into thinking it's a standard AML light and using a microcontroller with addressable LED's and PWM to control the running lights.
We take the original lights and bin everything except the reflector, lens and rear housing. We completely replaced the entire electronics and driver board and reassemble 'properly'. The biggest failure of these is the seal at the narrow end and poor ventilation. Proper sealing, using Gore membranes and a stack effect sorts the condensation. If the plastic bits are in good condition, you'll have no more bother. That means your light gets a nice shiny new warranty.
Programming the lights was soul searching because you gents have a certain amount of class so the last thing we wanted to do was make your pride and joy look like a casino slot machine. Subtlety rules!
Funny enough, the indicator sweep was also a challenge. Not all Aston's are the same. Indicators has slight timing differences from car to car on year to year. This either meant we needed a null time at the end of each indicator sweep or make the timing variable.
The light uses a subroutine that measures the time between flashes. The controller monitors ten complete flashes and then stores that time as the baseline. The light then calculates the time required for the array of indicator leds to get a full sweep in that time and alters the speed accordingly.
We take the original lights and bin everything except the reflector, lens and rear housing. We completely replaced the entire electronics and driver board and reassemble 'properly'. The biggest failure of these is the seal at the narrow end and poor ventilation. Proper sealing, using Gore membranes and a stack effect sorts the condensation. If the plastic bits are in good condition, you'll have no more bother. That means your light gets a nice shiny new warranty.
Programming the lights was soul searching because you gents have a certain amount of class so the last thing we wanted to do was make your pride and joy look like a casino slot machine. Subtlety rules!
Funny enough, the indicator sweep was also a challenge. Not all Aston's are the same. Indicators has slight timing differences from car to car on year to year. This either meant we needed a null time at the end of each indicator sweep or make the timing variable.
The light uses a subroutine that measures the time between flashes. The controller monitors ten complete flashes and then stores that time as the baseline. The light then calculates the time required for the array of indicator leds to get a full sweep in that time and alters the speed accordingly.
Divetheworld are you involved with this company I originally posted about? Or are you also in development with your own system? I'd really like to move forward with something like this.
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I'd be glad to help anyway you need. It's a DiY fit.
The name is Brent by the way.
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Yeah, it was a lot of effort. The solution was two fold, an interface that fools the CEM into thinking it's a standard AML light and using a microcontroller with addressable LED's and PWM to control the running lights.
We take the original lights and bin everything except the reflector, lens and rear housing. We completely replaced the entire electronics and driver board and reassemble 'properly'. The biggest failure of these is the seal at the narrow end and poor ventilation. Proper sealing, using Gore membranes and a stack effect sorts the condensation. If the plastic bits are in good condition, you'll have no more bother. That means your light gets a nice shiny new warranty.
Programming the lights was soul searching because you gents have a certain amount of class so the last thing we wanted to do was make your pride and joy look like a casino slot machine. Subtlety rules!
Funny enough, the indicator sweep was also a challenge. Not all Aston's are the same. Indicators has slight timing differences from car to car on year to year. This either meant we needed a null time at the end of each indicator sweep or make the timing variable.
The light uses a subroutine that measures the time between flashes. The controller monitors ten complete flashes and then stores that time as the baseline. The light then calculates the time required for the array of indicator leds to get a full sweep in that time and alters the speed accordingly.
We take the original lights and bin everything except the reflector, lens and rear housing. We completely replaced the entire electronics and driver board and reassemble 'properly'. The biggest failure of these is the seal at the narrow end and poor ventilation. Proper sealing, using Gore membranes and a stack effect sorts the condensation. If the plastic bits are in good condition, you'll have no more bother. That means your light gets a nice shiny new warranty.
Programming the lights was soul searching because you gents have a certain amount of class so the last thing we wanted to do was make your pride and joy look like a casino slot machine. Subtlety rules!
Funny enough, the indicator sweep was also a challenge. Not all Aston's are the same. Indicators has slight timing differences from car to car on year to year. This either meant we needed a null time at the end of each indicator sweep or make the timing variable.
The light uses a subroutine that measures the time between flashes. The controller monitors ten complete flashes and then stores that time as the baseline. The light then calculates the time required for the array of indicator leds to get a full sweep in that time and alters the speed accordingly.
I thought this involved sending in the tail lights? It's a DIY??
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There is a small wiring mod to the car to add two simple wires. The multiplug in the tail lights has spare pins, we give you the bits to clip in the extra two pins needed. That makes them plug and play and reverse compatible with standard lights.
The two extra pins are to allow the ignition on sequence because there is no feed to the lights letting them know when you start the car.