DIY LED car headlights!

Step 7 Phase One: Test Drive

Simply put, I let my dying test battery rest in piece (connected to its charger), connected the arrays directly to the car's battery and drove to the nearest Oxxo (like a Mexican Seven-Eleven) for a soft drink. The complete array isn't yet too powerful, but it already shines enough for me to turn off the high beams. I'm glad with the results so far. I kept testing the thing for a couple of days.

Comments

[Fik]

Very nice instructable (how didn't I thought this before?).
If it weren't for the restrictions our government puts on internationalpurchases, I would be already online buying a bag of high intensity LEDsto supplement my car's headlights (yellowed plastic and expensive toreplace) and interior lights.

I'm curious, why do you blur your car's license plate in step 2 butleave it visible here in step 7?

[Nachoman]

I left it visible because I am not really afraid of people finding me bythe license plate. My car is head-turning enough on its own,particularly after dark.