my echo hatch photoshoot - Toyota Yaris Forums

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 12:28 AM

hope theres some love for the echo's

btw i heart mismatched lighting

jinxor · 04-09-2009, 01:10 AM

The led style fogs are my fav mod by far....

dvlnblkdrs · 04-09-2009, 01:17 AM

looks dope!

yaris-me · 04-09-2009, 01:45 AM

Nice!

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 01:46 AM

i'm not fond of the LED fogs at the moment, i'm going to try and make them two parallel lines instead of the honeycomb design whenever I have time to fix it.

evil genius · 04-09-2009, 01:47 AM

cool. Love the fogs.

mr.white_hb · 04-09-2009, 01:47 AM

Nice Photos, what rims are you using on your echo? 16" or 17"

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 02:14 AM

16" enkei rf-1

thebarber · 04-09-2009, 09:17 AM

looking good

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK198105

leave the honeycomb, a line will reduce you illumination. with the honeycomb you increase the viewing angle while with the lines you don't. the honeycomb makes the light look more intense. I like them the way you have them. what current are you using for the LEDs.

60mA per series. Not concerned with output as these are angled to the ground for foreground lighting, theres no real significance for these LED's except for a little rice effect, so layout > output performance

cali yaris · 04-09-2009, 01:01 PM

^ I think he said "per series" -- that's more than one LED, or maybe I have the terminology incorrect.

marcus · 04-09-2009, 01:03 PM

led fogs.. nice.

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 02:19 PM

Current is equal within one series circuit. Voltage drops on each LED. For my setup it's 3 LED's per circuit, so 60mA flows through all three LED's. Each LED gets 60mA and drop some voltage. A resistor drops the rest to maintain the current value (i believe i used 18ohms, cant remember) since the power source is a regulated 12V LM7812. These LED's are multichip, china overrates them at 100mA, so I run them at 60mA.

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 02:32 PM

series-parallel

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 02:40 PM

quick sketch of the setup should be easier to understand :)

mrbond · 04-09-2009, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taKuto

i'm not fond of the LED fogs at the moment, i'm going to try and make them two parallel lines instead of the honeycomb design whenever I have time to fix it.

I agree. But everything else is fantastic! I really wish I could have found one of these for sale before I bought my Yaris. There's just something about that body style...

Kaotic Lazagna · 04-09-2009, 05:07 PM

Just plain sweet!

taKuto · 04-09-2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK198105

yeah thats what i was thinking , however i hope your resistors are 1Watt , you're pulling about 720mW in each branch. Also the fist LEDs to go will be the ones right after you resistor which will disconnect all the other ones.

how did you calculate that? Assuming resistor is 18 ohms (most likely higher),
P = I^2 * R
P = 0.06A * 0.06A * 18 = 0.0648 W = 64.8mW
64.8mW is burned through the resistor itself.

Don't worry about checking my work, i'm not studying electrical engineering for nothing. Everything electrical i've got no problems with, it's when it comes to the mechanical stuff I'm no good with

04-09-2009, 12:28 AM	#1
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04-09-2009, 01:17 AM	#3
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04-09-2009, 01:46 AM	#5
taKuto rice rocket Drives: 05 Echo Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 163	i'm not fond of the LED fogs at the moment, i'm going to try and make them two parallel lines instead of the honeycomb design whenever I have time to fix it. __________________

04-09-2009, 02:14 AM	#8
taKuto rice rocket Drives: 05 Echo Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 163	16" enkei rf-1 __________________

04-09-2009, 09:17 AM	#9
thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,877	looking good __________________

04-09-2009, 01:45 AM	#4
yaris-me Learn to Relax Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,070	Nice!

04-09-2009, 01:47 AM	#6
evil genius Drives: 09 Yaris S 3dr Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: HI Posts: 71	cool. Love the fogs.

04-09-2009, 01:47 AM	#7
mr.white_hb Drives: '05 Vitz JDM Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 135	Nice Photos, what rims are you using on your echo? 16" or 17"

04-09-2009, 01:01 PM	#11
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	^ I think he said "per series" -- that's more than one LED, or maybe I have the terminology incorrect. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-09-2009, 01:03 PM	#12
marcus toyota View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris RS Blazed Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 3,637	led fogs.. nice.

04-09-2009, 02:19 PM	#13
taKuto rice rocket Drives: 05 Echo Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 163	Current is equal within one series circuit. Voltage drops on each LED. For my setup it's 3 LED's per circuit, so 60mA flows through all three LED's. Each LED gets 60mA and drop some voltage. A resistor drops the rest to maintain the current value (i believe i used 18ohms, cant remember) since the power source is a regulated 12V LM7812. These LED's are multichip, china overrates them at 100mA, so I run them at 60mA. __________________

04-09-2009, 02:32 PM	#14
taKuto rice rocket Drives: 05 Echo Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 163	series-parallel __________________

04-09-2009, 05:07 PM	#17
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	Just plain sweet!

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